# Textual Question Answering on bAbI English 10k (test)

Source: [Textual Question Answering on bAbI English 10k (test)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/textual-question-answering-on-babi-english-10k-test>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-02-27T06:07:34.913Z

Evaluation of model performance on the test split of the bAbI English 10k dataset, focusing on various sub-tasks of textual question answering and reasoning.

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Textual Question Answering |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | bAbI English 10k (test) |
| Metric | Failed Tasks Count (Error \> 5%) |
| Unit | SCALAR |
| Direction | Lower is better |
| Results loaded | 8 of 8 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [Failed Tasks Count (Error \> 5%)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/textual-question-answering-on-babi-english-10k-test.md?metric=Failed%20Tasks%20Count%20(Error%20%3E%205%25)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Task 2: 2 Supporting Facts](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/textual-question-answering-on-babi-english-10k-test.md?metric=Task%202%3A%202%20Supporting%20Facts>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Task 3: 3 Supporting Facts](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/textual-question-answering-on-babi-english-10k-test.md?metric=Task%203%3A%203%20Supporting%20Facts>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Task 5: 3 Argument Relations](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/textual-question-answering-on-babi-english-10k-test.md?metric=Task%205%3A%203%20Argument%20Relations>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Task 6: Yes/No Questions](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/textual-question-answering-on-babi-english-10k-test.md?metric=Task%206%3A%20Yes%2FNo%20Questions>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Task 7: Counting](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/textual-question-answering-on-babi-english-10k-test.md?metric=Task%207%3A%20Counting>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Task 8: Lists/Sets](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/textual-question-answering-on-babi-english-10k-test.md?metric=Task%208%3A%20Lists%2FSets>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Task 9: Simple Negation](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/textual-question-answering-on-babi-english-10k-test.md?metric=Task%209%3A%20Simple%20Negation>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Task 11: Basic Coreference](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/textual-question-answering-on-babi-english-10k-test.md?metric=Task%2011%3A%20Basic%20Coreference>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Task 14: Time Reasoning](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/textual-question-answering-on-babi-english-10k-test.md?metric=Task%2014%3A%20Time%20Reasoning>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Task 16: Basic Induction](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/textual-question-answering-on-babi-english-10k-test.md?metric=Task%2016%3A%20Basic%20Induction>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Task 17: Positional Reasoning](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/textual-question-answering-on-babi-english-10k-test.md?metric=Task%2017%3A%20Positional%20Reasoning>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Task 18: Size Reasoning](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/textual-question-answering-on-babi-english-10k-test.md?metric=Task%2018%3A%20Size%20Reasoning>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Task 19: Path Finding](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/textual-question-answering-on-babi-english-10k-test.md?metric=Task%2019%3A%20Path%20Finding>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Mean Error Rate](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/textual-question-answering-on-babi-english-10k-test.md?metric=Mean%20Error%20Rate>): Lower is better; unit: PERCENT.

## Recorded results

| Method | Failed Tasks Count (Error \> 5%) | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| QRN | 0 | Not recorded | 68fa631e1e209131ce9fcf34 |
| DMN+ | 1 | Not recorded | 68fa631e1e209131ce9fcf34 |
| DMN+ | 1 | Not recorded | 68fa62601e209131ce9f8e79 |
| DNC | 2 | Not recorded | 68fa631e1e209131ce9fcf34 |
| N2N | 3 | Not recorded | 68fa631e1e209131ce9fcf34 |
| GMemN2N | 3 | Not recorded | 68fa631e1e209131ce9fcf34 |
| E2E | 3 | Not recorded | 68fa62601e209131ce9f8e79 |

### QRN

Failed Tasks Count (Error \> 5%): 0. Result ID: 698c6f7137894ef7d9ce5b36.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa631e1e209131ce9fcf34.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa631e1e209131ce9fcf34.md>)

[Implementation](<https://www.sota2.com/seominjoon.github.io/qrn/>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"layers":6,"reset gate":true,"hidden state dimension":200}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DMN+

Failed Tasks Count (Error \> 5%): 1. Result ID: 698c6f7137894ef7d9ce5b33.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa631e1e209131ce9fcf34.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DMN+

Failed Tasks Count (Error \> 5%): 1. Result ID: 69a1349035dfcabb00e57c9e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa62601e209131ce9f8e79.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa62601e209131ce9f8e79.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DNC

Failed Tasks Count (Error \> 5%): 2. Result ID: 698c6f7137894ef7d9ce5b35.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa631e1e209131ce9fcf34.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### N2N

Failed Tasks Count (Error \> 5%): 3. Result ID: 698c6f7137894ef7d9ce5b32.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa631e1e209131ce9fcf34.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa633a1e209131ce9fda65.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GMemN2N

Failed Tasks Count (Error \> 5%): 3. Result ID: 698c6f7137894ef7d9ce5b34.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa631e1e209131ce9fcf34.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa633a1e209131ce9fda65.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### E2E

Failed Tasks Count (Error \> 5%): 3. Result ID: 69a1349035dfcabb00e57c9f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa62601e209131ce9f8e79.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa622f1e209131ce9f80a6.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/facebook/MemNN>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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