PIQA

PIQA (Physical Interaction: Question Answering) is a benchmark dataset for physical commonsense reasoning in natural language. It tests AI systems' ability to answer questions requiring physical world knowledge through multiple choice questions with everyday situations, focusing on atypical solutions inspired by instructables.com. The dataset contains 21,000 multiple choice questions where models must choose the most appropriate solution for physical interactions.

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct from Microsoft currently leads the PIQA leaderboard with a score of 0.886 across 11 evaluated AI models.

Paper

MicrosoftPhi-3.5-MoE-instruct leads with 88.6%, followed by Nous ResearchHermes 3 70B at 84.4% and GoogleGemma 2 27B at 83.2%.

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Interactive timeline showing model performance evolution on PIQA

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PIQA Leaderboard

11 models
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Nous Research
Nous Research
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Microsoft
Microsoft
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FAQ

Common questions about PIQA.

What is the PIQA benchmark?

PIQA (Physical Interaction: Question Answering) is a benchmark dataset for physical commonsense reasoning in natural language. It tests AI systems' ability to answer questions requiring physical world knowledge through multiple choice questions with everyday situations, focusing on atypical solutions inspired by instructables.com. The dataset contains 21,000 multiple choice questions where models must choose the most appropriate solution for physical interactions.

What is the PIQA leaderboard?

The PIQA leaderboard ranks 11 AI models based on their performance on this benchmark. Currently, Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct by Microsoft leads with a score of 0.886. The average score across all models is 0.792.

What is the highest PIQA score?

The highest PIQA score is 0.886, achieved by Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct from Microsoft.

How many models are evaluated on PIQA?

11 models have been evaluated on the PIQA benchmark, with 0 verified results and 11 self-reported results.

Where can I find the PIQA paper?

The PIQA paper is available at https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.11641. The paper details the methodology, dataset construction, and evaluation criteria.

What categories does PIQA cover?

PIQA is categorized under general, physics, and reasoning. The benchmark evaluates text models.

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