GraphCheck: Multipath Fact-Checking with Entity-Relationship Graphs (2025.findings-emnlp)
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| Challenge: | GraphCheck is a framework for fact-checking complex claims that require multi-hop reasoning . Graphcheck excels in complex scenarios, but may be unnecessarily elaborate for simpler claims . |
| Approach: | They propose a framework that transforms claims into entity-relationship graphs for fact-checking . DP-GraphCheck employs a lightweight strategy selector to choose between direct prompting and GraphCheck adaptively. |
| Outcome: | The proposed framework outperforms existing methods in verification accuracy while achieving strong computational efficiency. |
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