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Workshop: Math AI for Education (MATHAI4ED): Bridging the Gap Between Research and Smart Education

Theorem-Aware Geometry Problem Solving with Symbolic Reasoning and Theorem Prediction

Pan Lu · Ran Gong · Shibiao Jiang · Liang Qiu · Siyuan Huang · Xiaodan Liang · Song-Chun Zhu · Ran Gong


Abstract:

Geometry problem solving is challenging as it requires abstract problem understanding and symbolic reasoning with axiomatic knowledge. However, current datasets are either small in scale or not publicly available. Thus, we construct a new large-scale benchmark, Geometry3K, consisting of 3,002 geometry problems with dense annotation in formal language. We further propose a novel geometry solving approach with formal language and symbolic reasoning, called \textit{Interpretable Geometry Problem Solver} (Inter-GPS). Inter-GPS first parses the problem text and diagram into formal language automatically via rule-based text parsing and neural object detecting, respectively. Unlike implicit learning in existing methods, Inter-GPS incorporates theorem knowledge as conditional rules and performs symbolic reasoning step by step. Also, a theorem predictor is designed to infer the theorem application sequence fed to the symbolic solver for the more efficient and reasonable searching path. Extensive experiments on the Geometry3K and GEOS datasets demonstrate that Inter-GPS achieves significant improvements over existing methods. The project is available at https://lupantech.github.io/inter-gps.