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Putting Captions to the Test: Evaluating Video Caption Quality through Multiple-Choice Question Answering

Evaluating video captioning remains a critical challenge for Visual Large Language Models (VLLMs). Existing metrics primarily rely on matching generated text against ground-truth references. This paradigm suffers from the “one-to-many” nature of video description, where high-quality captions are often penalized for lexical mismatches or valid shifts in visual focus. Furthermore, such assessments are typically...

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Evaluating video captioning remains a critical challenge for Visual Large Language Models (VLLMs). Existing metrics primarily rely on matching generated text against ground-truth references. This paradigm suffers from the “one-to-many” nature of video description, where high-quality captions are often penalized for lexical mismatches or valid shifts in visual focus. Furthermore, such assessments are typically...

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  1. Apple Machine Learning ResearchPrimary source · Supports · EN · 100%
    Putting Captions to the Test: Evaluating Video Caption Quality through Multiple-Choice Question Answering

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Confidence · formula confidence-2.1.0
Source trust93
Independent corroboration51
Primary evidence100
Claim consistency82
Extraction confidence82
Attribution quality90
Impact · formula impact-2.1.0
Event magnitude52
Market relevance74
Entity significance42
Market breadth45
Novelty68
Urgency57
Ranking · formula rank-1.0.0
Confidence factor0.919
Freshness factor0.8462
Breaking bonus0