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A Study on Building Efficient Zero-Shot Relation Extraction Models

Hugo Thomas, Caio Corro, Guillaume Gravier, Pascale Sébillot · Mar 1, 2026 · Citations: 0

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Abstract

Zero-shot relation extraction aims to identify relations between entity mentions using textual descriptions of novel types (i.e., previously unseen) instead of labeled training examples. Previous works often rely on unrealistic assumptions: (1) pairs of mentions are often encoded directly in the input, which prevents offline pre-computation for large scale document database querying; (2) no rejection mechanism is introduced, biasing the evaluation when using these models in a retrieval scenario where some (and often most) inputs are irrelevant and must be ignored. In this work, we study the robustness of existing zero-shot relation extraction models when adapting them to a realistic extraction scenario. To this end, we introduce a typology of existing models, and propose several strategies to build single pass models and models with a rejection mechanism. We adapt several state-of-the-art tools, and compare them in this challenging setting, showing that no existing work is really robust to realistic assumptions, but overall AlignRE (Li et al., 2024) performs best along all criteria.

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Evidence snippet: Zero-shot relation extraction aims to identify relations between entity mentions using textual descriptions of novel types (i.e., previously unseen) instead of labeled training examples.

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Evidence snippet: Zero-shot relation extraction aims to identify relations between entity mentions using textual descriptions of novel types (i.e., previously unseen) instead of labeled training examples.

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Evidence snippet: Zero-shot relation extraction aims to identify relations between entity mentions using textual descriptions of novel types (i.e., previously unseen) instead of labeled training examples.

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Evidence snippet: Zero-shot relation extraction aims to identify relations between entity mentions using textual descriptions of novel types (i.e., previously unseen) instead of labeled training examples.

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Evidence snippet: Zero-shot relation extraction aims to identify relations between entity mentions using textual descriptions of novel types (i.e., previously unseen) instead of labeled training examples.

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Evidence snippet: Zero-shot relation extraction aims to identify relations between entity mentions using textual descriptions of novel types (i.e., previously unseen) instead of labeled training examples.

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Research Brief

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Previous works often rely on unrealistic assumptions: (1) pairs of mentions are often encoded directly in the input, which prevents offline pre-computation for large scale document database querying; (2) no rejection mechanism is… HFEPX protocol signal is limited in abstract-level metadata, so treat it as adjacent context. Updated from current HFEPX corpus.

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Key Takeaways

  • Previous works often rely on unrealistic assumptions: (1) pairs of mentions are often encoded directly in the input, which prevents offline pre-computation for large scale…
  • To this end, we introduce a typology of existing models, and propose several strategies to build single pass models and models with a rejection mechanism.

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Research Summary

Contribution Summary

  • Previous works often rely on unrealistic assumptions: (1) pairs of mentions are often encoded directly in the input, which prevents offline pre-computation for large scale document database querying; (2) no rejection mechanism is…
  • To this end, we introduce a typology of existing models, and propose several strategies to build single pass models and models with a rejection mechanism.

Why It Matters For Eval

  • Previous works often rely on unrealistic assumptions: (1) pairs of mentions are often encoded directly in the input, which prevents offline pre-computation for large scale document database querying; (2) no rejection mechanism is…

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