Q&A on Any Spreadsheet Requires Interpreting Its Grid Structure

📅 2026-09-17
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本文提出了一种基于单元格角色注释的框架,以提高电子表格在LLM驱动的RAG系统中的可解释性,但指出需开发降维技术将2D数据转换为1D文本以解决根本问题。
📝 Abstract
Semantic cell annotation improves chunking interpretability for spreadsheets in LLM-driven RAG systems, aiding answer generation through enriched context rather than improved retrieval accuracy. We propose a novel framework of splitting any spreadsheet into interpretable chunks using cell role annotation. Our framework beats the state of the art, yet it faces a hard ceiling. Spreadsheets are fundamentally two-dimensional unstructured data with continuous relationships and infinite potential cell roles. Because classification models are restricted to finite, pre-defined classes, they cannot perfectly capture this structural nuance, even with human-level annotation. We show that addressing the spreadsheet-to-LLM bottleneck requires moving beyond discrete cell classification. Instead, the field must develop dimensionality-reduction techniques to directly flatten 2D unstructured spreadsheets into 1D unstructured text. Text chunks would be easier for downstream RAG to interpret and generate from.
Problem

Research questions and friction points this paper is trying to address.

spreadsheets
grid structure
chunking interpretability
cell role annotation
dimensionality-reduction
Innovation

Methods, ideas, or system contributions that make the work stand out.

Semantic cell annotation
Interpretable chunks
Dimensionality-reduction techniques
2D unstructured data