GCA-KBQA: A Step-Wise Logical Form Generation Approach for KBQA with Knowledge-Assisted Calibration
Abstract
Knowledge base question answering (KBQA) aims to answer natural language questions using large-scale knowledge bases (KBs). Among various KBQA approaches, semantic parsing-based (SP-based) methods have demonstrated strong effectiveness by generating concise logical forms (LFs) that capture complex subgraph structures and semantic information. Recent research suggests that integrating large language models (LLMs) with SP can achieve significant improvements in the performance and efficiency of KBQA by facilitating the direct generation of LFs with minimal retrieval. However, generating complete LFs with LLMs continues to pose a challenge due to the complexity of the required graph structures and constraints, leading to the significant issue of non-executability. To address these challenges, we propose GCA-KBQA, a step-wise fine-tuned LLM-based framework that employs hop-wise generation, knowledge-assisted calibration, and path-level assembly to construct complete LFs for KBQA. Specifically, we decompose the complex SP process into manageable steps: first, we iteratively generate LFs for each topic entity one hop at a time using a fine-tuned LLM, leveraging KB knowledge to calibrate intermediate outputs and mitigate error propagation. Subsequently, we guide the LLM in assembling path-level LFs from different topic entities, resulting in optimized final LF. We evaluate the proposed method on four KBQA benchmarks spanning two distinct KBs, demonstrating its superior performance compared to state-of-the-art baselines. The code is available at https://github.com/pvfeldt/GCA-KBQA.
Assigned reviewers
| # | Reviewer | Match | Why (closest evidence publications in the taxonomy) | |
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| 1 | Yu Gu 0016 | 56 | 100 ArcaneQA: Dynamic Program Induction and Contextualized Encoding for Knowledge Base Question Answering (2022) Knowledge Graph Question Answering 100 Beyond I.I.D.: Three Levels of Generalization for Question Answering on Knowledge Bases (2021) Knowledge Graph Question Answering 100 Don't Generate, Discriminate: A Proposal for Grounding Language Models to Real-World Environments (2023) Knowledge Graph Question Answering |
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| 2 | Qinggang Zhang | 52 | 100 Hierarchy-Aware Multi-Hop Question Answering over Knowledge Graphs (2023) Knowledge Graph Question Answering 88 Cost-efficient Knowledge-based Question Answering with Large Language Models (2024) Multi-hop and Complex Reasoning QA 74 Knapsack Optimization-Based Schema Linking for LLM-Based Text-to-SQL Generation (2026) Multi-hop and Complex Reasoning QA |
Area chair
| Area chair | Match | |
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| Xiaoxi Li 0005 | 36 |
Area-chair candidates (2)
| Xiaoxi Li 0005 assigned | 36 | 15 papers | |
| Hongjin Qian | 35 | 12 papers |
Candidates from the panel ranked by match score
| # | Reviewer | Match | Load | Why | |
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| 1 | Yuzhong Qu | 60 | 3 | 100 Enhancing Complex Question Answering over Knowledge Graphs through Evidence Pattern Retrieval (2024) Knowledge Graph Question Answering 100 Skeleton parsing for complex question answering over knowledge bases (2022) Knowledge Graph Question Answering |
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| 2 | Wenyu Huang | 56 | 3 | 74 Masking in Multi-hop QA: An Analysis of How Language Models Perform with Context Permutation (2025) Multi-hop and Complex Reasoning QA 64 Prompting large language models with knowledge graphs for question answering involving long-tail facts (2025) KG-Augmented LLM Reasoning |
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| 3 | Yu Gu 0016 assigned | 56 | 3 | 100 ArcaneQA: Dynamic Program Induction and Contextualized Encoding for Knowledge Base Question Answering (2022) Knowledge Graph Question Answering 100 Beyond I.I.D.: Three Levels of Generalization for Question Answering on Knowledge Bases (2021) Knowledge Graph Question Answering |
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| 4 | Jiapu Wang | 53 | 3 | 74 Progressive Prefix-Memory Tuning for Complex Logical Query Answering on Knowledge Graphs (2025) Knowledge Graph Question Answering 74 Effective Instruction Parsing Plugin for Complex Logical Query Answering on Knowledge Graphs (2025) Knowledge Graph Question Answering |
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| 5 | Armin Toroghi | 52 | 3 | 74 Bayesian Inference with Complex Knowledge Graph Evidence (2024) Knowledge Graph Question Answering 70 CommonWhy: A Dataset for Evaluating Entity-Based Causal Commonsense Reasoning in Large Language Models (2026) Knowledge Graph Question Answering |
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| 6 | Qinggang Zhang assigned | 52 | 3 | 100 Hierarchy-Aware Multi-Hop Question Answering over Knowledge Graphs (2023) Knowledge Graph Question Answering 88 Cost-efficient Knowledge-based Question Answering with Large Language Models (2024) Multi-hop and Complex Reasoning QA |
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| 7 | Adam Jatowt | 50 | 3 | 74 Inferential Question Answering (2026) Multi-hop and Complex Reasoning QA 74 Wrong Answers Can Also Be Useful: PlausibleQA - A Large-Scale QA Dataset with Answer Plausibility Scores (2025) Multi-hop and Complex Reasoning QA |
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| 8 | Xiaolong Jin 0001 | 49 | 3 | 74 Hierarchical Query Graph Generation for Complex Question Answering over Knowledge Graph (2020) Knowledge Graph Question Answering 74 Stepwise Reasoning for Multi-Relation Question Answering over Knowledge Graph with Weak Supervision (2020) Knowledge Graph Question Answering |
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| 9 | Xinying Qian | 48 | 3 | 74 Beyond Timestamps: Bridging Forward and Backward Reasoning in Temporal Numerical and Relational Understanding (2026) Multi-hop and Complex Reasoning QA 61 TimeR⁴ : Time-aware Retrieval-Augmented Large Language Models for Temporal Knowledge Graph Question Answering (2024) Multi-Hop and Iterative Retrieval Reasoning |
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| 11 | Tianzhe Zhao | 47 | 3 | 68 Are Large Language Models Really Good Logical Reasoners? A Comprehensive Evaluation and Beyond (2025) Reasoning Evaluation and Benchmarks 58 PathReasoner: Modeling Reasoning Path with Equivalent Extension for Logical Question Answering (2024) Search Agents and LLM Reasoning › Others |
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| 15 | Farzad Shami | 44 | 3 | 49 From Single to Multi-agent Reasoning: Advancing GeneGPT for Genomics QA (2026) Retrieval-Augmented and Open-Domain QA 46 Benchmarking Large Language Models for Knowledge Graph Validation (2026) KG-Augmented LLM Reasoning |
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| 17 | Xi Ye 0003 | 41 | 3 | 100 RNG-KBQA: Generation Augmented Iterative Ranking for Knowledge Base Question Answering (2022) Knowledge Graph Question Answering 74 Connecting Attributions and QA Model Behavior on Realistic Counterfactuals (2021) Multi-hop and Complex Reasoning QA |
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| 18 | Wonduk Seo | 40 | 3 | 41 Question-to-Knowledge (Q2K): Multi-Agent Generation of Inspectable Facts for Product Mapping (2025) Entity Linking and Alignment 37 A New Query Expansion Approach for Enhancing Information Retrieval via Agent-Mediated Dialogic Inquiry (2026) Query Reformulation and Expansion |
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| 19 | Fu Zhang 0001 | 39 | 3 | 44 Temporal householder transformation embedding for temporal knowledge graph completion (2026) Knowledge Graph Embedding and Completion 44 Representation Learning of Knowledge Graphs with Multi-scale Capsule Network (2019) Knowledge Graph Embedding and Completion |
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| 20 | Jinheon Baek | 39 | 3 | 62 An Empirical Study of Multilingual Reasoning Distillation for Question Answering (2024) Multi-hop and Complex Reasoning QA 47 Knowledge-Augmented Reasoning Distillation for Small Language Models in Knowledge-Intensive Tasks (2023) Retrieval-Augmented and Open-Domain QA |
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| 21 | Idan Szpektor | 38 | 3 | 62 MDCure: A Scalable Pipeline for Multi-Document Instruction-Following (2025) Multi-hop and Complex Reasoning QA 49 SIGIR 2016 Workshop WebQA II: Web Question Answering Beyond Factoids (2016) Retrieval-Augmented and Open-Domain QA |
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| 22 | Xuhui Sui | 37 | 3 | 51 TimeR⁴ : Time-aware Retrieval-Augmented Large Language Models for Temporal Knowledge Graph Question Answering (2024) RL Training of Search Agents 44 Dark Side of Modalities: Reinforced Multimodal Distillation for Multimodal Knowledge Graph Reasoning (2025) Knowledge Graph Embedding and Completion |
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| 23 | Jingwei Cheng | 37 | 3 | 44 Representation Learning of Knowledge Graphs with Multi-scale Capsule Network (2019) Knowledge Graph Embedding and Completion 44 A self-supervised method for learning path-augmented knowledge graph embedding (2025) Knowledge Graph Embedding and Completion |
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| 24 | Kaixin Ma | 37 | 3 | 65 Knowledge-driven Data Construction for Zero-shot Evaluation in Commonsense Question Answering (2021) Retrieval-Augmented and Open-Domain QA 49 Open Domain Question Answering with A Unified Knowledge Interface (2022) Multimodal and Graph RAG |
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| 25 | Qingyi Si | 37 | 3 | 67 Are Large Language Models Table-based Fact-Checkers? (2024) Automated Fact Checking and Claim Verification 66 Cross-modality Multiple Relations Learning for Knowledge-based Visual Question Answering (2024) Knowledge Graph Question Answering |
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| 26 | Shu Zhou 0002 | 36 | 3 | 61 DynKGRAG: A framework for dynamic knowledge graph construction and multi-hop querying over numerical and textual data (2026) Multi-Hop and Iterative Retrieval Reasoning 57 Enhancing Extractive Question Answering in Multiparty Dialogues with Logical Inference Memory Network (2025) Conversational Search and Retrieval |
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| 29 | Mariano Barone | 36 | 3 | 44 SOLVE-Med: Specialized Orchestration for Leading Vertical Experts Across Medical Specialties (2025) Retrieval-Augmented and Open-Domain QA 41 A Multilingual Multimodal Medical Examination Dataset for Visual Question Answering in Healthcare (2025) Retrieval-Augmented and Open-Domain QA |
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| 30 | Xiangyu Ke | 36 | 3 | 44 Academic Expert Finding via $(k, \mathcal{P})$-Core based Embedding over Heterogeneous Graphs (2022) Knowledge Graph Embedding and Completion 44 Efficient and Effective Academic Expert Finding on Heterogeneous Graphs through (k, 𝒫)-Core based Embedding (2023) Knowledge Graph Embedding and Completion |
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| 32 | Daiting Shi | 35 | 3 | 74 A Question-Oriented Propagation Network for News Reading Comprehension (2022) Multi-hop and Complex Reasoning QA 39 Utility-Focused LLM Annotation for Retrieval and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (2025) Evidence Selection and Context Refinement |