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LOVER: Unsupervised Verifier Boosts LLM Reasoning via Logical Rules

ai-technology · 2026-05-09

Researchers propose LOVER, an unsupervised verifier that uses logical rules to enhance reasoning in large language models without costly supervised data. The method treats the verifier as a binary latent variable, applying negation, intra-group, and inter-group consistency constraints across multiple reasoning paths. Experiments on 10 datasets show LOVER matches 95% of supervised verifier performance. Code is open-source.

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  • LOVER is an unsupervised verifier regularized by logical rules.
  • It treats the verifier as a binary latent variable.
  • Three logical constraints: negation consistency, intra-group consistency, inter-group consistency.
  • Groups reasoning paths by final answer.
  • Outperforms unsupervised baselines on 10 datasets.
  • Achieves 95% of supervised verifier performance on average.
  • Compatible with any off-the-shelf LLM.
  • Source code at https://github.com/wangx

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