Provided Answer (12) to the Example Arithmetic Reasoning Word Problem

Initial State for the Apple Problem

In-Context Learning (ICL)

A language model is presented with the following problem: "Jack has 7 apples. He ate 2 of them for dinner, but then his mom gave him 5 more apples. The next day, Jack gave 3 apples to his friend John. How many apples does Jack have left in the end?" The model processes the problem and performs the calculation (7 + 5) - 2 - 3, arriving at the correct final answer of 7. Which of the following statements best analyzes the flaw in the model's problem-solving approach?

A language model is tasked with solving the following word problem: 'Jack has 7 apples. He ate 2 of them for dinner, but then his mom gave him 5 more apples. The next day, Jack gave 3 apples to his friend John. How many apples does Jack have left in the end?' Arrange the following computational steps into the correct logical sequence that the model should follow to arrive at the final answer.

Analyzing a Flawed Arithmetic Reasoning Process

Incorrect Model Output (${}10$) for the Jack's Apples Word Problem

Example of One-Shot Chain-of-Thought (COT) Prompting

Zero-Shot CoT Example with Jack's Apples