Does Field Ordering Affect Model Performance?
a year ago
- #Model Performance
- #LLM
- #Pydantic
- Field ordering in Pydantic models may affect model performance, especially in reasoning tasks.
- The article explores whether placing 'reasoning' before 'answer' in the schema nudges models towards better reasoning.
- Two tasks were tested: an easy classification task and a harder reasoning task.
- Results show mixed performance impacts across different models (GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1-mini, GPT-4o, GPT-4o-mini).
- No clear conclusion on field ordering's impact, but subtle schema changes may influence model behavior.