Q&A on Any Spreadsheet Requires Interpreting Its Grid Structure
A cell-role annotation framework improves spreadsheet chunking for LLM-driven RAG, but the authors argue discrete classification cannot fully capture 2D grid structure.
The paper proposes splitting spreadsheets into interpretable chunks using semantic cell role annotation, improving chunking interpretability for LLM-driven RAG systems. It beats the state of the art on answer generation through enriched context but hits a hard ceiling, since finite predefined classes cannot capture spreadsheets' continuous relationships and infinite potential cell roles. The authors argue the field must develop dimensionality-reduction techniques that directly flatten 2D unstructured spreadsheets into 1D text for downstream RAG.