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20 papers

cs.CL2026

Indirect Question Answering in English, German and Bavarian: A Challenging Task for High- and Low-Resource Languages Alike

Miriam Winkler, Verena Blaschke, Barbara Plank

Indirectness is a common feature of daily communication, yet is underexplored in NLP research for both low-resource as well as high-resource languages. Indirect Question Answering…

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EVADE: LLM-Based Explanation Generation and Validation for Error Detection in NLI

Longfei Zuo, Barbara Plank, Siyao Peng

High-quality datasets are critical for training and evaluating reliable NLP models. In tasks like natural language inference (NLI), human label variation (HLV) arises when multiple…

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Decoupling the Effect of Chain-of-Thought Reasoning: A Human Label Variation Perspective

Beiduo Chen, Tiancheng Hu, Caiqi Zhang +3

Reasoning-tuned LLMs utilizing long Chain-of-Thought (CoT) excel at single-answer tasks, yet their ability to model Human Label Variation--which requires capturing probabilistic am…

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Agree, Disagree, Explain: Decomposing Human Label Variation in NLI through the Lens of Explanations

Pingjun Hong, Beiduo Chen, Siyao Peng +3

Natural Language Inference (NLI) datasets often exhibit human label variation. To better understand these variations, explanation-based approaches analyze the underlying reasoning…

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Standard-to-Dialect Transfer Trends Differ across Text and Speech: A Case Study on Intent and Topic Classification in German Dialects

Verena Blaschke, Miriam Winkler, Barbara Plank

Research on cross-dialectal transfer from a standard to a non-standard dialect variety has typically focused on text data. However, dialects are primarily spoken, and non-standard…

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Information Asymmetry across Language Varieties: A Case Study on Cantonese-Mandarin and Bavarian-German QA

Renhao Pei, Siyao Peng, Verena Blaschke +2

Large Language Models (LLMs) are becoming a common way for humans to seek knowledge, yet their coverage and reliability vary widely. Especially for local language varieties, there…