5 papers
Wisdom in Unity: The Role of Multilingual Training in Figurative Language Identification in Proverbs
Rama Alomair, Remas Alsubaie, Walaa Saifalislam +5
Although multilingual approaches to figurative language identification are not new, the shift beyond language homogeneous training data requires a clearer understanding of the cont…
Same Lesson, Different Story: Cross-Lingual Reconstruction of Cultural Narratives in Large Language Models
Jory Alshaalan, Haya Albaker, Abeer Aldayel +2
The evaluation of cultural grounding context becomes complex when multiple cultures convey the same moral lesson. This challenge is particularly relevant to large language models (…
Incongruent Positivity: When Miscalibrated Positivity Undermines Online Supportive Conversations
Leen Almajed, Abeer ALdayel
In emotionally supportive conversations, well-intended positivity can sometimes misfire, leading to responses that feel dismissive, minimizing, or unrealistically optimistic. We ex…
EMBRACE: Shaping Inclusive Opinion Representation by Aligning Implicit Conversations with Social Norms
Abeer Aldayel, Areej Alokaili
Shaping inclusive representations that embrace diversity and ensure fair participation and reflections of values is at the core of many conversation-based models. However, many exi…
Hatred Stems from Ignorance! Distillation of the Persuasion Modes in Countering Conversational Hate Speech
Ghadi Alyahya, Abeer Aldayel
Examining the factors that the counterspeech uses are at the core of understanding the optimal methods for confronting hate speech online. Various studies have assessed the emotion…