3 papers
cs.CL2026
Beyond Divergent Creativity: A Human-Based Evaluation of Creativity in Large Language Models
Kumiko Nakajima, Jan Zuiderveld, Sandro Pezzelle
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used in verbal creative tasks. However, previous assessments of the creative capabilities of LLMs remain weakly grounded in human crea…
cs.CL2025
They want to pretend not to understand: The Limits of Current LLMs in Interpreting Implicit Content of Political Discourse
Walter Paci, Alessandro Panunzi, Sandro Pezzelle
Implicit content plays a crucial role in political discourse, where speakers systematically employ pragmatic strategies such as implicatures and presuppositions to influence their…
cs.CL2025
Are formal and functional linguistic mechanisms dissociated in language models?
Michael Hanna, Yonatan Belinkov, Sandro Pezzelle
Although large language models (LLMs) are increasingly capable, these capabilities are unevenly distributed: they excel at formal linguistic tasks, such as producing fluent, gramma…