3 papers
cs.AI2026
ReFract: Benchmarking Perspective Awareness in Language Model Agents with Text World Models
Hainiu Xu, Vítor N. Lourenço, Mohnish Dubey +7
Large Language Model (LLM) agents are increasingly deployed in high-stakes settings such as industrial maintenance and equipment fault troubleshooting, where workers occupy a varie…
cs.HC2026
Why It Hurts: Identifying the Drivers of Negative Thoughts in Emotional Support Conversations
Hainiu Xu, Zhaoyue Sun, Hanqi Yan +3
Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly used for emotional support tasks, such as negative thought reframing. This task relies on modifying cognitive appraisals, the subjecti…
cs.CL2025
EnigmaToM: Improve LLMs' Theory-of-Mind Reasoning Capabilities with Neural Knowledge Base of Entity States
Hainiu Xu, Siya Qi, Jiazheng Li +4
Theory-of-Mind (ToM), the ability to infer others' perceptions and mental states, is fundamental to human interaction but remains challenging for Large Language Models (LLMs). Whil…