activity
20242026
collaborators

5 papers

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

EvolvTrip: Enhancing Literary Character Understanding with Temporal Theory-of-Mind Graphs

Bohao Yang, Hainiu Xu, Jinhua Du +3

A compelling portrayal of characters is essential to the success of narrative writing. For readers, appreciating a character's traits requires the ability to infer their evolving b…

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…

cs.CL2025

PLAYER*: Enhancing LLM-based Multi-Agent Communication and Interaction in Murder Mystery Games

Qinglin Zhu, Runcong Zhao, Bin Liang +3

We introduce WellPlay, a reasoning dataset for multi-agent conversational inference in Murder Mystery Games (MMGs). WellPlay comprises 1,482 inferential questions across 12 games,…

cs.AI2024

OpenToM: A Comprehensive Benchmark for Evaluating Theory-of-Mind Reasoning Capabilities of Large Language Models

Hainiu Xu, Runcong Zhao, Lixing Zhu +2

Neural Theory-of-Mind (N-ToM), machine's ability to understand and keep track of the mental states of others, is pivotal in developing socially intelligent agents. However, prevale…