3 papers
cs.CL2026
The Plot Thins: Uniformity and Linearity in Literary Summaries
Rebecca M. M. Hicke, Sil Hamilton, David Mimno +1
Works of literature are complicated; they balance plot, suspense, surprise, and artistic expression. Summaries of literature prioritize plot, and therefore may deviate from their s…
cs.CL2026
Attention Flows: Tracing LLM Conceptual Engagement via Story Summaries
Rebecca M. M. Hicke, Sil Hamilton, David Mimno +1
Although LLM context lengths have grown, there is evidence that their ability to integrate information across long-form texts has not kept pace. We evaluate one such understanding…
cs.CL2025
Alignment Drift in CEFR-prompted LLMs for Interactive Spanish Tutoring
Mina Almasi, Ross Deans Kristensen-McLachlan
This paper investigates the potentials of Large Language Models (LLMs) as adaptive tutors in the context of second-language learning. In particular, we evaluate whether system prom…