3 papers
cs.CL2026
When Models Decide and When They Bind: A Two-Stage Computation for Multiple-Choice Question-Answering
Hugh Mee Wong, Rick Nouwen, Albert Gatt
Multiple-choice question answering (MCQA) is easy to evaluate but adds a meta-task: models must both solve the problem and output the symbol that *represents* the answer, conflatin…
cs.CL2025
Can LLMs Detect Ambiguous Plural Reference? An Analysis of Split-Antecedent and Mereological Reference
Dang Anh, Rick Nouwen, Massimo Poesio
Our goal is to study how LLMs represent and interpret plural reference in ambiguous and unambiguous contexts. We ask the following research questions: (1) Do LLMs exhibit human-lik…
cs.CL2025
VAQUUM: Are Vague Quantifiers Grounded in Visual Data?
Hugh Mee Wong, Rick Nouwen, Albert Gatt
Vague quantifiers such as "a few" and "many" are influenced by various contextual factors, including the number of objects present in a given context. In this work, we evaluate the…