Ellipsis-dependent Reasoning: A New Challenge for Large Language Models

Daniel Hardt

Ellipsis-dependent Reasoning: A New Challenge for Large Language Models

Daniel Hardt

Department of Management, Society and Communication

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Abstract

We propose a novel challenge for large language models: ellipsis-dependent reasoning. We define several structures of paired examples, where an ellipsis example is matched to its non-ellipsis counterpart, and a question is posed which requires resolution of the ellipsis. Test results show that the best models perform well on non-elliptical examples but struggle with all but the simplest ellipsis structures.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics
Editors	Anna Rogers, Jordan Boyd-Graber, Naoaki Okazaki
Volume	2
Place of Publication	Stroudsburg
Publisher	Association for Computational Linguistics
Publication date	2023
Pages	39-47
ISBN (Print)	9781959429715
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	The 61st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics - Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, Canada Duration: 9 Jul 2023 → 14 Jul 2023 Conference number: 61 https://2023.aclweb.org/

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Conference	The 61st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics
Number	61
Location	Westin Harbour Castle
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Toronto
Period	09/07/2023 → 14/07/2023
Internet address	https://2023.aclweb.org/

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Hardt, D 2023, Ellipsis-dependent Reasoning: A New Challenge for Large Language Models. in A Rogers, J Boyd-Graber & N Okazaki (eds), Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics. vol. 2, Association for Computational Linguistics, Stroudsburg, pp. 39-47, The 61st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics , Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 09/07/2023. <https://aclanthology.org/volumes/2023.acl-short/>

Ellipsis-dependent Reasoning: A New Challenge for Large Language Models. / Hardt, Daniel.
Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics. ed. / Anna Rogers; Jordan Boyd-Graber; Naoaki Okazaki. Vol. 2 Stroudsburg: Association for Computational Linguistics, 2023. p. 39-47.

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