arXiv Computation and Language

KLEAR: Knowledge-Matched LLM Evaluation in Korean across Application Requirements via Controlled Benchmark Transformation

KLEAR is a framework that creates knowledge‑matched contrasts for Korean LLM evaluation by varying application demand while keeping the required knowledge constant. It identifies the knowledge behind each source question, generates more complex application questions, and refines them through automated and human validation. Experiments show that these controlled sets reveal persistent failures in LLMs when application demand increases, even with the necessary knowledge supplied.

arXiv Computation and Language
Oct 16

KBS: A Korean Benchmark Suite for Foundation Model Evaluation

The paper introduces KBS, a Korean Benchmark Suite that includes six datasets—Ko-ARC, Ko-GSM8K, Ko-EQ-Bench, Ko-WinoGrande, Ko-LAMBADA, and Ko-IFEval—covering nine capabilities across 9,396 items. It emphasizes a non‑translation approach by reviewing, localizing, and redesigning tasks for Korean, and evaluates Korean‑developed, multilingual open, and closed API models under protocols that consider model access, prompt format, and scoring differences. The results highlight that Korean benchmark scores are influenced by task construction, scoring rules, prompting, and post‑training, suggesting that evaluations should report both final scores and the settings used.

By Yeonkyoung So, Jongmin Kim, Sungmok Jung, Gyuseong Lee, Sangho Kim, Jongyeon Park, Joonhak Lee, Seho Pyo, Gyeongje Cho, Seorin Kim, Jisoo Kim, Suyoung Park, Hyunji M. Park, Yelim Ahn, Yeongho Seo, Jaejin Lee
arXiv AI
Jun 10

RankLLM: Weighted Ranking of LLMs by Quantifying Question Difficulty

arXiv:2602. 12424v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Benchmarks establish a standardized evaluation framework to systematically assess the performance of large language models (LLMs), facilitating objective comparisons and driving advancements in the field.

By Ziqian Zhang, Xingjian Hu, Yue Huang, Kai Zhang, Ruoxi Chen, Yixin Liu, Qingsong Wen, Kaidi Xu, Xiangliang Zhang, Neil Zhenqiang Gong, Lichao Sun
arXiv AI
Sep 28

Do LLMs Understand Context? A Knowledge Graph-Based Evaluation Framework

The paper introduces a knowledge‑graph‑based evaluation framework, S3KG, to assess whether large language models truly understand context in question answering tasks. S3KG combines structural and semantic signals into a single similarity score and is paired with a diagnostic analysis that pinpoints reasoning errors at the triplet level. Across nine benchmarks, the method outperforms existing baselines, achieving up to +7.6 F1 points and an AUROC of 0.973.

By Subavarshana Arumugam, Mamta Nallaretnam, Kithuni Wickramasinghe, Chamath Gunapala, Pragatheeswaran Vipulanandan, Kamal Premaratne, Uthayasanker Thayasivam
arXiv Computation and Language
Oct 23

Beyond Prompt and Parser Engineering: Soft-Prompt Tuning for Automated LLM Evaluation

The paper introduces soft‑prompt tuning as a lightweight, automated method for evaluating large language models (LLMs). By optimizing only ten soft‑prompt vectors—about 0.0006% of a 7B model’s parameters—within 150 steps, the approach adapts models to specific benchmark formats, improving format compliance while preserving knowledge accuracy. Experiments across seven models and eleven datasets show that this method matches strong evaluation‑harness baselines, enhances evaluation signals on challenging datasets, and yields cleaner outputs that align better with exact‑match scoring and independent LLM judges.

By Selen Erkan, Bastian Boll, Kristian Kersting, Bj\"orn Deiseroth, Letitia Parcalabescu
arXiv Computation and Language
2d ago

Knowledge Localization in Mixture-of-Experts LLMs Using Cross-Lingual Inconsistency

The paper introduces a knowledge localization framework for mixture-of-experts large language models that exploits cross-lingual inconsistencies in factual recall. By comparing routing decisions for languages where the model succeeds versus fails on difficult factual questions, the method identifies a small set of experts crucial for answering specific knowledge queries. Deactivating roughly 20 of 6,000 experts often causes the model to fail in over 40% of cases, demonstrating the approach’s effectiveness and scalability.

By Lucas Bandarkar, Alan Ansell, Trevor Cohn