arXiv Computation and Language

High Scores, Hidden Failures: Evaluating Codebook-Based LLM Content Analysis

Hugging Face Trending Papers
Aug 17

Toward Better Assessment of LLMs' Performance in Clinical Error Detection

Automated detection of errors in clinical documentation is a promising application of large language models (LLMs), yet decisions to deploy such models rest on benchmarks that evaluate each clinical note in isolation. Error-detection benchmarks are typically constructed by injecting errors into notes, such that each erroneous note has a natural counterpart.

Hugging Face Trending Papers
Sep 3

Evaluating Criterion-Conditioned Behaviour of Large Language Models in Content Moderation

The paper introduces DECO, a diagnostic tool that factorises content into independent criteria for evaluating large language models (LLMs) on content moderation tasks. Using DECO and pairwise evaluation across four datasets and four LLMs, the authors find that high benchmark scores can mask significant failures at the criterion level, especially when decisions hinge on specific content aspects rather than overall harmfulness. The study underscores that aggregated label performance does not guarantee reliable criterion-conditioned evaluation, calling for new methods that explicitly assess this behavior.

arXiv Computation and Language
Sep 4

Evaluating Criterion-Conditioned Behaviour of Large Language Models in Content Moderation

The paper introduces DECO, a diagnostic framework that factorises content into independent moderation criteria, allowing controlled evaluation of large language models (LLMs) at the criterion level. Using pairwise evaluation across four datasets and four LLMs, the authors find that high aggregate benchmark scores can mask significant failures when decisions hinge on specific content aspects required by individual criteria. The study underscores that aggregated labels do not guarantee reliable criterion-conditioned performance, highlighting the need for evaluation methods that explicitly assess this behavior.

By Danting Zhang, Bei Peng, Robert Loftin
arXiv Computation and Language
Sep 22

LLJ Cards: Best practices for the Use of LLMs as Judges

arXiv:2609.24516v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In recent years, large language models (LLMs) have emerged as a popular alternative for evaluation. Often referred to as LLMs as judges (LLJs), these s...

By Khaoula Chehbouni, Melina Medjdoub, Florian Carichon, Golnoosh Farnadi, Jackie Chi Kit Cheung
arXiv Computation and Language
Oct 9

Large Language Models for Machine Translation Quality Annotation: Humans and Models Are Both Challenged

Large Language Models (LLMs) are being tested as a cost‑effective alternative to human judgment for evaluating machine translation (MT). This study compares LLM agreement with human annotators on two MT quality schemes—Multidimensional Quality Metrics (MQM) and Error Span Annotation (ESA)—across 70 language pairs and public WMT23/25 data. Results show that while LLMs sometimes match or exceed human agreement, performance varies widely by scheme, language, and domain, and remains unreliable in many settings. The work also identifies specific challenges for both humans (e.g., fine‑grained MQM, low‑resource languages) and LLMs (e.g., minor errors, wrong language variants, span annotation).

By Hala Almaghout, Christian Federmann, Qin Gao