Are Large Language Models Effective Knowledge Graph Constructors?

The paper investigates whether large language models (LLMs) can construct knowledge graphs (KGs) from documents in a zero‑shot, schema‑free manner. It introduces the Detail‑to‑Abstract Hierarchical Knowledge Graph (D2A‑HKG) framework, which splits KG construction into extraction, splitting, and abstraction stages, and evaluates the resulting graphs semantically and structurally. Using seven leading LLMs, the authors benchmark zero‑shot KG construction on CMW‑Lit—a dataset of pediatric mental‑wellness research—and find that state‑of‑the‑art LLMs generally produce relevant, document‑faithful triples with limited hallucination, though their extraction behaviors vary across stages. The study releases CMW‑Lit and the generated graphs as resources for future research and downstream knowledge‑intensive applications.

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