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arXiv Computation and Language By Sneha Oram, Ojaswita Bhushan, Tejomay Kishor Padole, Suyash P. Awate, Pushpak Bhattacharyya

Towards Emotion Consistency Analysis of Large Language Models in Emotional Conversational Contexts

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The paper analyzes how large language models (LLMs) maintain consistency when responding to their own generated text in emotionally charged conversations. By treating LLM-generated responses as queries and evaluating the subsequent replies, the study examines three false claim queries across extreme and moderate emotional intensities. Results show that commercial models (Claude‑3.5‑haiku, GPT4o‑mini) and a medium‑sized model (Mistral‑7B) perform below average and are especially vulnerable to false beliefs in moderate emotional contexts, with an attention‑score analysis revealing a shift from evaluative to generative priorities.

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