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Towards Universal Semantics With Large Language Models

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  • Haebom

Author

Raymond Baartmans, Matthew Raffel, Rahul Vikram, Aiden Deringer, Lizhong Chen

Outline

This paper presents the first study utilizing large-scale language models (LLMs) to generate explanations of natural semantic metalanguages (NSMs). NSMs are based on a set of universal semantic elements that exist in most languages, allowing any word to be captured with a clear and universally translatable meaning. We present an automatic evaluation method, a custom dataset, and fine-tuned models for this task, and show that the 1B and 8B models outperform GPT-4o in generating accurate and mutually translatable explanations. This is a significant step forward toward universal semantic representations using LLMs, and opens new possibilities in a variety of fields, including semantic analysis and translation.

Takeaways, Limitations

Takeaways:
We first demonstrate that NSM descriptions can be generated using LLM.
The 1B and 8B models outperform GPT-4o, demonstrating the potential of LLM-based universal semantic representations.
It presents new application possibilities for various NLP tasks such as semantic analysis and translation.
Development of automated evaluation methods and customized datasets.
Limitations:
Further research is needed to determine whether the performance of the model presented in this study fully reflects the complexity of actual language use.
Discussion of the universality of NSM is beyond the scope of this study.
Possible performance limitations depending on the size and diversity of the dataset used.
Due to the black-box nature of the LLM, there is a lack of transparency into the model’s decision-making process.
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