EXECUTE: A Multilingual Benchmark for LLM Token Understanding
MCML Authors
Lukas Edman
Dr.
Alexander Fraser
Prof. Dr.
Core PI
Abstract
Lukas Edman
Dr.
Alexander Fraser
Prof. Dr.
Core PI
Abstract
The CUTE benchmark showed that LLMs struggle with character understanding in English. We extend it to more languages with diverse scripts and writing systems, introducing EXECUTE. Our simplified framework allows easy expansion to any language. Tests across multiple LLMs reveal that challenges in other languages are not always on the character level as in English. Some languages show word-level processing issues, some show no issues at all. We also examine sub-character tasks in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean to assess LLMs' understanding of character components.
inproceedings ESF25
Findings @ACL 2025
Findings at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics. Vienna, Austria, Jul 27-Aug 01, 2025.
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L. Edman • H. Schmid • A. FraserLinks
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