papersSEP 10 04:00 UTC
Minimal-pair dataset probes whether language models grasp light-verb constructions
Researchers built a minimal-pair dataset that tests whether language models can tell light-verb constructions like 'make a decision' apart from full predicate uses of the same verbs, such as 'make a cake'. The work targets phraseological competence, examining how verb meaning shifts in multiword expressions. By comparing model behavior on nearly identical sentence pairs, the benchmark aims to reveal how deeply models represent this distinction.