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Study questions AMALIA LLM's validity as data annotator

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A new study published on arXiv evaluates the validity of Large Language Models (LLMs) as data annotators, focusing on Portugal's national model, AMALIA. While AMALIA, a 9B-parameter model for European Portuguese, shows competitive agreement with human coders on coding moral foundations, the research indicates it may rely on surface-level correlations rather than theoretical constructs. When prompts were decomposed, AMALIA's performance dropped significantly, suggesting it doesn't fully grasp the underlying theory. The study concludes that while AMALIA can assist in large-scale pre-coding, it is not yet reliable enough for standalone annotation of complex constructs, highlighting the need for benchmarks that assess the reasoning process, not just agreement. AI

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COVERAGE [3]

  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Manuel Pita ·

    Validity of LLMs as data annotators: AMALIA on authority

    arXiv:2607.08731v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: A national language model offers a linguistic community its own instrument for measuring what its citizens say and value. Portugal's AMALIA, a publicly funded 9B-parameter model for European Portuguese, appears competitive on agre…

  2. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Manuel Pita ·

    Validity of LLMs as data annotators: AMALIA on authority

    A national language model offers a linguistic community its own instrument for measuring what its citizens say and value. Portugal's AMALIA, a publicly funded 9B-parameter model for European Portuguese, appears competitive on agreement alone: asked to code the moral foundation of…

  3. Hugging Face Daily Papers TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Validity of LLMs as data annotators: AMALIA on authority

    A national language model offers a linguistic community its own instrument for measuring what its citizens say and value. Portugal's AMALIA, a publicly funded 9B-parameter model for European Portuguese, appears competitive on agreement alone: asked to code the moral foundation of…

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