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LLMs struggle with deictic ambiguity in draft-verify-revise pipelines

A new research paper explores how Large Language Models (LLMs) in draft-verify-revise pipelines can struggle with deictic ambiguity, where context-dependent expressions like "previous" can refer to different things across stages. The study tested six models, finding that while GPT-5.2 improved significantly with increased reasoning effort, Gemini 3-Pro maintained high accuracy across all tested levels. The research suggests that context engineers should explicitly define referents at each stage to prevent deictic shifts. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential deictic shift issues in LLM orchestration, suggesting explicit referent definition for improved context handling.

RANK_REASON Research paper published on arXiv detailing LLM capabilities. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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LLMs struggle with deictic ambiguity in draft-verify-revise pipelines

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Obinna I. Ekekezie ·

    Can LLMs in Draft-Verify-Revise Pipelines Resolve Deictic Ambiguity?

    arXiv:2609.12162v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Draft-verify-revise is a common LLM orchestration pattern for scaling inference-time compute. One LLM drafts, a second critiques the draft and provides feedback, and a third uses that feedback to revise the draft into the final ou…