Disentangling Statistical Preemption from Entrenchment in Language Models' Avoidance of Overgeneralization
arXiv:2609.01794v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: How do learners avoid overgeneralizations such as Tom laughed me without explicit negative evidence? Constructionists have posited two proposals that describe indirect negative evidence against overgeneralizations: preemption (which privileges exposure to near-synonymous construction---e.g., she made him laugh) vs. entrenchment…
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