CDEval: A Benchmark for Measuring the Cultural Dimensions of Large Language Models

Yuhang Wang, Yanxu Zhu, Chao Kong, Shuyu Wei, Xiaoyuan Yi, Xing Xie, Jitao Sang


Abstract
As the scaling of Large Language Models (LLMs) has dramatically enhanced their capabilities, there has been a growing focus on the alignment problem to ensure their responsible and ethical use. While existing alignment efforts predominantly concentrate on universal values such as the HHH principle, the aspect of culture, which is inherently pluralistic and diverse, has not received adequate attention. This work introduces a new benchmark, CDEval, aimed at evaluating the cultural dimensions of LLMs. CDEval is constructed by incorporating both GPT-4’s automated generation and human verification, covering six cultural dimensions across seven domains. Our comprehensive experiments provide intriguing insights into the culture of mainstream LLMs, highlighting both consistencies and variations across different dimensions and domains. The findings underscore the importance of integrating cultural considerations in LLM development, particularly for applications in diverse cultural settings. This benchmark serves as a valuable resource for cultural studies in LLMs, paving the way for more culturally aware and sensitive models.
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2024.c3nlp-1.1
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Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Cross-Cultural Considerations in NLP
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August
Year:
2024
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Bangkok, Thailand
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Vinodkumar Prabhakaran, Sunipa Dev, Luciana Benotti, Daniel Hershcovich, Laura Cabello, Yong Cao, Ife Adebara, Li Zhou
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C3NLP | WS
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Association for Computational Linguistics
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1–16
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https://aclanthology.org/2024.c3nlp-1.1
DOI:
10.18653/v1/2024.c3nlp-1.1
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Yuhang Wang, Yanxu Zhu, Chao Kong, Shuyu Wei, Xiaoyuan Yi, Xing Xie, and Jitao Sang. 2024. CDEval: A Benchmark for Measuring the Cultural Dimensions of Large Language Models. In Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Cross-Cultural Considerations in NLP, pages 1–16, Bangkok, Thailand. Association for Computational Linguistics.
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CDEval: A Benchmark for Measuring the Cultural Dimensions of Large Language Models (Wang et al., C3NLP-WS 2024)
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