EthiQuest: LLM-Powered Ethical Questionnaire Generation for Research Review

Ishank Kapania, Radhika Mamidi, Rahul Mishra


Abstract
Building upon the critical importance of ethical considerations in research, we introduce a novel task of Ethical Questionnaire Generation (EQG) for research papers. Ethical review has become an indispensable component of the research process, helping identify potential risks, biases, and societal impacts that may arise from scientific work. In this paper, we present EthiQuest, a comprehensive dataset comprising 3663 research papers paired with their corresponding ethical questionnaires extracted from major conference proceedings. We explore various approaches leveraging large language models (LLMs) to automatically generate context-aware ethical questionnaires, examining the unique challenges of capturing domain-specific ethical concerns, ensuring comprehensive coverage of potential issues, and maintaining question relevance and clarity. Our experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of fine-tuned LLMs in generating pertinent ethical questions across diverse research domains. We provide detailed analysis of question quality, coverage metrics, and practical insights for deploying such systems in real-world research review processes. The EQG dataset and code can be accessed at https://anonymous.4open.science/r/eqg-979C/.
Anthology ID:
2026.lrec-1.96
Volume:
Proceedings of the Fifteenth Language Resources and Evaluation Conference
Month:
May
Year:
2026
Address:
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Editors:
Stelios Piperidis, Núria Bel, Henk van den Heuvel, Nancy Ide, Simon Krek, Antonio Toral
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LREC
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ELRA Language Resource Association
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1216–1225
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External URL:
https://lrec.elra.info/lrec2026-main-096
DOI:
10.63317/3oju9vtxpezh
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Cite (ACL):
Ishank Kapania, Radhika Mamidi, and Rahul Mishra. 2026. EthiQuest: LLM-Powered Ethical Questionnaire Generation for Research Review. In Proceedings of the Fifteenth Language Resources and Evaluation Conference, pages 1216–1225, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. ELRA Language Resource Association.
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EthiQuest: LLM-Powered Ethical Questionnaire Generation for Research Review (Kapania et al., LREC 2026)
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