A Structured Framework for Evaluating and Enhancing Interpretive Capabilities of Multimodal LLMs in Culturally Situated Tasks
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| author | Yu, Haorui Ruiz-Dolz, Ramon Yi, Qiufeng |
| author_facet | Yu, Haorui Ruiz-Dolz, Ramon Yi, Qiufeng |
| contents | This study aims to test and evaluate the capabilities and characteristics of current mainstream Visual Language Models (VLMs) in generating critiques for traditional Chinese painting. To achieve this, we first developed a quantitative framework for Chinese painting critique. This framework was constructed by extracting multi-dimensional evaluative features covering evaluative stance, feature focus, and commentary quality from human expert critiques using a zero-shot classification model. Based on these features, several representative critic personas were defined and quantified. This framework was then employed to evaluate selected VLMs such as Llama, Qwen, or Gemini. The experimental design involved persona-guided prompting to assess the VLM's ability to generate critiques from diverse perspectives. Our findings reveal the current performance levels, strengths, and areas for improvement of VLMs in the domain of art critique, offering insights into their potential and limitations in complex semantic understanding and content generation tasks. The code used for our experiments can be publicly accessed at: https://github.com/yha9806/VULCA-EMNLP2025. |
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| spellingShingle | A Structured Framework for Evaluating and Enhancing Interpretive Capabilities of Multimodal LLMs in Culturally Situated Tasks Yu, Haorui Ruiz-Dolz, Ramon Yi, Qiufeng Computation and Language This study aims to test and evaluate the capabilities and characteristics of current mainstream Visual Language Models (VLMs) in generating critiques for traditional Chinese painting. To achieve this, we first developed a quantitative framework for Chinese painting critique. This framework was constructed by extracting multi-dimensional evaluative features covering evaluative stance, feature focus, and commentary quality from human expert critiques using a zero-shot classification model. Based on these features, several representative critic personas were defined and quantified. This framework was then employed to evaluate selected VLMs such as Llama, Qwen, or Gemini. The experimental design involved persona-guided prompting to assess the VLM's ability to generate critiques from diverse perspectives. Our findings reveal the current performance levels, strengths, and areas for improvement of VLMs in the domain of art critique, offering insights into their potential and limitations in complex semantic understanding and content generation tasks. The code used for our experiments can be publicly accessed at: https://github.com/yha9806/VULCA-EMNLP2025. |
| title | A Structured Framework for Evaluating and Enhancing Interpretive Capabilities of Multimodal LLMs in Culturally Situated Tasks |
| topic | Computation and Language |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23208 |