PrimeX: A Dataset of Worldview, Opinion, and Explanation

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Main Authors: Koncel-Kedziorski, Rik, Joshi, Brihi, Paek, Tim
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author Koncel-Kedziorski, Rik
Joshi, Brihi
Paek, Tim
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Joshi, Brihi
Paek, Tim
contents As the adoption of language models advances, so does the need to better represent individual users to the model. Are there aspects of an individual's belief system that a language model can utilize for improved alignment? Following prior research, we investigate this question in the domain of opinion prediction by developing PrimeX, a dataset of public opinion survey data from 858 US residents with two additional sources of belief information: written explanations from the respondents for why they hold specific opinions, and the Primal World Belief survey for assessing respondent worldview. We provide an extensive initial analysis of our data and show the value of belief explanations and worldview for personalizing language models. Our results demonstrate how the additional belief information in PrimeX can benefit both the NLP and psychological research communities, opening up avenues for further study.
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spellingShingle PrimeX: A Dataset of Worldview, Opinion, and Explanation
Koncel-Kedziorski, Rik
Joshi, Brihi
Paek, Tim
Computation and Language
As the adoption of language models advances, so does the need to better represent individual users to the model. Are there aspects of an individual's belief system that a language model can utilize for improved alignment? Following prior research, we investigate this question in the domain of opinion prediction by developing PrimeX, a dataset of public opinion survey data from 858 US residents with two additional sources of belief information: written explanations from the respondents for why they hold specific opinions, and the Primal World Belief survey for assessing respondent worldview. We provide an extensive initial analysis of our data and show the value of belief explanations and worldview for personalizing language models. Our results demonstrate how the additional belief information in PrimeX can benefit both the NLP and psychological research communities, opening up avenues for further study.
title PrimeX: A Dataset of Worldview, Opinion, and Explanation
topic Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00174