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Large Language Models Can Follow Instructions, But Not Many at Once: Phase Transitions in Compositional Constraint Satisfaction

As of 23 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 12 of 12 outbound references and 0 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2608.12426.

A citation records a reference. It does not transfer a finding from one paper to another.

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measured 12 of 12 reference resolution

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Outbound references

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This paper cites L2 (mandatory words) survives at 73–100%; 30 Table 12: Per-constraint survival rate on 444 impossible probes.

Large Language Models Can Follow Instructions, But Not Many at Once: Phase Transitions in Compositional Constraint Satisfaction L2 (mandatory words) survives at 73–100%; 30 Table 12: Per-constraint survival rate on 444 impossible probes

Reference 1

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Source-reported events for the cited work

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Observation cb8d650e-b060-4dc8-9ffb-95188b4b7c6e · outbound

This paper cites Models find it easier to omit than to include.

Large Language Models Can Follow Instructions, But Not Many at Once: Phase Transitions in Compositional Constraint Satisfaction Models find it easier to omit than to include

Reference 2

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Observation c8b406d0-2318-4b31-9489-d77b378eb8ea · outbound

This paper cites InAdvances in Neural Information Processing Systems, volume 36.

Large Language Models Can Follow Instructions, But Not Many at Once: Phase Transitions in Compositional Constraint Satisfaction InAdvances in Neural Information Processing Systems, volume 36

Reference 3

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Observation 7dbcb3fa-0ef5-48dd-9582-eb27d9401fe9 · outbound

This paper cites ConceptMix++: Leveling the Playing Field in Text-to-Image Benchmarking via Iterative Prompt Optimization.

Large Language Models Can Follow Instructions, But Not Many at Once: Phase Transitions in Compositional Constraint Satisfaction ConceptMix++: Leveling the Playing Field in Text-to-Image Benchmarking via Iterative Prompt Optimization

Reference 4

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Observation 3a4dc997-b05f-420a-ab21-f52856373192 · outbound

This paper cites A model scor- ing 80%+ on IFEval could in principle collapse atk=5−8 on CSE, exposing degradation invisible to proficiency-oriented evaluation.

Large Language Models Can Follow Instructions, But Not Many at Once: Phase Transitions in Compositional Constraint Satisfaction A model scor- ing 80%+ on IFEval could in principle collapse atk=5−8 on CSE, exposing degradation invisible to proficiency-oriented evaluation

Reference 6

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Source-reported events for the cited work

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Observation f6a6ace5-4e22-418d-a872-79e86921272e · outbound

This paper cites emergent abilities.

Large Language Models Can Follow Instructions, But Not Many at Once: Phase Transitions in Compositional Constraint Satisfaction emergent abilities

Reference 7

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Observation 3a8b1b5b-0772-413b-85e9-11c93adc285b · outbound

This paper cites genuine” failures are constraint self-narration (“Constraint L1 requires no letter ‘k’.

Large Language Models Can Follow Instructions, But Not Many at Once: Phase Transitions in Compositional Constraint Satisfaction genuine” failures are constraint self-narration (“Constraint L1 requires no letter ‘k’

Reference 8

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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-23T06:30:58.430688+00:00.

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Observation 21204f03-324c-41a6-86eb-a8ca110179ca · outbound

This paper cites R.2 Results Across 55,645 constraint checks, 28.2% of individ- ual constraints were satisfied on impossible probes.

Large Language Models Can Follow Instructions, But Not Many at Once: Phase Transitions in Compositional Constraint Satisfaction R.2 Results Across 55,645 constraint checks, 28.2% of individ- ual constraints were satisfied on impossible probes

Reference 9

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Observation 63828a12-f1cd-4f5f-8d31-f23f7f035664 · outbound

This paper cites S2: 11. Need 10. Fix.

Large Language Models Can Follow Instructions, But Not Many at Once: Phase Transitions in Compositional Constraint Satisfaction S2: 11. Need 10. Fix

Reference 12

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Observation 4530ec86-e416-4a42-aefe-80f7fbff8ca2 · outbound

This paper cites Generalizing Verifiable Instruction Following.

Large Language Models Can Follow Instructions, But Not Many at Once: Phase Transitions in Compositional Constraint Satisfaction Generalizing Verifiable Instruction Following

Reference 2006

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Observation 03b0237a-b246-4f96-81d9-06374204df37 · outbound

This paper cites Controllable Text Generation with Language Constraints.

Large Language Models Can Follow Instructions, But Not Many at Once: Phase Transitions in Compositional Constraint Satisfaction Controllable Text Generation with Language Constraints

Reference 2023

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Observation 7022ac84-8bc6-4449-a8a9-dc8c2cdea41d · outbound

This paper cites InThe Thirteenth International Conference on Learning Representations.

Large Language Models Can Follow Instructions, But Not Many at Once: Phase Transitions in Compositional Constraint Satisfaction InThe Thirteenth International Conference on Learning Representations

Reference 2025

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Pith citing papers

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