Paper Citation Record · LEDGER

Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation

As of 7 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 12 of 12 outbound references and 11 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2507.02856.

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This paper cites • Reversible: Expansion is infinitesimally slow, maintaining equilibrium.

Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation • Reversible: Expansion is infinitesimally slow, maintaining equilibrium

Reference 1

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Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation Unresolved cited work

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Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation Unresolved cited work

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This paper cites Calculate the total change in entropy, when a sample of nitrogen gas of mass 14 g at 298 K and 1.00 bar doubles its volume in an isothermal reversible expansion.

Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation Calculate the total change in entropy, when a sample of nitrogen gas of mass 14 g at 298 K and 1.00 bar doubles its volume in an isothermal reversible expansion

Reference 4

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This paper cites We find that MCQ estimates the highest accuracy followed by LLM-judges.

Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation We find that MCQ estimates the highest accuracy followed by LLM-judges

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This paper cites " " # The response can have more information than the ,→ ground− t r u t h . # I t can be more s p e c i f i c ( f o r example ,.

Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation " " # The response can have more information than the ,→ ground− t r u t h . # I t can be more s p e c i f i c ( f o r example ,

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This paper cites • Reversible: Expansion occurs slowly enough to maintain equilibrium.

Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation • Reversible: Expansion occurs slowly enough to maintain equilibrium

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Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation Unresolved cited work

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Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation Unresolved cited work

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Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation Unresolved cited work

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Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation Unresolved cited work

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Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation cloze procedure

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Pith citing papers

Observation 7c5363e6-c712-4c37-aa28-cbdd340f86bd · inbound

Bridging the Knowledge-Prediction Gap in LLMs on Multiple-Choice Questions cites this paper.

Bridging the Knowledge-Prediction Gap in LLMs on Multiple-Choice Questions Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation

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Entropy After </Think> for reasoning model early exiting cites this paper.

Entropy After </Think> for reasoning model early exiting Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation

Reference 1

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Observation 12c11f98-a00a-4ed0-ba99-d3424204496e · inbound

Beyond MCQ: An Open-Ended Arabic Cultural QA Benchmark with Dialect Variants cites this paper.

Beyond MCQ: An Open-Ended Arabic Cultural QA Benchmark with Dialect Variants Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation

Reference 13

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Safety Under Scaffolding: How Evaluation Conditions Shape Measured Safety cites this paper.

Safety Under Scaffolding: How Evaluation Conditions Shape Measured Safety Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation

Reference 13

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Observation 6b6c605c-69f9-42ce-8b0b-e98af22fd748 · inbound

Correct Looks Better: Pairwise Comparisons Reveal Accuracy Rankings cites this paper.

Correct Looks Better: Pairwise Comparisons Reveal Accuracy Rankings Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation

Reference 3

Resolution: verified exact; arxiv_id, observed 2026-07-03T01:27:31.152523Z

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Observation 9a7f5675-c8a4-4ee0-8a6c-a4089dc377a3 · inbound

Are We Evaluating Knowledge or Phrasing? Mitigating MCQA Sensitivity with ParaEval cites this paper.

Are We Evaluating Knowledge or Phrasing? Mitigating MCQA Sensitivity with ParaEval Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation

Reference 4

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Improving Cross-Format Robustness in Language Models with Multi-Format Training cites this paper.

Improving Cross-Format Robustness in Language Models with Multi-Format Training Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation

Reference 9

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Storyline Trees: Hierarchical Representations for Long-Form Narratives cites this paper.

Storyline Trees: Hierarchical Representations for Long-Form Narratives Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation

Reference 1

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HelpBench: Assessing the Ability of LLMs to Provide Privacy, Safety, and Security Advice cites this paper.

HelpBench: Assessing the Ability of LLMs to Provide Privacy, Safety, and Security Advice Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation

Reference 4

Resolution: verified exact; arxiv_id, observed 2026-07-04T18:00:01.348676Z

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Observation c967abae-1ab3-4368-b4b6-5466d675666d · inbound

Judging Is Not Enumerating: Silent Omissions in LLM-Authored Acceptable Sets cites this paper.

Judging Is Not Enumerating: Silent Omissions in LLM-Authored Acceptable Sets Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation

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Deferred Exposure of Future Trajectories for Verifiable Reasoning in Autonomous Driving VLMs cites this paper.

Deferred Exposure of Future Trajectories for Verifiable Reasoning in Autonomous Driving VLMs Answer Matching Outperforms Multiple Choice for Language Model Evaluation

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