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Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations

As of 17 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 27 of 27 outbound references and 2 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2504.12691.

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

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Coverage vector

measured 27 of 27 reference resolution

Typed states for the displayed outbound observations.

Source: paper_references, paper_reference_links, observed 2026-08-16T12:30:19.614657Z

measured 29 of 29 standing notices

One-hop event checks from named stored sources.

Source: scholarly_work_events, retraction_status_cache, observed 2026-08-16T06:30:59.297886+00:00

measured 2 of 2 inbound itemization

Pith citing papers itemized under the disclosed page cap.

Source: paper_references, paper_reference_links, observed 2026-08-07T14:34:34.859843Z

measured 0 of 1 external citation measurements

A source-named dated measurement, never combined with another source.

Source: pith, observed 2026-08-07T14:34:34.991301Z

Reference resolution

27 of 27 outbound references displayed

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External citation measurements

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Outbound references

Observation ee0addfb-2e80-4090-8550-fa55731ff851 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations Unresolved cited work

Reference 1

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Observation 624b2986-5f69-45fe-ba50-6c6a94091ae4 · outbound

This paper cites The left and right parts satisfy|es◁|≥| es▷|.

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations The left and right parts satisfy|es◁|≥| es▷|

Reference 2

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Observation 5efc373a-e96b-4d43-b09f-c26d93dea3b9 · outbound

This paper cites build up.

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations build up

Reference 3

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Source-reported events for the cited work

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Observation ba8b6340-9186-42e6-b3c0-7620ea89c152 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations Unresolved cited work

Reference 4

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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-16T06:30:59.297886+00:00.

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Observation 98cd6b42-7406-43ac-b934-c49ee9f2591e · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations Unresolved cited work

Reference 5

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No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-16T06:30:59.297886+00:00.

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Observation a9690c75-ca15-4596-89ca-9bbcb491573e · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations Unresolved cited work

Reference 6

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Observation 22e26f3c-d067-4694-b58e-2cbdc2a74106 · outbound

This paper cites L., Holman, F.

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations L., Holman, F

Reference 7

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Source-reported events for the cited work

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Observation 250d7748-c179-46ff-84c5-ac0be96bc28b · outbound

This paper cites (2021, February 12).

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations (2021, February 12)

Reference 8

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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-16T06:30:59.297886+00:00.

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Observation 8b5e9f14-e125-4dff-ba43-babdf3875de4 · outbound

This paper cites (2022, February 3).

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations (2022, February 3)

Reference 9

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Source-reported events for the cited work

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Observation a3f71818-4490-4ae6-a4b7-08b618dfda18 · outbound

This paper cites (2022, January 24).

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations (2022, January 24)

Reference 10

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Source-reported events for the cited work

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Observation fa282f60-7e0a-491a-ad37-96505bd74cc5 · outbound

This paper cites in the year of the Lord.

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations in the year of the Lord

Reference 11

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No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-16T06:30:59.297886+00:00.

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Observation bc5978f8-1a02-4065-b9ac-a3a59927e1a3 · outbound

This paper cites AD” in APA format, using semicolons as separators: * “Anno Domini.

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations AD” in APA format, using semicolons as separators: * “Anno Domini

Reference 12

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Observation 0978495d-74d4-4a52-9106-fad4a138f44e · outbound

This paper cites The system assigns a number to each year, starting from 1 BC and ending with the year AD 1.

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations The system assigns a number to each year, starting from 1 BC and ending with the year AD 1

Reference 13

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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-16T06:30:59.297886+00:00.

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Observation b9fdc0a3-2f48-42f3-8869-3b29b502f176 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations Unresolved cited work

Reference 14

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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-16T06:30:59.297886+00:00.

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Observation 5bc8e7a3-06b3-4a9e-8b54-14b005db6426 · outbound

This paper cites N". 2. **Neptune** - The 7th letter in the sequence is.

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations N". 2. **Neptune** - The 7th letter in the sequence is

Reference 15

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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-16T06:30:59.297886+00:00.

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Observation a2b2ef9a-8816-487f-84fd-12cbc8bb26df · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations Unresolved cited work

Reference 16

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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-16T06:30:59.297886+00:00.

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Observation 89ebe0e8-51c8-4ddf-91bb-bd1940197f5e · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations Unresolved cited work

Reference 17

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Observation d0627ce8-635d-4a26-85a8-7279232c61e5 · outbound

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Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations Unresolved cited work

Reference 18

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Observation 49638911-a38f-4ea8-9235-faa242e11692 · outbound

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Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations Unresolved cited work

Reference 19

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Observation 089d6412-b5bb-4c90-b21e-1d7a256fe822 · outbound

This paper cites R" These five planets in our solar system contain the letter.

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations R" These five planets in our solar system contain the letter

Reference 20

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Source-reported events for the cited work

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Observation 60fb29a7-61fa-45a1-aa1a-961f5d4ef27f · outbound

This paper cites T". Is that correct? If so, here’s the answer: **Number of planets:** 3 **Planets with the letter.

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations T". Is that correct? If so, here’s the answer: **Number of planets:** 3 **Planets with the letter

Reference 21

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Source-reported events for the cited work

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This paper cites import android.

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations import android

Reference 22

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No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-16T06:30:59.297886+00:00.

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Observation cfd00685-0fb8-493f-9601-e6ee27b89bc4 · outbound

This paper cites We’ll use the ‘android‘ module in Python to interact with the camera.

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations We’ll use the ‘android‘ module in Python to interact with the camera

Reference 23

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Observation d1176ab6-f1d5-4606-a380-3033d9605072 · outbound

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Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations Unresolved cited work

Reference 24

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Observation 70f921ce-4bf1-450f-a317-e9c36c4079c8 · outbound

This paper cites Marie Perrineau.

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations Marie Perrineau

Reference 25

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Observation 911344c1-7a7f-41e0-b48a-6bae7badefa6 · outbound

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Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations Unresolved cited work

Reference 26

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Observation 7b8b722e-8d6b-4acb-8e10-0920767eb945 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations Unresolved cited work

Reference 27

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No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-16T06:30:59.297886+00:00.

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Pith citing papers

Observation 826a7dcf-d094-4048-83c2-9b26e5be2b03 · inbound

Invisible Tokens, Visible Bills: The Urgent Need to Audit Hidden Operations in Opaque LLM Services cites this paper.

Invisible Tokens, Visible Bills: The Urgent Need to Audit Hidden Operations in Opaque LLM Services Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations

Reference 23

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Source-reported events for the cited work

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Observation aefcef60-d6d8-4606-94cc-9088b72561db · inbound

Explainability of Large Language Models: Opportunities and Challenges toward Generating Trustworthy Explanations cites this paper.

Explainability of Large Language Models: Opportunities and Challenges toward Generating Trustworthy Explanations Why and How LLMs Hallucinate: Connecting the Dots with Subsequence Associations

Reference 29

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Source-reported events for the cited work

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