LLMs Struggle with Abstract Meaning Comprehension More Than Expected

ArXi:2604.12018v1 Announce Type: cross Understanding abstract meanings is crucial for advanced language comprehension. Despite extensive research, abstract words remain challenging due to their non-concrete, high-level semantics. SemEval-2021 Task 4 (ReCAM) evaluates models' ability to interpret abstract concepts by presenting passages with questions and five abstract options in a cloze-style format.