--- title: "Bolei Ma — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Bolei Ma, Munich Center for Machine Learning: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2025), h-index 5 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bolei-ma/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bolei-ma/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Bolei Ma # Bolei Ma Bolei Ma has 2 papers in our library, in 2024–2025, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Barbara Plank](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/barbara-plank/), [Frauke Kreuter](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/frauke-kreuter/), [Annemarie Friedrich](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/annemarie-friedrich/). 2 papers in our library · 2024–2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5030717063) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0511-550X) · [**h-index 5**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5030717063) · [53 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5030717063) · [140 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5030717063&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bolei-ma/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 120 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bolei-ma/cited-by/) · [7 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #4915](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/50/#star-4915) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Bolei+Ma) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Bolei+Ma) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Bolei+Ma) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Bolei+Ma) ## Affiliations [🎓**Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München** Munich · Germany 2022–2026 · 38 papersEmployment · Postdoc, Statistics*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/ludwig-maximilians-universitat-munchen/) · [🎓**Munich Center for Machine Learning** Munich 2023–2026 · 30 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/munich-center-for-machine-learning/) · [🎓**The University of Tokyo** Tokyo · Japan 2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-university-of-tokyo/) · [🎓**University of Maryland, College Park** College Park · United States 2023–2025 · 2 papersEmployment · Assistant Research Professor, Survey Methodology](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-maryland-college-park/) · [🎓**Karlsruhe Institute of Technology** Karlsruhe · Germany 2024 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution on single bylines are not listed. ## Concepts, shelves and topics Of its works in our library: the number of works on each and its rating among them. 📚 Shelves 4 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Implicature · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/implicature/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2025** 1 paper Bolei Ma's papers of 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ma-2025-pragmatics-era-large-language-models/) · [**2024** 1 paper Bolei Ma's papers of 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2024-my-answer-is-c-first/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[“My Answer is C”: First-Token Probabilities Do Not Match Text Answers in Instruction-Tuned Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2024-my-answer-is-c-first/)** *(2024 · 89 citations)* Multiple-choice benchmarks often score instruction-tuned LLMs by checking which option letter receives the highest log probability as the first generated token. 2. **[Pragmatics in the Era of Large Language Models: A Survey on Datasets, Evaluation, Opportunities and Challenges](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ma-2025-pragmatics-era-large-language-models/)** *(2025 · 49 citations)* The survey examines how the pragmatic competence of language models is evaluated, that is, their ability to understand meaning that depends on context and does not follow from the literal content of words. ## All works 9 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[“My Answer is C”: First-Token Probabilities Do Not Match Text Answers in Instruction-Tuned Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2024-my-answer-is-c-first/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Xinpeng Wang, Bolei Ma, Chengzhi Hu, et al.*2024 · 89 citations* 2. **[Pragmatics in the Era of Large Language Models: A Survey on Datasets, Evaluation, Opportunities and Challenges](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ma-2025-pragmatics-era-large-language-models/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Bolei Ma, Yuting Li, Wei Zhou, et al.*2025 · 49 citations* 3. **[M-ABSA: A Multilingual Dataset for Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.emnlp-main.128/) Proceedings of the 2025 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing · no summary yet**ChengYan Wu et al.*2025 · 21 citations* 4. **[Algorithmic Fidelity of Large Language Models in Generating Synthetic German Public Opinions: A Case Study ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.acl-long.90/) Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) · no summary yet**Bolei Ma et al.*2025 · 10 citations* 5. **[Table Question Answering in the Era of Large Language Models: A Comprehensive Survey of Tasks, Methods, and Evaluation ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.acl-long.557/) Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) · no summary yet**Wei Zhou et al.*2026 · 2 citations* 6. **[The Imperfective Paradox in Large Language Models ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.acl-long.689/) Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) · no summary yet**Bolei Ma, Yusuke Miyao*2026* 7. **[Too Open for Opinion? Embracing Open-Endedness in Large Language Models for Social Simulation ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.eacl-long.89/) Proceedings of the 19th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) · no summary yet**Bolei Ma et al.*2026* 8. **[MSMO-ABSA: Multi-Scale and Multi-Objective Optimization for Cross-Lingual Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.acl-long.851/) Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) · no summary yet**Chengyan Wu et al.*2026* 9. **[Can Large Language Models Advance Crosswalks? The Case of Danish Occupation Codes ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.naacl-srw.38/) Proceedings of the 2025 Conference of the Nations of the Americas Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies (Volume 4: Student Research Workshop) · no summary yet**Bolei Ma, Cynthia A. Huang, Anna-Carolina Haensch*2025* ## Co-authors here 8 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Barbara Plank](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/barbara-plank/) ×2 - [Frauke Kreuter](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/frauke-kreuter/) ×2 - [Annemarie Friedrich](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/annemarie-friedrich/) - [Dirk Hovy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dirk-hovy/) - [Julia Hirschberg](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/julia-hirschberg/) - [Leon Weber-Genzel](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/leon-weber-genzel/) - [Paul Röttger](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/paul-rottger/) - [Yang Janet Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yang-janet-liu/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/) ×5: [ACL 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2025/) - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2024/) - Proceedings of the 19th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) - Proceedings of the 2025 Conference of the Nations of the Americas Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies (Volume 4: Student Research Workshop) - Proceedings of the 2025 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 120 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [12 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bolei-ma/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026