--- title: "Jackson Petty — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Jackson Petty, Center for Applied Linguistics: 4 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2026), h-index 5 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jackson-petty/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jackson-petty/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Jackson Petty # Jackson Petty Jackson Petty has 4 papers in our library, in 2023–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Michael Y. Hu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michael-y-hu/), [Tal Linzen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tal-linzen/), [William Merrill](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/william-merrill/). 4 papers in our library · 2023–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5020894677) · [**h-index 5**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5020894677) · [27 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5020894677) · [84 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5020894677&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 4 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jackson-petty/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 1,073 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jackson-petty/cited-by/) · [3 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #2364](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/24/#star-2364) 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=Jackson+Petty) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Jackson+Petty) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Jackson+Petty) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Jackson+Petty) ## Affiliations [🎓**New York University** New York · United States 2022–2026 · 12 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/new-york-university/) · [🤝**Center for Applied Linguistics** Washington · United States 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/020pekv35) · [🎓**Yale University** New Haven · United States 2021–2022 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/yale-university/) · [🏢**Google** Mountain View · United States 2023–2024 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/google/) · [🏢**Google DeepMind** London · United Kingdom 2023–2024 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/google-deepmind/) 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. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 7 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Mathematics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/mathematics/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) · [Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Artificial intelligence · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/artificial-intelligence/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jackson-petty/year/2026/) · [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jackson-petty/year/2025/) · [**2023** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jackson-petty/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[GPQA: A Graduate-Level Google-Proof Q&A Benchmark](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/rein-2023-gpqa-graduate-level-google-proof/)** *(2023 · 1,018 citations)* GPQA addresses a gap in scalable oversight research: testing how people can check AI answers that they cannot verify themselves requires questions that are correct, answerable by real specialists, and still out of reach for capable outsiders who can search the web. 2. **[How Abstract Is Linguistic Generalization in Large Language Models? Experiments with Argument Structure](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wilson-2023-how-abstract-is-linguistic-generalization/)** *(2023 · 29 citations)* The paper asks whether pre-trained transformer LLMs encode how syntactic contexts relate to one another, beyond knowing which words fit a single context. 3. **[Between Circuits and Chomsky: Pre-pretraining on Formal Languages Imparts Linguistic Biases](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hu-2025-between-circuits-chomsky-pre-pretraining/)** *(2025 · 9 citations)* Transformer language models need far more data than humans. This paper asks which properties of a formal language make it a useful warm-up before natural-language training, a setup the authors call pre-pretraining. They propose two criteria, drawing on the Chomsky hierarchy and on circuit complexity. First, the… 4. **[RELIC: Evaluating Complex Reasoning via the Recognition of Languages In-Context](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/petty-2026-relic-evaluating-complex-reasoning-recognition/)** *(2026)* LLMs increasingly have to solve tasks by retrieving and combining many pieces of information from their context. ## All works 7 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 4 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. [**GPQA: A Graduate-Level Google-Proof Q&A Benchmark arXiv:2311.12022**David Rein, Betty Li Hou, Asa Cooper Stickland, et al.*2023 · 1,018 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/rein-2023-gpqa-graduate-level-google-proof/) 2. **[(QA)²: Question Answering with Questionable Assumptions ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2023.acl-long.472/) Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) · no summary yet**Najoung Kim et al.*2023 · 39 citations* 3. **[How Abstract Is Linguistic Generalization in Large Language Models? Experiments with Argument Structure](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wilson-2023-how-abstract-is-linguistic-generalization/) [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/)**Michael Wilson, Jackson Petty, Robert Frank*2023 · 29 citations* 4. **[Debate Helps Supervise Unreliable Experts ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.08702) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Julian Michael et al.*2023 · 28 citations* 5. **[Between Circuits and Chomsky: Pre-pretraining on Formal Languages Imparts Linguistic Biases](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hu-2025-between-circuits-chomsky-pre-pretraining/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Michael Y. Hu, Jackson Petty, Chuan Shi, et al.*2025 · 9 citations* 6. **[Evaluating In-Context Translation with Synchronous Context-Free Grammar Transduction ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07320) arXiv:2604.07320 · no summary yet**Jackson Petty, Jaulie Goe, Tal Linzen*2026 · 1 citation* 7. **[RELIC: Evaluating Complex Reasoning via the Recognition of Languages In-Context](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/petty-2026-relic-evaluating-complex-reasoning-recognition/) [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/)**Jackson Petty, Michael Y. Hu, Wentao Wang, et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 11 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Michael Y. Hu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michael-y-hu/) ×2 - [Tal Linzen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tal-linzen/) ×2 - [William Merrill](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/william-merrill/) ×2 - [Chuan Shi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chuan-shi/) - [Julian Michael](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/julian-michael/) - [Michael Wilson](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michael-wilson/) - [Richard Yuanzhe Pang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/richard-yuanzhe-pang/) - [Robert Frank](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-frank/) - [Samuel R. Bowman](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/samuel-r-bowman/) - [Shauli Ravfogel](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shauli-ravfogel/) - [Wentao Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wentao-wang/) ## 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/) ×2: [ACL 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2025/) - [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/) ×2: [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL) 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/2026/), [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL) 2023](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/2023/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 1,073 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [303 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jackson-petty/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026