--- title: "Polina Tsvilodub — author profile and papers · Implicature" description: "Polina Tsvilodub, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres: 4 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2026), h-index 3 — affiliations…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/polina-tsvilodub/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/polina-tsvilodub/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Polina Tsvilodub # Polina Tsvilodub Polina Tsvilodub has 4 papers in our library, in 2023–2026, most of them on [Implicature](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/implicature/), [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Question answering](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/); often with [Michael Franke](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michael-franke/), [Fausto Carcassi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fausto-carcassi/), [Jacopo Romoli](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jacopo-romoli/). 4 papers in our library · 2023–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5015037928) · [**h-index 3**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5015037928) · [45 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5015037928) · [17 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5015037928&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 4 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/polina-tsvilodub/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 9 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/polina-tsvilodub/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #11112](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/112/#star-11112) 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=Polina+Tsvilodub) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Polina+Tsvilodub) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Polina+Tsvilodub) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Polina+Tsvilodub) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Tübingen** Tübingen · Germany 2022–2026 · 19 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-tubingen/) · [🎓**Johns Hopkins University** Baltimore · United States 2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/johns-hopkins-university/) · [🤝**Center for Applied Linguistics** Washington · United States 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/020pekv35) · [🏛️**Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres** Berlin · Germany 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/0281dp749) · [🔬**Helmholtz Munich** Munich · Germany 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/00cfam450) · [🎓**Osnabrück University** Osnabrück · Germany 2020–2023 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/osnabruck-university/) 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 6 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[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/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [Philosophy · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/philosophy/) 🧭 Topics 6 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) · [Implicature · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/implicature/) · [Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Question answering · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/polina-tsvilodub/year/2026/) · [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/polina-tsvilodub/year/2025/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/polina-tsvilodub/year/2024/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/polina-tsvilodub/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Evaluating pragmatic abilities of image captioners on A3DS](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tsvilodub-2023-evaluating-pragmatic-abilities-image-captioners/)** *(2023 · 6 citations)* Standard caption metrics such as BLEU, ROUGE, CIDEr and METEOR compare surface strings. They cannot tell whether a caption does its communicative job, for example picking out a target image among distractors without saying too much. To support that kind of check, the authors built A3DS (Annotated 3D Shapes). It adds… 2. **[Experimental Pragmatics with Machines: Testing LLM Predictions for the Inferences of Plain and Embedded Disjunctions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tsvilodub-2024-experimental-pragmatics-machines-testing-llm/)** *(2024 · 3 citations)* The paper asks whether large language models can add evidence to an open debate in pragmatics. The debate concerns the inferences triggered by "or": ignorance (II), distributive (DI) and free choice (FC). Are these ordinary scalar implicatures (SI)? And do their POSSIBILITY and DISTRIBUTIVE parts depend on first… 3. **[Integrating Neural and Symbolic Components in a Model of Pragmatic Question-Answering](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tsvilodub-2025-integrating-neural-symbolic-components-model/)** *(2025 · 1 citation)* The case is over-informative answering: asked «Do you have iced tea?» in a café that has iced coffee, soda and Chardonnay, people answer «No, but we have iced coffee». 4. **[Computational models of pragmatic reasoning with flexible generation of meaning and expression alternatives](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tsvilodub-2026-computational-models-pragmatic-reasoning-flexible/)** *(2026)* Pragmatic models need to know which alternatives a speaker or listener weighs: other phrasings the speaker could have used, or other readings the listener might consider. ## All works 5 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. **[Evaluating pragmatic abilities of image captioners on A3DS](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tsvilodub-2023-evaluating-pragmatic-abilities-image-captioners/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Polina Tsvilodub, Michael Franke*2023 · 6 citations* 2. [**Experimental Pragmatics with Machines: Testing LLM Predictions for the Inferences of Plain and Embedded Disjunctions arXiv:2405.05776**Polina Tsvilodub, Paul Marty, Sonia Ramotowska, et al.*2024 · 3 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tsvilodub-2024-experimental-pragmatics-machines-testing-llm/) 3. [**Integrating Neural and Symbolic Components in a Model of Pragmatic Question-Answering**Polina Tsvilodub, Robert D. Hawkins, Michael Franke*English · 1 citation*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tsvilodub-2025-integrating-neural-symbolic-components-model/) 4. [**Computational models of pragmatic reasoning with flexible generation of meaning and expression alternatives arXiv:2607.18443**Polina Tsvilodub, Fausto Carcassi, Michael Franke*2026*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tsvilodub-2026-computational-models-pragmatic-reasoning-flexible/) 5. **[Modeling German Word Order Acquisition via Bayesian Inference ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2021.scil-1.49/) Proceedings of the Society for Computation in Linguistics 2021 · no summary yet**Annika Heuser, Polina Tsvilodub*2021* ## Co-authors here 6 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Michael Franke](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michael-franke/) ×4 - [Fausto Carcassi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fausto-carcassi/) - [Jacopo Romoli](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jacopo-romoli/) - [Paul Marty](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/paul-marty/) - [Robert Hawkins](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-hawkins/) - [Sonia Ramotowska](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sonia-ramotowska/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Society for Computation in Linguistics (SCiL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/scil/) ×2: [SCiL 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/scil/2025/) - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/): [ACL 2023](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2023/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 9 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [5 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/polina-tsvilodub/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026