--- title: "Weijie Xu · University of Chicago — author profile and papers" description: "Weijie Xu, University of Chicago: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2022–2024), h-index 1 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/weijie-xu/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/weijie-xu/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Weijie Xu # Weijie Xu Weijie Xu has 2 papers in our library, in 2022–2024, most of them on [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/), [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Aman Chadha](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aman-chadha/), [Christopher Kennedy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-kennedy/), [Ming Xiang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ming-xiang/). 2 papers in our library · 2022–2024 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5066595934) · [**h-index 1**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5066595934) · [1 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5066595934) · [4 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5066595934&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/weijie-xu/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 12 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/weijie-xu/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9305](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/94/#star-9305) 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=Weijie+Xu) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Weijie+Xu) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Weijie+Xu) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Weijie+Xu) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Chicago** Chicago · United States 2022 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-chicago/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## 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 · 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/) · [Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Reasoning · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) · [Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/weijie-xu/year/2024/) · [**2022** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/weijie-xu/year/2022/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[PHAnToM: Persona-based Prompting Has An Effect on Theory-of-Mind Reasoning in Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tan-2024-phantom-persona-based-prompting-has/)** *(2024 · 13 citations)* The paper asks whether role-play prompts that give an LLM a personality change how well it handles Theory-of-Mind (ToM) reasoning, meaning inferring other agents' beliefs and knowledge. 2. **[Pragmatic reasoning and semantic convention: A case study on gradable adjectives](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/xiang-2022-pragmatic-reasoning-semantic-convention-case/)** *(2022 · 4 citations)* The paper asks how listeners handle unmodified gradable adjectives ("long", "empty", "bent"), whose cutoff point is set by context and often uncertain. ## Co-authors here 6 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Aman Chadha](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aman-chadha/) - [Christopher Kennedy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-kennedy/) - [Ming Xiang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ming-xiang/) - [See-Kiong Ng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/see-kiong-ng/) - [Vinija Jain](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/vinija-jain/) - [Yang Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yang-liu/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Semantics and Pragmatics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-and-pragmatics/): [Semantics and Pragmatics 2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-and-pragmatics/2022/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 12 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [2 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/weijie-xu/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026