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# Xiaoyu Tong

Xiaoyu Tong has 2 papers in our library, in 2024–2026, most of them on [Idioms & multiword expressions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multiword-expressions/), [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Ekaterina Shutova](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ekaterina-shutova/).

2 papers in our library · 2024–2026

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[📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaoyu-tong/#papers) · [🔗 31 citations in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaoyu-tong/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Star rank #4403](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/45/#star-4403)

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Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Xiaoyu+Tong) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Xiaoyu+Tong) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Xiaoyu+Tong) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Xiaoyu+Tong)

## Topics

[Idioms & multiword expressions (2)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multiword-expressions/) · [Language models & pretraining (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/)

## Works by year

### 2020s

[**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/michelli-2026-framework-annotating-modelling-intentions-behind/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tong-2024-metaphor-understanding-challenge-dataset-llms/)

## Papers

The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library).

1. **[Metaphor Understanding Challenge Dataset for LLMs](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tong-2024-metaphor-understanding-challenge-dataset-llms/)** *(2024 · 47 citations)* Metaphor is common in everyday language, yet it is unclear whether LLMs actually interpret it or just rely on surface word similarity.
2. **[A framework for annotating and modelling intentions behind metaphor use](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/michelli-2026-framework-annotating-modelling-intentions-behind/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* Metaphors often serve communicative goals, such as stirring emotions, persuading, or making abstract ideas easier to grasp.

## Co-authors here

1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first.

- [Ekaterina Shutova](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ekaterina-shutova/) ×2

## Cited by

Papers of our library cite their works 31 times (of the 140,884 papers whose bibliographies we read); [5 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaoyu-tong/cited-by/).