--- title: "Yan Cong — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Yan Cong, Purdue University West Lafayette: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2021–2022), h-index 8 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yan-cong/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yan-cong/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Yan Cong # Yan Cong Yan Cong has 2 papers in our library, in 2021–2022, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Discourse analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/), [Implicature](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/implicature/); often with [Allyson Ettinger](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/allyson-ettinger/). 2 papers in our library · 2021–2022 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5070822759) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4571-9978) · [**h-index 8**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5070822759) · [27 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5070822759) · [204 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5070822759&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yan-cong/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 21 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yan-cong/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #7979](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/80/#star-7979) 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=Yan+Cong) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Yan+Cong) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Yan+Cong) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Yan+Cong) ## Affiliations [🎓**Purdue University West Lafayette** West Lafayette · United States 2023–2026 · 13 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/purdue-university-west-lafayette/) · [🎓**Purdue University System** West Lafayette · United States 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/05p8z3f47) · [🏥**Zucker Hillside Hospital** New York · United States 2022 · 5 papers](https://ror.org/05vh9vp33) · [🔬**Feinstein Institute for Medical Research** Manhasset · United States 2022–2023 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/05dnene97) · [🎓**Michigan State University** East Lansing · United States 2021 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/michigan-state-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 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 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Discourse analysis · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/) · [Implicature · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/implicature/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2022** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yan-cong/year/2022/) · [**2021** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yan-cong/year/2021/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Pragmatic competence of pre-trained language models through the lens of discourse connectives](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pandia-2021-pragmatic-competence-pre-trained-language/)** *(2021 · 42 citations)* How much pragmatic knowledge do masked language models acquire from pre-training alone? The authors probe this through discourse connectives, words like "but" or "so" that mark how two events relate and can carry implied meanings. 2. **[Pre-trained Language Models' Interpretation of Evaluativity Implicature: Evidence from Gradable Adjectives Usage in Context](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/cong-2022-pre-trained-language-models-interpretation/)** *(2022 · 2 citations)* This paper asks whether pre-trained language models grasp evaluativity (EVAL), a subtle pragmatic inference. ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Allyson Ettinger](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/allyson-ettinger/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Conference on Computational Natural Language Learning (CoNLL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/conll/): [CoNLL 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/conll/2021/) - [Workshop on Understanding Implicit and Underspecified Language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/unimplicit/): [Workshop on Understanding Implicit and Underspecified Language 2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/unimplicit/2022/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 21 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/yan-cong/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026