Maarten Sap (he/him)

@MaartenSap

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Working on #NLProc for social good.
Currently at @LTIatCMU, previously at @UWNLP, @MSFTResearch, and @allen_ai. 🏳‍🌈

Carnegie Mellon University maartensap.com Joined July 2015

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Maarten Sap (he/him) @MaartenSap Jul 16, 2022

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Also, as a personal rule to preserve my well-being, I don't keep #NLProc Twitter logged in on my phone, so DMing me here will result in delayed responses. Email is better 📧

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Maarten Sap (he/him) @MaartenSap Oct 27

SUPER PROUD OF @akhila_yerukola and team for receiving the #emnlp2026 Best Resource Paper award 🏅

Maarten Sap (he/him) @MaartenSap Oct 25

XYBench: Can LLMs Respond Pragmatically to Queries with Misconceptions?

🏆award nominated🏆

🎓 Led by @akhila_yerukola
🎤 Presented by me!
📍 Hall H, Poster Session G | #9227
🗓️ Oct 27, 11 AM–12:30 PM
🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2609.06842
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Maarten Sap (he/him) @MaartenSap Oct 27

Poster number 330! Happening now!

Maarten Sap (he/him) @MaartenSap Oct 25

XYBench: Can LLMs Respond Pragmatically to Queries with Misconceptions?

🏆award nominated🏆

🎓 Led by @akhila_yerukola
🎤 Presented by me!
📍 Hall H, Poster Session G | #9227
🗓️ Oct 27, 11 AM–12:30 PM
🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2609.06842
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Maarten Sap (he/him) @MaartenSap Oct 26

I'll be presenting this poster tomorrow at 11am! Paper ID: 9227!

Super proud of Akhila for this amazing, and award nominated, work!

Akhila Yerukola Verified account @akhila_yerukola Oct 26

🚨New #EMNLP2026 paper! 🚨

Have you ever asked AI systems to do something, gotten an answer only to realize later that you’d asked the wrong question? You’re not alone!

Introducing XYBench: Can LLMs Respond Pragmatically to Queries with Misconceptions?

Spoiler alert:
🤖 LLMs only focus on what’s asked
👩‍🏫 Human experts answer what the asker actually needs

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Maarten Sap (he/him) @MaartenSap Oct 26

Sitting in the #emnlp2026 business meeting and hearing the various constraints for the program committee really saddens me, and, while I stand by some of what I said this summer, I definitely could have had more empathy for them, their job was crazy hard!

Maarten Sap (he/him) @MaartenSap Jun 23

Changing the rules for reviewing requirements without people's consent / by blantantly ignoring people's pre-stated paper limits is bonkers, and making the only path to opt out "just withdraw your submissions" is also crazy...
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