{"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"place":"Avignon, France","department":[{"_id":"660"}],"oa":"1","status":"public","author":[{"first_name":"Leandra","last_name":"Fichtel","full_name":"Fichtel, Leandra"},{"last_name":"Spliethöver","orcid":"0000-0003-4364-1409","full_name":"Spliethöver, Maximilian","first_name":"Maximilian","id":"84035"},{"full_name":"Hüllermeier, Eyke","last_name":"Hüllermeier","id":"48129","first_name":"Eyke"},{"first_name":"Patricia","id":"103339","last_name":"Jimenez","full_name":"Jimenez, Patricia"},{"orcid":"0000-0002-7347-099X","full_name":"Klowait, Nils","last_name":"Klowait","id":"98454","first_name":"Nils"},{"full_name":"Kopp, Stefan","last_name":"Kopp","first_name":"Stefan"},{"full_name":"Ngonga Ngomo, Axel-Cyrille","last_name":"Ngonga Ngomo","first_name":"Axel-Cyrille","id":"65716"},{"full_name":"Robrecht, Amelie","orcid":"0000-0001-5622-8248","last_name":"Robrecht","id":"91982","first_name":"Amelie"},{"last_name":"Scharlau","orcid":"0000-0003-2364-9489","full_name":"Scharlau, Ingrid","id":"451","first_name":"Ingrid"},{"full_name":"Terfloth, Lutz","last_name":"Terfloth","first_name":"Lutz","id":"37320"},{"first_name":"Anna-Lisa","id":"86589","last_name":"Vollmer","full_name":"Vollmer, Anna-Lisa"},{"first_name":"Henning","id":"3900","full_name":"Wachsmuth, Henning","last_name":"Wachsmuth"}],"type":"conference","conference":{"name":"Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue"},"date_created":"2025-09-11T16:11:17Z","year":"2025","citation":{"bibtex":"@inproceedings{Fichtel_Spliethöver_Hüllermeier_Jimenez_Klowait_Kopp_Ngonga Ngomo_Robrecht_Scharlau_Terfloth_et al., place={Avignon, France}, title={Investigating Co-Constructive Behavior of Large Language Models in  Explanation Dialogues}, booktitle={Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue}, publisher={Association for Computational Linguistics}, author={Fichtel, Leandra and Spliethöver, Maximilian and Hüllermeier, Eyke and Jimenez, Patricia and Klowait, Nils and Kopp, Stefan and Ngonga Ngomo, Axel-Cyrille and Robrecht, Amelie and Scharlau, Ingrid and Terfloth, Lutz and et al.} }","ieee":"L. Fichtel <i>et al.</i>, “Investigating Co-Constructive Behavior of Large Language Models in  Explanation Dialogues,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue.","mla":"Fichtel, Leandra, et al. “Investigating Co-Constructive Behavior of Large Language Models in  Explanation Dialogues.” <i>Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue</i>, Association for Computational Linguistics.","ama":"Fichtel L, Spliethöver M, Hüllermeier E, et al. Investigating Co-Constructive Behavior of Large Language Models in  Explanation Dialogues. In: <i>Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue</i>. Association for Computational Linguistics.","apa":"Fichtel, L., Spliethöver, M., Hüllermeier, E., Jimenez, P., Klowait, N., Kopp, S., Ngonga Ngomo, A.-C., Robrecht, A., Scharlau, I., Terfloth, L., Vollmer, A.-L., &#38; Wachsmuth, H. (n.d.). Investigating Co-Constructive Behavior of Large Language Models in  Explanation Dialogues. <i>Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue</i>. Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue.","chicago":"Fichtel, Leandra, Maximilian Spliethöver, Eyke Hüllermeier, Patricia Jimenez, Nils Klowait, Stefan Kopp, Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo, et al. “Investigating Co-Constructive Behavior of Large Language Models in  Explanation Dialogues.” In <i>Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue</i>. Avignon, France: Association for Computational Linguistics, n.d.","short":"L. Fichtel, M. Spliethöver, E. Hüllermeier, P. Jimenez, N. Klowait, S. Kopp, A.-C. Ngonga Ngomo, A. Robrecht, I. Scharlau, L. Terfloth, A.-L. Vollmer, H. Wachsmuth, in: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue, Association for Computational Linguistics, Avignon, France, n.d."},"_id":"61234","publication":"Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue","main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.18483"}],"abstract":[{"text":"The ability to generate explanations that are understood by explainees is the\r\nquintessence of explainable artificial intelligence. Since understanding\r\ndepends on the explainee's background and needs, recent research focused on\r\nco-constructive explanation dialogues, where an explainer continuously monitors\r\nthe explainee's understanding and adapts their explanations dynamically. We\r\ninvestigate the ability of large language models (LLMs) to engage as explainers\r\nin co-constructive explanation dialogues. In particular, we present a user\r\nstudy in which explainees interact with an LLM in two settings, one of which\r\ninvolves the LLM being instructed to explain a topic co-constructively. We\r\nevaluate the explainees' understanding before and after the dialogue, as well\r\nas their perception of the LLMs' co-constructive behavior. Our results suggest\r\nthat LLMs show some co-constructive behaviors, such as asking verification\r\nquestions, that foster the explainees' engagement and can improve understanding\r\nof a topic. However, their ability to effectively monitor the current\r\nunderstanding and scaffold the explanations accordingly remains limited.","lang":"eng"}],"publication_status":"accepted","project":[{"name":"TRR 318: Project Area INF","_id":"118"},{"name":"TRR 318; TP B01: Ein dialogbasierter Ansatz zur Erklärung von Modellen des maschinellen Lernens","_id":"121"},{"name":"TRR 318; TP C04: Metaphern als Werkzeug des Erklärens","_id":"127"},{"name":"TRR 318 - Subproject B3","_id":"122"},{"name":"TRR 318 - Project Area Ö","_id":"119"},{"_id":"114","name":"TRR 318; TP A04: Integration des technischen Modells in das Partnermodell bei der Erklärung von digitalen Artefakten"}],"related_material":{"link":[{"url":"https://github.com/webis-de/sigdial25-co-constructive-llms","relation":"software"},{"url":"https://github.com/webis-de/sigdial25-co-constructive-llms-data","relation":"research_data"}]},"date_updated":"2025-09-12T09:50:48Z","title":"Investigating Co-Constructive Behavior of Large Language Models in  Explanation Dialogues","user_id":"84035","publisher":"Association for Computational Linguistics","external_id":{"arxiv":["2504.18483"]}}