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The Unsampled Truth: Psychometrics in SLMs Measure Prompt Artifacts, Not Psychological Constructs

arXiv:2606.03357v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: When prompting SLMs for psychometric assessments, researchers assume the outputs reflect semantic reasoning. We evaluate this premise across 13 open-weights models (0.6B to 14B parameters) using a prompt variation framework that separates semantic signals from prompt artifacts.

arXiv CS 7d ago

More Yap Less Meaning: Uncovering Self-Improvement Behavior in SLMs

arXiv:2606.08471v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recently, language models have made rapid progress across various domains and applications. However, their capability for self-improvement, i.e., whether they are adept at recognising and correcting flaws in their own reasoning, remains dubious.

arXiv CS 1d ago

A Comparative Study of Student Perspectives on Technical Writing Feedback Quality: Evaluating LLMs, SLMs, and Humans in Computer Science Topics

arXiv:2601.11541v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: To address the scalability of feedback in computer science while mitigating the privacy and cost limitations of commercial Large Language Models (LLMs), this study evaluates a locally hosted Small Language Model (SLM). We deployed a quantized Llama-3.1, GPT-4, and human instructors across introductory programming (N=176), operating systems (N=80), and a writing seminar (N=7). Mixed-methods analysis of student perceptions reveals that while...

arXiv CS 1d ago

Efficient and Stealthy Jailbreak Attacks via Adversarial Prompt Distillation from LLMs to SLMs

Announce Type: replace Abstract: Current jailbreak attacks on large language models (LLMs) predominantly rely on LLMs themselves to generate adversarial prompts, creating a critical efficiency bottleneck: each attack requires substantial computational resources and API queries, limiting scalability and practical deployment. To overcome this limitation, we propose Adversarial Prompt Distillation (APD), a novel framework that transfers jailbreaking capabilities from LLMs to small language...

arXiv CS 1d ago

T1: Tool-integrated Verification for Test-time Compute Scaling in Small Language Models

arXiv:2504.04718v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Recent studies have demonstrated that test-time compute scaling effectively improves the performance of small language models (sLMs). However, prior research has mainly examined test-time compute scaling with an additional larger model as a verifier, leaving verification by sLMs underexplored. In this work, we investigate whether sLMs can reliably verify the output candidates under test-time scaling.

arXiv CS 8d ago

ProbeScale: Probing Analysis to Optimize Neural Scaling Laws for Efficient Small Language Model Inference

arXiv:2606.01806v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Small Language Models (SLMs) offer a balance between capability and computational feasibility. Neural scaling laws inform their optimal training, suggesting that they possess rich internal representations that scale with their size. However, deploying even these SLMs can be challenging under strict resource constraints.

arXiv CS 8d ago

SEF-CLGC at SemEval-2026 Task 11: Logical Notation Impact on Language Model Performance

arXiv:2606.09157v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper revisits our pipeline called Syllogistic Evaluation Framework-Common Logic Grammar Construction (SEF-CLGC). We combine formal logical notations with Small Language Models (SLMs) to evaluate reasoning performance on the SemEval-2026 Task 11 Subtask 1: Disentangling Content and Formal Reasoning in Large Language Models. Our experiments show that by relying solely on SLMs, trained on a combination of natural and symbolic languages, our...

arXiv CS 1d ago

Learning What to Learn: Stage-Specific Data Sets for SFT-then-RL in Small Language Model Reasoning

Announce Type: new Abstract: Post-training Small Language Models (SLMs) for reasoning typically follows an SFT-then-RL pipeline, yet existing work rarely considers what data should be learned at each stage. We argue that data strategy should be aligned with the distinct roles of SFT and RL: SFT is better suited for acquiring not-yet-mastered reasoning skills, while RL is better suited for consolidating skills that the model can already partially access. Based on this principle, we propose a...

arXiv CS 6d ago

LaCy: What Small Language Models Can and Should Learn is Not Just a Question of Loss

Announce Type: replace Abstract: Language models have consistently grown to compress more world knowledge into their parameters, but the knowledge that can be pretrained into them is upper-bounded by their parameter size. Especially the capacity of Small Language Models (SLMs) is limited, leading to factually incorrect generations. This problem is often mitigated by giving the SLM access to an outside source: the ability to query a larger model, documents, or a database.

arXiv CS 9d ago

Efficient Skill Grounding via Code Refactoring with Small Language Models

Announce Type: new Abstract: Effective skill grounding is essential for deploying reusable skills in embodied agents, as even minor embodiment or environmental differences can render an entire skill incompatible. This challenge is particularly pronounced in embodied settings, where agents must operate in dynamic, partially observable environments without access to large language models (LLMs). In this setting, reliance on LLMs is impractical, while small language models (sLMs) remain...

arXiv CS 1d ago