Howard Tangkulung
2026
UTokyo Tsuruoka Lab at SemEval-2026 Task 9: Efficient Single Forward Pass Inference for Multi-Label Polarization Classification
Howard Tangkulung | Yoshimasa Tsuruoka
Proceedings of the 20th International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (2026)
Howard Tangkulung | Yoshimasa Tsuruoka
Proceedings of the 20th International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (2026)
Detecting and interpreting polarized online content is increasingly crucial as online platforms become central to public information exchange. We present an efficient adaptation of large language models for multi-label polarization classification in SemEval-2026 Task 9: Detecting Multilingual, Multicultural and Multievent Online Polarization. Our single-forward-pass inference method outperforms baseline multi-step decoding approaches for multi-label classification by reducing error propagation while improving inference efficiency. Beyond performance and efficiency analysis, we investigate the cross-lingual transferability of the system, observing statistically significant generalization within language families, a result that offers a practical path for low-resource language adaptation. Our system ranked 1st in 8 languages for Subtask 1 and 6 languages for Subtask 2, and placed in the top 5 for 16 out of 22 languages across both subtasks.Overall, we provide a simple, effective, and efficient solution for multilingual polarization classification.