Ningjingke Ning
2026
LocuPrompt at SemEval-2026 Task 7: A Multilingual Prompting Framework for Cross-Cultural Everyday Knowledge in LLMs
Ningjingke Ning
Proceedings of the 20th International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (2026)
Ningjingke Ning
Proceedings of the 20th International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (2026)
Understanding everyday cultural knowledge remains a fundamental challenge for large language models (LLMs). This paper presents LocuPrompt, a multilingual framework for SemEval-2026 Task 7: Everyday Knowledge Across Diverse Languages and Cultures. To address Short Answer Questions (SAQ), we employ an English-pivot generation strategy with back-translation, combined with empirical locale-specific routing that dynamically assigns the optimal LLM to each target region. For Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQ), we apply parameter-efficient fine-tuning to a robust multilingual base model, utilizing locale-aware instructions that frame the LLM as a "local resident." By integrating strategic model selection with resource-efficient adaptation, LocuPrompt effectively bridges cross-lingual cultural gaps while maintaining a fully reproducible pipeline.