Can Nuanced Language Lead to More Actionable Insights? Exploring the Role of Generative AI in Analytical Narrative Structure
Vidya Setlur, Larry Birnbaum

TL;DR
This paper investigates how advanced Large Language Models can generate nuanced, context-rich analytical narratives that enhance actionable insights from data trends by focusing on semantic, rhetorical, and pragmatic dimensions.
Contribution
It introduces a framework for leveraging LLMs to improve the depth and usefulness of data summaries through nuanced language and structured narrative analysis.
Findings
LLMs can effectively capture subtle semantic nuances in trend descriptions.
Semantic descriptions from LLMs can lead to more pragmatic and actionable insights.
Rhetorical alignment improves user decision-making based on generated narratives.
Abstract
Relevant language describing trends in data can be useful for generating summaries to help with readers' takeaways. However, the language employed in these often template-generated summaries tends to be simple, ranging from describing simple statistical information (e.g., extrema and trends) without additional context and richer language to provide actionable insights. Recent advances in Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown promising capabilities in capturing subtle nuances in language when describing information. This workshop paper specifically explores how LLMs can provide more actionable insights when describing trends by focusing on three dimensions of analytical narrative structure: semantic, rhetorical, and pragmatic. Building on prior research that examines visual and linguistic signatures for univariate line charts, we examine how LLMs can further leverage the semantic…
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TopicsTopic Modeling · Computational and Text Analysis Methods
