Hang Zhang · arXiv (Cornell University) 2020 · Computational model development and benchmark evaluation · n=?

Let's be Humorous: Knowledge Enhanced Humor Generation

Cited 3 times in the scientific literature.

Level 5 - mechanism / opinion, no new human data

By design analogy for computational/NLP model development and benchmark paper without clinical data.

OpenAlex W3022525654 · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2004.13317 · record verified 2026-08-26

What was done

The authors proposed an end-to-end framework to generate humor punchlines from given set-ups by incorporating relevant background knowledge. They also created a new humor-knowledge dataset and evaluated their model against several baseline methods.

What was found

The abstract reports no numerical values, statistical comparisons, or benchmark scores. It states qualitatively that the framework successfully leveraged knowledge to generate fluent and funny punchlines, outperforming baseline models.

Why it matters

This approach explores moving beyond template-based or phrase-replacement methods by fusing external knowledge into freer-form punchline generation models.

Limits

The abstract reports no quantitative evaluation metrics, dataset size, or details on how fluency and humor were judged (such as human evaluators vs. automated metrics). As a preprint, it has not undergone formal peer review.

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