Call for Participation

We're excited to announce "SemEval-2023 Task 7: Multi-Evidence Natural Language 
Inference for Clinical Trial Data" (NLI4CT). This task aims to enhance the 
application of Large Language Models (LLMs) in clinical settings, addressing 
challenges like factual inconsistency, shortcut learning, and performance 
degradation. The SemEval workshop will be co-located with NAACL 2024 in Mexico 
City, Mexico on June 16–21, 2024.

Background:
LLMs are crucial in Natural Language Processing but face limitations in 
real-world scenarios, especially in medical applications.
There's a growing need to analyze over 400,000 Clinical Trial Reports (CTRs) 
efficiently. NLI offers a solution for large-scale interpretation and retrieval 
of medical evidence.
Task Overview:

Task: Textual Entailment in the context of breast cancer CTRs. Determine the 
inference relation (entailment vs contradiction) between CTR-statement pairs.
We provide a training set and a specially designed test set to evaluate the 
effectiveness of models in clinical NLI settings.

Example:
Consider this scenario from a Clinical Trial Report (CTR):

Eligibility Criteria:
- Gender: Female
-  ERBB2 positive BC
- Treatment history: No previous chemotherapy

Exclusion Criteria:
- BMI > 40
- Smoker

Given Statement:
"Morbidly obese female patients with ERBB2+ Breast Cancer are not eligible for 
Trial X."

In this case, the statement contradicts the eligibility criteria of the CTR. 
While the patient's gender and medical condition align with the inclusion 
criteria, the term "morbidly obese" generally indicates a BMI > 40, which falls 
under the exclusion criteria. Therefore, the relationship between the CTR and 
the statement is a contradiction.

Research Aims:
Investigate the consistency and faithfulness of NLI models in clinical settings.
Develop and apply novel evaluation methodologies through interventional and 
causal analyses.

Important Dates: 
Practice Task: Already underway! 
Main Task: Starts January 10, 2024. 
Post-Competition Task: Begins February 1, 2024.

Get Involved: 
Register Here: https://codalab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/competitions/16190 
Join Our Slack: 
https://join.slack.com/t/semeval2024task2/shared_invite/zt-22m7o4u7o-wa_Pnhi7r9eupCwYWjjafw
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