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How do LLMs handle ambiguity in natural language queries?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
They resolve ambiguity using context, probabilistic inference, and prompt conditioning.
Deep explanation
Ambiguity is resolved by leveraging contextual embeddings and probabilistic token prediction. Models weigh multiple interpretations and select the most likely continuation. Retrieval augmentation can further disambiguate meaning using external knowledge.
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