Syntax vs. Semantics: How Transformers Learn Deep Dependencies

arXiv:2608.26139 · cs.CL, cs.AI · Submitted 2026-06-26 · Read on arXiv

cs.CL, cs.AI

Submitted: 2026-06-26

Updated: 2026-06-26

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