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How do Language Models Reshape Entity Alignment? A Survey of LM-Driven EA Methods: Advances, Benchmarks, and Future

  • Zerui Chen
  • , Huiming Fan
  • , Qianyu Wang
  • , Tao He
  • , Ming Liu*
  • , Heng Chang
  • , Weijiang Yu
  • , Ze Li
  • , Bing Qin
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Peng Cheng Laboratory
  • Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Sun Yat-Sen University

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Abstract

Entity alignment (EA), critical for knowledge graph (KG) integration, identifies equivalent entities across different KGs. Traditional methods often face challenges in semantic understanding and scalability. The rise of language models (LMs), particularly large language models (LLMs), has provided powerful new strategies. This paper systematically reviews LM-driven EA methods, proposing a novel taxonomy that categorizes methods in three key stages: data preparation, feature embedding, and alignment. We further summarize key benchmarks, evaluation metrics, and discuss future directions. This paper aims to provide researchers and practitioners with a clear and comprehensive understanding of how language models reshape the field of entity alignment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEMNLP 2025 - 2025 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, Proceedings of the Conference
EditorsChristos Christodoulopoulos, Tanmoy Chakraborty, Carolyn Rose, Violet Peng
PublisherAssociation for Computational Linguistics (ACL)
Pages23219-23234
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9798891763326
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025
Event30th Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, EMNLP 2025 - Suzhou, China
Duration: 4 Nov 20259 Nov 2025

Publication series

NameEMNLP 2025 - 2025 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, Proceedings of the Conference

Conference

Conference30th Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, EMNLP 2025
Country/TerritoryChina
CitySuzhou
Period4/11/259/11/25

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