AKBC 2027 Shared Task
AKBC 2027 will include a shared task on using large language models (LLMs) for knowledge base (KB) construction. Further task details, rules, and participation instructions will be announced soon.
Different from previous years, the task will not be about slot filling, but about open-ended elicitation, based on the BeQu benchmark introduced in “Beyond Questions: Evaluating the Stated Knowledge of LLMs” (Arxiv 2026) by Giordano and Razniewski.
Tentative Timeline
The following dates are tentative and may be adjusted as ACL 2027 workshop logistics are finalized.
| Activity | Tentative date |
|---|---|
| Dataset (train and development) release | Monday, February 8, 2027 |
| Dataset (test) release | Monday, May 31, 2027 |
| Submission of test output, code, and system papers | Wednesday, June 2, 2027 |
| Acceptance and winner announcement | Friday, June 18, 2027 |
| Camera-ready system papers | Friday, July 2, 2027 |
| Shared-task presentations at AKBC / ACL 2027 | August 18 or 19, 2027 |
AKBC is co-located with ACL 2027 in Kyoto, Japan. The exact workshop day is still to be confirmed.