MEIC-DT: Memory-Efficient Incremental Clustering for Long-Text Coreference Resolution with Dual-Threshold Constraints

ACL ARR 2026 January Submission1763 Authors

Keywords: Coreference Resolution, incremental clustering, dual-threshold memory-efficient

Abstract: In the era of large language models (LLMs), supervised neural methods remain the state-of-the-art (SOTA) for Coreference Resolution. Yet, their full potential is underexplored, particularly in incremental clustering, which faces the critical challenge of balancing efficiency with performance for long texts. To address the limitation, we propose MEIC-DT, a novel dual-threshold, memory-efficient incremental clustering approach based on a lightweight Transformer. MEIC-DT features a dual-threshold constraint mechanism designed to precisely control the Transformer's input scale within a predefined memory budget. This mechanism incorporates two key components: a Statistics-Aware Eviction Strategy (SAES) and an Internal Regularization Policy (IRP). The SAES utilizes distinct statistical profiles from the training and inference phases for intelligent cache management. The IRP strategically condenses clusters by selecting the most representative mentions, thereby preserving semantic integrity. Extensive experiments on common benchmarks demonstrate that MEIC-DT achieves highly competitive coreference performance under stringent memory constraints.

Paper Type: Long

Research Area: Low-resource Methods for NLP

Research Area Keywords: Efficient/Low-Resource Methods for NLP

Contribution Types: NLP engineering experiment, Approaches to low-resource settings, Approaches low compute settings-efficiency

Languages Studied: English

Submission Number: 1763