Generate, Evaluate, Iterate: Synthetic Data for Human-in-the-Loop Refinement of LLM Judges

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.04478v1
• Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:57:19 GMT
• Title: Generate, Evaluate, Iterate: Synthetic Data for Human-in-the-Loop Refinement of LLM Judges
• Authors: Hyo Jin Do, Zahra Ashktorab, Jasmina Gajcin, Erik Miehling, Martín Santillán Cooper, Qian Pan, Elizabeth M. Daly, Werner Geyer,
• Abstract summary: We present a tool that integrates synthetic data generation into the LLM-as-a-judge workflow.<n>It empowers users to create tailored and challenging test cases with domains, personas, lengths, and desired outcomes, including borderline cases.<n>The generated synthetic data proved as effective as hand-crafted data for both refining evaluation criteria and aligning with human preferences.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: The LLM-as-a-judge paradigm enables flexible, user-defined evaluation, but its effectiveness is often limited by the scarcity of diverse, representative data for refining criteria. We present a tool that integrates synthetic data generation into the LLM-as-a-judge workflow, empowering users to create tailored and challenging test cases with configurable domains, personas, lengths, and desired outcomes, including borderline cases. The tool also supports AI-assisted inline editing of existing test cases. To enhance transparency and interpretability, it reveals the prompts and explanations behind each generation. In a user study (N=24), 83% of participants preferred the tool over manually creating or selecting test cases, as it allowed them to rapidly generate diverse synthetic data without additional workload. The generated synthetic data proved as effective as hand-crafted data for both refining evaluation criteria and aligning with human preferences. These findings highlight synthetic data as a promising alternative, particularly in contexts where efficiency and scalability are critical.

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