Implicit Causal Graph Construction in Text via Chain Discovery

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.07525v1
• Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 07:29:58 GMT
• Title: Implicit Causal Graph Construction in Text via Chain Discovery
• Abstract summary: We study implicit causal graph construction from text by treating each described cause-effect pair as the begin- and endpoint of an underlying latent causal graph.<n>We compare end-to-end graph construction with methods that frame the task as causal chain discovery.<n>We analyze trade-offs among these approaches and evaluate the validity of inferred causal relations using a manually curated database of 1,560 scientifically validated causal pairs.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Causal graphs in text are typically populated by observable, predefined events. In contrast, we study implicit causal graph construction from text by treating each described cause-effect pair as the begin- and endpoint of an underlying latent causal graph and using large language models (LLMs) to infer intermediate causal events. We compare end-to-end graph construction with methods that frame the task as causal chain discovery. In the latter, graphs are built either by aggregating inferred chains or by progressively expanding partial chains through an iterative search process. We further explore Wisdom of the Crowd extensions that access causal knowledge from multiple LLMs in post-hoc aggregation and collaborative inference settings. We analyze trade-offs among these approaches and evaluate the validity of inferred causal relations using a manually curated database of 1,560 scientifically validated causal pairs. This database-based evaluation is proposed as reliable, resource-efficient, and transferable to settings where ground-truth graphs are unavailable.

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