# CharacterEval: Chinese benchmark for role-playing conversational agents

- id: src_01M569C71W3RJZGR5BJQBA6MTS
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
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- evidence: inspection=metadata_checked, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T01 · tags: level:frontier, character, role-play, chinese, evaluation
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:17:48.433Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569C71W3RJZGR5BJQBA6MTS

Source: https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01275

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Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Abstract: CharacterEval is a Chinese benchmark for RPCAs with a tailored dataset of 1,785 multi-turn role-playing dialogues. · locator: arXiv abstract page · source: https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01275
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

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- documentation: license=CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 hosting=restricted redistribution=restricted modification=restricted training=unknown · arXiv page lists CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 for the paper; dataset terms not checked. · evidence: https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01275

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