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Does LLM Alignment Really Need Diversity? An Empirical Study of Adapting RLVR Methods for Moral Reasoning

Zhaowei Zhang, Xiaohan Liu, Xuekai Zhu, Junchao Huang, Ceyao Zhang, Zhiyuan Feng, Yaodong Yang, Xiaoyuan Yi, Xing Xie · Mar 11, 2026 · Citations: 0

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Abstract

Reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) has achieved remarkable success in logical reasoning tasks, yet whether large language model (LLM) alignment requires fundamentally different approaches remains unclear. Given the apparent tolerance for multiple valid responses in moral reasoning, a natural hypothesis is that alignment tasks inherently require diversity-seeking distribution-matching algorithms rather than reward-maximizing policy-based methods. We conduct the first comprehensive empirical study comparing both paradigms on MoReBench. To enable stable RLVR training, we build a rubric-grounded reward pipeline by training a Qwen3-1.7B judge model. Contrary to our hypothesis, we find that distribution-matching approaches do not demonstrate significant advantages over reward-maximizing methods as expected on alignment tasks. Through semantic visualization mapping high-reward responses to semantic space, we demonstrate that moral reasoning exhibits more concentrated high-reward distributions than mathematical reasoning, where diverse solution strategies yield similarly high rewards. This counter-intuitive finding explains why mode-seeking optimization proves equally or more effective for alignment tasks. Our results suggest that alignment tasks do not inherently require diversity-preserving algorithms, and standard reward-maximizing RLVR methods can effectively transfer to moral reasoning without explicit diversity mechanisms.

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Eval-Fit Score

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Rubric Rating

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Evidence snippet: Reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) has achieved remarkable success in logical reasoning tasks, yet whether large language model (LLM) alignment requires fundamentally different approaches remains unclear.

Evaluation Modes

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Llm As Judge

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Evidence snippet: Reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) has achieved remarkable success in logical reasoning tasks, yet whether large language model (LLM) alignment requires fundamentally different approaches remains unclear.

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Evidence snippet: Reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) has achieved remarkable success in logical reasoning tasks, yet whether large language model (LLM) alignment requires fundamentally different approaches remains unclear.

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Evidence snippet: We conduct the first comprehensive empirical study comparing both paradigms on MoReBench.

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Evidence snippet: Reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) has achieved remarkable success in logical reasoning tasks, yet whether large language model (LLM) alignment requires fundamentally different approaches remains unclear.

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Evidence snippet: Reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) has achieved remarkable success in logical reasoning tasks, yet whether large language model (LLM) alignment requires fundamentally different approaches remains unclear.

Human Data Lens

  • Uses human feedback: Yes
  • Feedback types: Rubric Rating
  • Rater population: Unknown
  • Unit of annotation: Multi Dim Rubric
  • Expertise required: Math
  • Extraction source: Persisted extraction

Evaluation Lens

  • Evaluation modes: Llm As Judge
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  • Quality controls: Not reported
  • Confidence: 0.75
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Research Brief

Deterministic synthesis

To enable stable RLVR training, we build a rubric-grounded reward pipeline by training a Qwen3-1.7B judge model. HFEPX signals include Rubric Rating, Llm As Judge with confidence 0.75. Updated from current HFEPX corpus.

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Key Takeaways

  • To enable stable RLVR training, we build a rubric-grounded reward pipeline by training a Qwen3-1.7B judge model.
  • Through semantic visualization mapping high-reward responses to semantic space, we demonstrate that moral reasoning exhibits more concentrated high-reward distributions than…

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Research Summary

Contribution Summary

  • To enable stable RLVR training, we build a rubric-grounded reward pipeline by training a Qwen3-1.7B judge model.
  • Through semantic visualization mapping high-reward responses to semantic space, we demonstrate that moral reasoning exhibits more concentrated high-reward distributions than mathematical reasoning, where diverse solution strategies yield…

Why It Matters For Eval

  • To enable stable RLVR training, we build a rubric-grounded reward pipeline by training a Qwen3-1.7B judge model.

Researcher Checklist

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    Detected: Llm As Judge

  • Gap: Quality control reporting appears

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  • Pass: Benchmark or dataset anchors are present

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  • Gap: Metric reporting is present

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