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Where is the multimodal goal post? On the Ability of Foundation Models to Recognize Contextually Important Moments

Aditya K Surikuchi, Raquel Fernández, Sandro Pezzelle · Jan 22, 2026 · Citations: 0

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Abstract

Foundation models are used for many real-world applications involving language generation from temporally-ordered multimodal events. In this work, we study the ability of models to identify the most important sub-events in a video, which is a fundamental prerequisite for narrating or summarizing multimodal events. Specifically, we focus on football games and evaluate models on their ability to distinguish between important and non-important sub-events in a game. To this end, we construct a new dataset by leveraging human preferences for importance implicit in football game highlight reels, without any additional annotation costs. Using our dataset, we compare several state-of-the-art multimodal models and show that they are not far from chance level performance. Analyses of models beyond standard evaluation metrics reveal their tendency to rely on a single dominant modality and their ineffectiveness in synthesizing necessary information from multiple sources. Our findings underline the importance of modular architectures that can handle sample-level heterogeneity in multimodal data and the need for complementary training procedures that can maximize cross-modal synergy.

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  • Extraction confidence is 0.45 (below strong-reference threshold).
  • No explicit evaluation mode was extracted from available metadata.
  • No benchmark/dataset or metric anchors were extracted.
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HFEPX Relevance Assessment

This paper is adjacent to HFEPX scope and is best used for background context, not as a primary protocol reference.

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Main weakness

Extraction confidence is 0.45 (below strong-reference threshold).

Trust level

Low

Eval-Fit Score

40/100 • Low

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Human Feedback Signal

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Evaluation Signal

Weak / implicit signal

HFEPX Fit

Adjacent candidate

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Field Provenance & Confidence

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Human Feedback Types

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Pairwise Preference

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Evidence snippet: Foundation models are used for many real-world applications involving language generation from temporally-ordered multimodal events.

Evaluation Modes

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Evidence snippet: Foundation models are used for many real-world applications involving language generation from temporally-ordered multimodal events.

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Evidence snippet: Foundation models are used for many real-world applications involving language generation from temporally-ordered multimodal events.

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Evidence snippet: Foundation models are used for many real-world applications involving language generation from temporally-ordered multimodal events.

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Evidence snippet: Foundation models are used for many real-world applications involving language generation from temporally-ordered multimodal events.

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Evidence snippet: Foundation models are used for many real-world applications involving language generation from temporally-ordered multimodal events.

Human Data Lens

  • Uses human feedback: Yes
  • Feedback types: Pairwise Preference
  • Rater population: Unknown
  • Unit of annotation: Unknown
  • Expertise required: General
  • Extraction source: Persisted extraction

Evaluation Lens

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  • Confidence: 0.45
  • Flags: ambiguous

Protocol And Measurement Signals

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Research Brief

Deterministic synthesis

To this end, we construct a new dataset by leveraging human preferences for importance implicit in football game highlight reels, without any additional annotation costs. HFEPX signals include Pairwise Preference with confidence 0.45. Updated from current HFEPX corpus.

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Key Takeaways

  • To this end, we construct a new dataset by leveraging human preferences for importance implicit in football game highlight reels, without any additional annotation costs.
  • Analyses of models beyond standard evaluation metrics reveal their tendency to rely on a single dominant modality and their ineffectiveness in synthesizing necessary information…

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  • Extraction confidence is probabilistic and should be validated for critical decisions.

Research Summary

Contribution Summary

  • To this end, we construct a new dataset by leveraging human preferences for importance implicit in football game highlight reels, without any additional annotation costs.
  • Analyses of models beyond standard evaluation metrics reveal their tendency to rely on a single dominant modality and their ineffectiveness in synthesizing necessary information from multiple sources.

Why It Matters For Eval

  • To this end, we construct a new dataset by leveraging human preferences for importance implicit in football game highlight reels, without any additional annotation costs.
  • Analyses of models beyond standard evaluation metrics reveal their tendency to rely on a single dominant modality and their ineffectiveness in synthesizing necessary information from multiple sources.

Researcher Checklist

  • Pass: Human feedback protocol is explicit

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  • Gap: Evaluation mode is explicit

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  • Gap: Quality control reporting appears

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  • Gap: Benchmark or dataset anchors are present

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  • Gap: Metric reporting is present

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