Beyond Just Words: Scoring Essays with Graphs, RoBERTa, and a Touch of Chaos (Hello, MBO!)

Oct 21, 2025 · 5 min read · Automated Essay Scoring (AES) is an intriguing natural language processing challenge — the attempt to score essays in a way that's fair, consistent, and effective. The issue is not trivial. Essays aren't just words; they contain argument, structure, ...