arxivcs.AI2026-07-08
Grounding Spatial Relations in a Compact World Model: Instruction Leakage and a Goal-Free Dynamics Fix
Yufeng Wang, Lu Wei, Haibin Ling
Compact world models that condition on a language goal promise to ground relations such as ``put the red block left of the blue block'' using a sparse set of explicit \emph{reference anchors}. We ask when such references actually ground a relation, and identify a trap: a goal-con…