  In this paper, we introduce the Interpretable Cross-Examination Technique
(ICE-T), a novel approach that leverages structured multi-prompt techniques
with Large Language Models (LLMs) to improve classification performance over
zero-shot and few-shot methods. In domains where interpretability is crucial,
such as medicine and law, standard models often fall short due to their
"black-box" nature. ICE-T addresses these limitations by using a series of
generated prompts that allow an LLM to approach the problem from multiple
directions. The responses from the LLM are then converted into numerical
feature vectors and processed by a traditional classifier. This method not only
maintains high interpretability but also allows for smaller, less capable
models to achieve or exceed the performance of larger, more advanced models
under zero-shot conditions. We demonstrate the effectiveness of ICE-T across a
diverse set of data sources, including medical records and legal documents,
consistently surpassing the zero-shot baseline in terms of classification
metrics such as F1 scores. Our results indicate that ICE-T can be used for
improving both the performance and transparency of AI applications in complex
decision-making environments.
