What symbolic format should an LLM emit for reliable 3D scene editing from natural language, and does algebraic structure help beyond compact syntax? We evaluate Conformal Geometric Algebra (CGA) as a compact symbolic interface against a verbose Euclidean 4$\times$4 matrix baseline and a non-CGA Compact SE3 control in a natural-language 3D editing pipeline with controlled prompting and deterministic geometric execution. Our primary result is compositional fidelity under sequential instruction chains. In a sequence-stress protocol (20 templates, 6 trials each; $\texttt{n=120}$ outputs per method), Simple CGA and Compact SE3 both achieve 100% parse validity, but Simple CGA preserves exact ordered operation chains more reliably (97.5% vs 90.0%, two-proportion $\texttt{p=0.016}$) with lower completion-token cost (112.6 vs 133.6 tokens). This pattern is consistent with algebraic expression form supporting compositional faithfulness beyond compactness alone. A second result is confirmatory in the powered hard semantic suite ($\texttt{n=100}$ per method): compact representations (Simple CGA 45.0%, Compact SE3 42.0%, Shenlong 44.0%) all exceed the Euclidean 4$\times$4 baseline (24.0%). Simple CGA vs Euclidean is +21 pp ($\texttt{p=0.0028}$) and Compact SE3 vs Euclidean is +18 pp ($\texttt{p=0.0103}$), while Simple CGA vs Compact SE3 is statistically close ($\texttt{p=0.7755}$). Separating parse validity from geometric correctness reveals substantial optimization headroom invisible to syntax-only metrics. Overall, compact symbolic interfaces appear to drive reliability-cost gains, with CGA motor composition providing an additional advantage on ordered instruction chains. These findings inform real-time natural-language editing in immersive and interactive 3D environments.
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