Keywords
retrieval self-check
distractor density
paired simulation
reproducibility
Abstract
We evaluated retrieval self-check for retrieval-augmented answering under 47% distractor density. A deterministic paired simulation generated 72 cases and preserved a upper-severity quartile. Mean evidence faithfulness changed from 0.536 to 0.582; the paired difference was +0.046 (95% interval +0.044 to +0.049). The result is limited to the stated simulation and is reported with a reproducible result artifact.
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