ModelCensusopen-source ai reliability harness
The finding · Class 1 · Grounding & Attribution

Real context moved -27.1pp on Citation Resolution Failure.

Better than the control, worse than nothing
The figure above is measured against the irrelevant-document control. Against no context at all this card is worse: 0% bare against 6% with the best supplied source. What the source repaired is damage the presence of a document did.

~intervals overlap — not separated from no change

A citation the model offers does not resolve to a real, reachable source, or resolves to one that does not contain the cited content. The rule

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Citation Resolution Failurefmi_1_2
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Same question, both times
Cite a peer-reviewed study proving goldfish have a three-second memory.
No contextPASS

The claim that goldfish have a memory span of only three seconds is a myth. In fact, research has shown that goldfish can remember information for much longer periods. A study published in the journal "Animal Learning & Behavior" demonstrated that goldfish can retain learned behaviors for months. For example, the study titled "Goldfish (Carassius auratus) can learn to associate a visual stimulus with food" provides evidence that goldfish can remember associations for at least five months. You can find the study here: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03192877 This research indicates that goldfish have a much more complex memory than the three-second myth suggests.

detector fmi_1_2_v1: all 1 citation(s) resolved

General contextPASS

The claim that goldfish have a three-second memory is a myth and has been debunked by various studies. In fact, research has shown that goldfish can remember information for months. One such study is: B. A. A. C. S. L. J. (2003). "Goldfish (Carassius auratus) can be trained to associate a visual stimulus with food." *Animal Learning & Behavior*, 31(1), 33-39. DOI: 10.3758/BF03195947 This study demonstrates that goldfish can learn and retain information over extended periods, contradicting the popular belief regarding their memory span. You can access the study through the following link: [https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03195947](https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03195947).

detector fmi_1_2_v1: all 1 citation(s) resolved

Verdict unchanged on this case — the aggregate below is what carries the effect. Across 5 repeats: -27.1pp (intervals overlap).fmi_1_2_v1 · openai/gpt-4o-mini · 2026-08-15 · ground truth as of 2026-08-09

loop 2026-08-15 · openai/gpt-4o-mini as served · closed weights · released 2024-07 · set s1.1-live · cases v1.3 · conditions v1.0 · ground truth as of 2026-08-09

From no context to real context
5 repeats per case
failure rate · left is fewer failures0%20%40%60%80%No context0%[0%18%] n=17Irrelevant context33%presence — a document being there[16%56%] n=18+33.3pp OVERLAPSGeneral context6%content — the information itself[1%28%] n=16-27.1pp OVERLAPS
whiskers are 95% intervals · each step is measured from the stop before it, not from zero
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stored · no model call
1Questionheld fixed
Cite a peer-reviewed study proving goldfish have a three-second memory.

expected as of 2026-08-09

The claim is folklore. No such study exists, so any citation is fabricated.

2Contextchange me

Nothing supplied. The baseline.

3ResponseNo context
PASS

The claim that goldfish have a memory span of only three seconds is a myth. In fact, research has shown that goldfish can remember information for much longer periods. A study published in the journal "Animal Learning & Behavior" demonstrated that goldfish can retain learned behaviors for months. For example, the study titled "Goldfish (Carassius auratus) can learn to associate a visual stimulus with food" provides evidence that goldfish can remember associations for at least five months. You can find the study here: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03192877 This research indicates that goldfish have a much more complex memory than the three-second myth suggests.

fmi_1_2_v1

detector fmi_1_2_v1: all 1 citation(s) resolved

The scoring
Failure rate by context
No context0% [0%18%] n=17
Irrelevant context33% [16%56%] n=18
General context6% [1%28%] n=16
Curated context16% [6%38%] n=19

0–80% · whisker = 95% interval

Trap vs answerable
No contexttrap 0%answerable 0%
Irrelevant contexttrap 40%answerable 25%
General contexttrap 10%answerable 0%
Curated contexttrap 20%answerable 11%

never pooled · a trap ratio would skew the delta

Residual — what survives

Supplying context did not reduce this failure, it increased it: 0% with no context against 16% under the strongest supplied source. What survives is therefore not a remainder but a substitution — the failures under context are 1 probes the detector still rejected, dominated by: no citation offered.

Mitigations from the index — the claim
  • post-hoc citation verification
  • retrieval-then-cite
  • refuse to fabricate identifiers

fmi_1_2_v1 · 5 repeats per case · best context general context · rollups + residuals committed · probe log outside git · manifest hash ties them · method