ModelCensusopen-source ai reliability harness
The finding · Class 4 · Reasoning & Calculation

Real context moved -4.2pp on Method/Execution Split.

~intervals overlap — not separated from no change

The model chooses a correct method but executes it wrongly (or vice versa) — a right-approach/wrong-answer or wrong-approach/right-answer split. The rule

microsoft/phi-4fmi_4_15 repeatsfmi_4_1_v1
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Method/Execution Splitfmi_4_1
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Same question, both times
A shop sells 17 boxes holding 24 items each, then 8 items are returned. How many items were sold?
No contextPASS

To find the total number of items sold, we first calculate the total number of items initially in the 17 boxes. Each box contains 24 items, so: \[ 17 \times 24 = 408 \] This means there were initially 408 items in total. Next, 8 items are returned, so we subtract these from the total: \[ 408 - 8 = 400 \] Therefore, the number of items sold is 400. Answer: 400

detector fmi_4_1_v1: answer matches oracle

General contextPASS

To find out how many items were sold, we start by calculating the total number of items initially sold. The shop sells 17 boxes, each containing 24 items. So, the total number of items sold is: \[ 17 \times 24 = 408 \] Next, we account for the 8 items that were returned. Therefore, the number of items actually sold is: \[ 408 - 8 = 400 \] Answer: 400

detector fmi_4_1_v1: answer matches oracle

Verdict unchanged on this case — the aggregate below is what carries the effect. Across 5 repeats: -4.2pp (intervals overlap).fmi_4_1_v1 · microsoft/phi-4 · 2026-08-15 · ground truth as of 2026-08-09

loop 2026-08-15 · microsoft/phi-4 as served · open weights · released 2024-12 · 14B · set s1.2-live · cases v1.4 · 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%5%10%15%20%No context0%[0%7%] n=50Irrelevant context4%presence — a document being there[1%14%] n=48+4.2pp OVERLAPSGeneral context0%content — the information itself[0%7%] n=50-4.2pp OVERLAPS
whiskers are 95% intervals · each step is measured from the stop before it, not from zero
Try the other contexts
stored · no model call
1Questionheld fixed
A shop sells 17 boxes holding 24 items each, then 8 items are returned. How many items were sold?

expected as of 2026-08-09

400. Order matters: multiply before subtracting.

2Contextchange me

Nothing supplied. The baseline.

3ResponseNo context
PASS

To find the total number of items sold, we first calculate the total number of items initially in the 17 boxes. Each box contains 24 items, so: \[ 17 \times 24 = 408 \] This means there were initially 408 items in total. Next, 8 items are returned, so we subtract these from the total: \[ 408 - 8 = 400 \] Therefore, the number of items sold is 400. Answer: 400

fmi_4_1_v1

detector fmi_4_1_v1: answer matches oracle

The scoring
Failure rate by context
No context0% [0%7%] n=50
Irrelevant context4% [1%14%] n=48
General context0% [0%7%] n=50
Curated context0% [0%7%] n=50

0–20% · whisker = 95% interval

Trap vs answerable
No contexttrap 0%answerable 0%
Irrelevant contexttrap 0%answerable 11%
General contexttrap 0%answerable 0%
Curated contexttrap 0%answerable 0%

never pooled · a trap ratio would skew the delta

Residual — what survives

Unchanged by context: 0% with none, 0% with the strongest supplied source. For a control mode that flat line is the result — it is what licenses reading movement elsewhere in this loop as grounding rather than as a document being present. Nothing survives at the best condition on the cases measured here.

Mitigations from the index — the claim
  • tool-assisted computation
  • verify final against method

fmi_4_1_v1 · 5 repeats per case · best context general context · rollups + residuals committed · probe log outside git · manifest hash ties them · method