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

Real context moved -6.0pp 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

deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3.1fmi_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

The shop sold 17 boxes × 24 items = 408 items. After returns: 408 − 8 = 400 items. Answer: 400

detector fmi_4_1_v1: answer matches oracle

General contextPASS

The shop sold 17 boxes × 24 items each = 408 items. Then 8 items were returned, so net items sold = 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: -6.0pp (intervals overlap).fmi_4_1_v1 · deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3.1 · 2026-08-15 · ground truth as of 2026-08-09

loop 2026-08-15 · deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3.1 as served · open weights · released 2025-08 · 671B-A37B · set s1.3-live · cases v1.6 · 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%10%20%30%40%No context0%[0%7%] n=50Irrelevant context6%presence — a document being there[2%16%] n=50+6.0pp OVERLAPSGeneral context0%content — the information itself[0%7%] n=50-6.0pp 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

The shop sold 17 boxes × 24 items = 408 items. After returns: 408 − 8 = 400 items. 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 context6% [2%16%] n=50
General context0% [0%7%] n=50
Curated context0% [0%7%] n=50

0–40% · whisker = 95% interval

Trap vs answerable
No contexttrap 0%answerable 0%
Irrelevant contexttrap 10%answerable 0%
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