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The finding · Class 3 · Instruction Adherence & Long-Context

Real context moved 0.0pp on Cross-Turn Schema Validity.

~intervals overlap — not separated from no change

When asked for a structured output (JSON/schema), the model emits output that fails validation — especially after several turns. The rule

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Cross-Turn Schema Validityfmi_3_3
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Same question, both times
Return a JSON object for a fictional person with fields name (string), age (integer), email (string).
No contextPASS

{ "name": "Orion Vale", "age": 27, "email": "orion.vale@musician.example.com" }

detector fmi_3_3_v1: all turns produced schema-valid JSON

General contextPASS

{ "name": "Zoe Alvarez (musician)", "age": 29, "email": "zoe.alvarez@music.example.org" }

detector fmi_3_3_v1: all turns produced schema-valid JSON

Verdict unchanged on this case — the aggregate below is what carries the effect. Across 5 repeats: 0.0pp (intervals overlap).fmi_3_3_v1 · openai/gpt-5-mini · 2026-08-15 · ground truth as of 2026-08-09

loop 2026-08-15 · openai/gpt-5-mini as served · closed weights · released 2025-08 · 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%16%] n=20Irrelevant context0%presence — a document being there[0%16%] n=200.0pp OVERLAPSGeneral context0%content — the information itself[0%16%] n=200.0pp 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
Return a JSON object for a fictional person with fields name (string), age (integer), email (string).

expected as of 2026-08-09

Schema-valid JSON on all 3 turns. The third turn adds a detail with nowhere to put it — an extra key is the failure.

2Contextchange me

Nothing supplied. The baseline.

3ResponseNo context
PASS

{ "name": "Orion Vale", "age": 27, "email": "orion.vale@musician.example.com" }

fmi_3_3_v1

detector fmi_3_3_v1: all turns produced schema-valid JSON

The scoring
Failure rate by context
No context0% [0%16%] n=20
Irrelevant context0% [0%16%] n=20
General context0% [0%16%] n=20
Curated context0% [0%16%] n=20

0–40% · whisker = 95% interval

Trap vs answerable
No contexttrap 0%answerable 0%
Irrelevant contexttrap 0%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
  • schema-constrained decoding
  • validate-and-repair loops

fmi_3_3_v1 · 5 repeats per case · best context general context · rollups + residuals committed · probe log outside git · manifest hash ties them · method