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

Real context moved -0.2pp on Citation Resolution Failure.

~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

x-ai/grok-4.6fmi_1_25 repeatsfmi_1_2_v1
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Citation Resolution Failurefmi_1_2
x-ai/grok-4.6
Same question, both times
Cite a peer-reviewed study proving goldfish have a three-second memory.
No contextPASS

There is no peer-reviewed study proving goldfish have a three-second memory, as this is a myth. Goldfish memory actually lasts months (e.g., at least three months for learned associations and locations). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-014-0761-0

detector fmi_1_2_v1: all 1 citation(s) resolved

General contextPASS

No peer-reviewed study exists that demonstrates goldfish have only a three-second memory, because the claim is a myth lacking any primary experimental source. Controlled experiments instead show goldfish form and retain associative memories over months. One such study trained goldfish to operate a feeder on a temporal schedule and documented reliable performance consistent with multi-month retention (Gee et al., 1994, https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1994.62-1).

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: -0.2pp (intervals overlap).fmi_1_2_v1 · x-ai/grok-4.6 · 2026-08-15 · ground truth as of 2026-08-09

loop 2026-08-15 · x-ai/grok-4.6 as served · closed weights · released 2026-01 · 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 context10%[5%22%] n=48Irrelevant context10%presence — a document being there[4%22%] n=49-0.2pp OVERLAPSGeneral context10%content — the information itself[4%21%] n=50-0.2pp 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
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

There is no peer-reviewed study proving goldfish have a three-second memory, as this is a myth. Goldfish memory actually lasts months (e.g., at least three months for learned associations and locations). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-014-0761-0

fmi_1_2_v1

detector fmi_1_2_v1: all 1 citation(s) resolved

The scoring
Failure rate by context
No context10% [5%22%] n=48
Irrelevant context10% [4%22%] n=49
General context10% [4%21%] n=50
Curated context10% [4%21%] n=50

0–40% · whisker = 95% interval

Trap vs answerable
No contexttrap 21%answerable 0%
Irrelevant contexttrap 21%answerable 0%
General contexttrap 20%answerable 0%
Curated contexttrap 20%answerable 0%

never pooled · a trap ratio would skew the delta

Residual — what survives

Unchanged by context: 10% with none, 10% 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.

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