How should evaluation distinguish a sound review decision from a persuasive explanation?

A polished review note can conceal a weak decision. Evaluation should inspect whether the chosen outcome follows from the supplied evidence and policy, then assess whether the explanation communicates that reasoning clearly.

One useful approach is to require a structured decision alongside the narrative. The agent can identify the applicable requirement, supporting evidence and any unresolved issue for each material conclusion. An evaluator can then check the relationship between those elements without inferring it from prose.

The assessment should allow more than one defensible outcome when the task deliberately leaves room for judgement. A reference answer can describe acceptable decision boundaries and required reasoning rather than prescribe a single sentence or exact wording.

Failure modes include citing a document that does not support the claimed fact, omitting evidence that weakens the conclusion, and using confident language to conceal an unresolved dependency.

A buyer can inspect sample evaluations by comparing the same decision expressed in plain and polished language. If presentation alone changes the substantive result, the evaluator may be rewarding style more heavily than justified reasoning.