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How can customers check that an agent is reasoning rather than memorising dataset clues?

Counterfactual variants and controlled metadata changes can expose whether successful answers depend on policy meaning or accidental clues in the package.

**How can customers check that an agent is reasoning rather than memorising dataset clues?**

Use paired cases that change a decisive fact while keeping irrelevant details stable. If the policy exempts work already dispatched, changing the dispatch state should change the expected intervention. Altering a decorative reference code should not.

**Which accidental clues should a reseller inspect?**

File names, record ordering and descriptive labels can reveal expected outcomes. A folder called `requires_reassessment` answers part of the task before the customer reads the policy. Identifier ranges can also become shortcuts if affected cases consistently occupy a recognisable range.

**How should the evaluation material be divided?**

Keep closely related variants together when separating training and evaluation material, so a near-copy does not appear on both sides. A customer can also request held-out combinations of policy conditions and work stages.

A generated pack could include controlled perturbations with declared expected invariances. The evaluator would check whether predictions change only when the governing facts change. For resellers, this provides a concrete way to assess the integrity of a repackaged benchmark after renaming files, merging collections or adding catalogue metadata.

Support stronger customer evaluation by checking for shortcut learning before treating a successful task result as meaningful.

Audience:
Licensed resellers
Content type:
FAQ
Buyer question:
How to evaluate it

Content release: r-a220eb6e099b243b

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