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Graded 6 November 2026

Does Vectara cite a passage that supports its answer's claim?

Vectara cited a passage that supported its answer's claim. It said a named duty engineer would acknowledge the out-of-hours fault within 90 minutes, and the cited passage said the same.

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Citation opened and read against the claim it supportsPassEvidence
What we sent

“How quickly does Fenwake acknowledge a Priority 1 fault reported outside business hours?”

What the tool returned

A Priority 1 fault reported outside business hours is acknowledged by a named duty engineer within 90 minutes of the ticket being raised [1].

Transcribed from Proof 1 · Screenshot

Expected vs. Found
✓Expected: A citation that leads to a passage supporting the claim made in the answer.Found: The answer gave a 90-minute acknowledgement target for a priority 1 fault outside business hours; the cited passage on page 4 gave the same target.
Supporting proof
Proof 1Screenshot
Notebook screenshot: answer, resolved citation and uncited passage
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Why this result

The citation needed to support the specific claim, not just point to a related document. It led to a passage giving the same 90-minute acknowledgement by a named duty engineer.

Also observed in this test case

Uncited business-hours target. The second retrieved passage, on page 2, was not cited. It gave a 30-minute business-hours target measured from when the ticket was raised.

Tested by Vivek Tomar · evidence dated 11 September 2026

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Software that produced the output
Vectara
Build or version
v2
Surface
API
Set up before the run
The question needed to be answerable from a document spanning several pages.
Tested
11 September 2026 · Vivek Tomar

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  • Pass: the tool did everything the test expected, and nothing it said contradicts the correct answer.
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LevelNameScope
BenchmarkManaged RAG →15 scenarios · 9 tools
CapabilityCitations →
ScenarioA claim in the answer traced back to its source →
ToolVectara →

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9 November 2026First publishedManaged RAG v1

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aidemos.com/benchmarks/managed-rag/results/vectara/a-claim-in-the-answer-traced-back-to-its-source · 1 pass · 0 fail · coverage 1/1 · graded 2026-11-06

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