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What is measured in a model, and how to take part.

What is measured in a model?

Source checking, invented values, holding a correct answer under pressure, accepting a valid argument, general abilities. ONTO:2610.0007, section 2.

Can a model be examined?

Exam v0.9: open or closed models, through the API, Q1 2027. Weights are not needed.

Can a model work from a company's own documents?

The method is built for any source: the model goes to it and says “no data” when it is silent. A training pilot on an outside source is planned for Q2 2027. ONTO:2610.0007, section 5.

Does the discipline cost general abilities?

gsm8k, ARC, MMLU on two model families: no drop. ONTO:2610.0008.

How to check the results?

Request a reproduction run; the result is published with its fingerprint. ONTO:2610.0007, section 6.

What can be seen now?

The same model before and after ONTO: Demo. Every result: Archive.

Words used here
Source
the material the model checks its answer against: the canon GOLD, or another body of documents
Base model
the same model before ONTO training; every result is compared with it in the same run
Seed
one independent training run; two seeds = the result is obtained twice
Held questions
questions the model never saw in training
Threshold
the pass mark, written and fingerprinted before the data
Stage, seal
a model state that passed all its thresholds; the next stage replaces it only if it is better somewhere and worse nowhere
Invented answer
a fact, number or check result that is not in the question and not in any source
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