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Glossary

Model reading

A sentence the language model writes about computed tables: what moved, where, and what the table says about why, with a citation on every figure. Labelled as the model's, shown beside the table, never given the table's weight. The model reads and explains; deterministic code computes.

DefinitionA sentence the language model writes about computed tables: what moved, where, and what the table says about why, with a citation on every figure. Labelled as the model's, shown beside the table, never given the table's weight. The model reads and explains; deterministic code computes.

What it adds

The plan of which tables answer the question, and the sentence a good analyst would write. Both valuable; neither a number.

What it never is

A figure not in a table. A sentence with a number and no citation is rejected before it is shown.

How it is used

After tables are computed and checked, the language model writes a short reading of them: what moved, where, and what the table shows about why. Every figure it quotes is taken from the tables, with a citation.

Example

Coverage fell four points, almost entirely in the northern region, where 140 accounts reassigned in August have not yet been contacted. Each clause links to a row.

Where it goes wrong

The model asked to work out the numbers as well as describe them. Its arithmetic is unreliable; its reading of a table is not.