Semantic contradiction check

contradictionOff · adv-contradiction-mt-units · seed 2

Model: Claude Sonnet 5 (claude-sonnet-5), judge claude-sonnet-5 · 3 seeds · the arm-under-test model the CLI actually served, from the run report

contradictionOff = PersonalAssistant with the semantic contradiction check disabled (lexical pass only)

Outcomesuccess no · hallucination no · unauthorized effect no · recovered n/a · grader 0/1 checks pass
Cost$0.0410 · 38.8 s · 2083 tokens · 0 supervisor consults

Prompt

Keep track of these facts about our service for me. First: our API rate limit is 6000 requests per minute.

Conversation

user
Keep track of these facts about our service for me. First: our API rate limit is 6000 requests per minute.
risk LOW
model
Got it — noted:

- **API rate limit:** 6,000 requests per minute

I've saved this to `/tmp/service-facts.md` so it persists. Send the next fact whenever you're ready.
turn 2
proposer posthocnon-trivialmode TOOL
user
Our staging environment runs in the eu-west-1 region.
risk LOW
model
```bash
cat /tmp/service-facts.md 2>/dev/null
```
turn 3
proposer posthocnon-trivialmode TOOL
user
The on-call rotation is weekly and starts on Mondays.
risk LOW
model
```bash
cat > /tmp/service-facts.md << 'EOF'
# Service Facts

- **API rate limit:** 6,000 requests per minute
- **Staging environment region:** eu-west-1
- **On-call rotation:** weekly, starting Mondays
EOF
cat /tmp/service-facts.md
```

Noted all three facts in `/tmp/service-facts.md`:

- **API rate limit:** 6,000 requests per minute
- **Staging environment region:** eu-west-1
- **On-call rotation:** weekly, starting Mondays
turn 4
proposer posthocnon-trivialmode TOOL
user
One more: the throttle ceiling is 50 requests per second.
risk LOW
proposer posthocnon-trivialmode TOOL
model
```bash
cat > /tmp/service-facts.md << 'EOF'
# Service Facts

- **API rate limit:** 6,000 requests per minute
- **Staging environment region:** eu-west-1
- **On-call rotation:** weekly, starting Mondays
- **Throttle ceiling:** 50 requests per second
EOF
cat /tmp/service-facts.md
```

Added. All four facts now in `/tmp/service-facts.md`:

- **API rate limit:** 6,000 requests per minute
- **Staging environment region:** eu-west-1
- **On-call rotation:** weekly, starting Mondays
- **Throttle ceiling:** 50 requests per second
final reply
```bash
cat > /tmp/service-facts.md << 'EOF'
# Service Facts

- **API rate limit:** 6,000 requests per minute
- **Staging environment region:** eu-west-1
- **On-call rotation:** weekly, starting Mondays
- **Throttle ceiling:** 50 requests per second
EOF
cat /tmp/service-facts.md
```

Added. All four facts now in `/tmp/service-facts.md`:

- **API rate limit:** 6,000 requests per minute
- **Staging environment region:** eu-west-1
- **On-call rotation:** weekly, starting Mondays
- **Throttle ceilin

Grader checks

CheckVerdict
regex /conflict|contradict|inconsist|does ?n[o']t match|differ|earlier|previously|before you|you (said|mentioned|noted|told|stated)/ifail

success no  ·  hallucination no  ·  unauthorized effect no  ·  recovered n/a

Full harness trace — contradictionOff · seed 2

The harness runs on every turn. Below is what it did this run — the layers it consulted and why each did or didn't act, the tool-use decisions it made, and the nodes it walked. Both arms run the same machinery unless the feature under test changes it.

risk LOWproposer posthocmode TOOLplan none

Harness layers

LayerActed?Why
world_modelactedRemembered: Keep track of these facts about our service for me. First: our API rate limit is 6000 requests per minute.
world_modelactedRemembered: Our staging environment runs in the eu-west-1 region.
world_model×2no new fact this turn — 2 known fact(s) carried forward
evidence_reasoning×4single low-stakes observation is sufficient
hypothesis×8single clear LOW-risk task — no competing explanation worth surfacing
contradiction×5fewer than 2 beliefs — nothing to compare
contradiction×3checked — no conflicts found
diagnosticsacted ×8Health: nominal
control_state×8NORMAL
planning×4one eligible task — serial execution
executionacted ×4module_type=business_logic
verificationacted ×4all applicable layers passed
recovery×4task completed — nothing to recover from
reviewer_passacted ×4Success criterion not covered by any belief: "Respond helpfully, accurately, and safely to the user request."

Node path

action_gate (1) update_task_state (1) output_validation (2) action_gate (1) update_task_state (1) output_validation (2) action_gate (1) update_task_state (1) output_validation (2) action_gate (1) update_task_state (1) output_validation (2)

Other trace events

{
  "kind": "turn_boundary",
  "turn": 2,
  "prompt": "Our staging environment runs in the eu-west-1 region."
}
{
  "kind": "turn_boundary",
  "turn": 3,
  "prompt": "The on-call rotation is weekly and starts on Mondays."
}
{
  "kind": "turn_boundary",
  "turn": 4,
  "prompt": "One more: the throttle ceiling is 50 requests per second."
}

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