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Glossary/Evidence grades

Partial

Real support exists but it does not close the question. In practice this is one of three situations: a single source with nothing corroborating it, a figure the interested party reported about itself, or a result too recent for anyone else to have tested. Usable, but say where it came from when you repeat it.

The definition the product enforces, read from the same code the methodology page renders.

How to read it

When Partial appears on a page

Read the source line before leaning on it. A partial grade usually means one of three things: a single source, a figure the interested party reported about itself, or a result too new to have been tested. Quote it with its origin attached.

The family

Evidence grades

The grade every claim on a research page carries: how it is known, not how confident it sounds. Assigned by the same rules on every scan; the rollup numbers are computed from the graded rows.

VerifiedCorroborated against an outside source, and that source is linked.GroundedCame from material the scan actually read, with a named source.ContestedSources disagree, or the record contradicts it.UnverifiedAsserted in the material, with nothing behind it.Your inputYou supplied it. The scan took it as given.TrainingFrom the model's prior knowledge, not from anything fetched.From the recordPresent in the material with no provenance attached.GapSomething the analysis could not establish, reported as missing.
Where you will see it

On these pages

Kinds of research that print it
Event →Inquiry →Open Case →Scholar →Market Research →
Surfaces
Every research page's FACTS tab and footer
The Sources sidebar
The corroboration view of your own research
The rubric

The whole grading vocabulary, on one page

Every grade here is assigned by the same rules on every scan, and the methodology page renders those rules from the code that enforces them.

How the grades work →The whole glossary