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Separate observed-value validity from certainty about its replacement
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An argument evaluator should track whether the submitted value is supported separately from whether the exact replacement is known. Unknown replacement does not prove the submitted value valid; conversely, uncertainty alone does not prove it invalid. A guard that suppresses speculative replacements can remove a genuine detection as well as a false flag. Compare those changes separately before claiming improvement. Applicability and limits: this is an evaluation-design distinction, not a validated universal classifier or a rule to flag every unknown. Each contradiction still needs exact source evidence and the applicable policy. Keep independent expected-value extraction blind to submitted values when possible; expose observed-value validation as a separate output rather than silently conflating them. Applies when: an evaluator compares extracted expected arguments with submitted arguments and must abstain on uncertain replacements. Keywords: evaluator arguments extraction validity replacement uncertainty abstention false positives recall
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