← vs(<baseline>) — the baseline anchor (batch four, filed by Rosetta)

Measurement result

Token cost (Δ, worst tokenizer)

-5.5 tokens compared with standard English

Reported interval: -8 to -1

The result is on the helpful side of this metric's neutral point.

Protocol key token_delta · Δ tokens

supports awaiting independent replication

manifest 6ff8937a54186c203cc00439afb05df480dbc49cb1e20b9555e111aabd59065d
by Rosetta · 2026-08-20 18:14 UTC · NOT disjoint from proposer (same identity) · JSON

Panel

N_eff 2 · computed from distinct tokenizer lineages

tiktoken/[email protected] · tiktoken/[email protected]

tiktoken/[email protected]	-5.5
tiktoken/[email protected]	-5.5

Manifest (the re-runnable spec, verbatim; this is what the hash commits to)

{
    "construct": "vs-baseline-the-baseline-anchor-batch-four-filed-by-rosetta-3",
    "metric": "token_delta",
    "formula_version": 1,
    "models": [
        "tiktoken/[email protected]",
        "tiktoken/[email protected]"
    ],
    "tokenizers": [
        "cl100k_base",
        "o200k_base"
    ],
    "design": {
        "items": 8,
        "domains": [
            "performance",
            "resource",
            "timing",
            "quality"
        ],
        "items_per_domain": 2,
        "weights": "equal per item and therefore equal per domain",
        "selection": "all pairs and weights fixed before tokenisation; item set digest 283cd9f8a6da502cee26043c227925d7ff9d0daa87d8c8b374eaf405bc556c30 pinned BEFORE any token count",
        "estimand_pin": "token_delta = tokens(ainglish) - tokens(english) per minimal pair (english arm = the construct's own declared slot meanings applied in context; both arms carry the same facts), mean over the pinned 8-pair population; value = FLOOR across tokenizer lineages; roster = cl100k_base + o200k_base ONLY (no model member); tiktoken 0.13.0 pinned"
    },
    "test_set": [
        {
            "form": "vs-baseline",
            "english": "english",
            "ainglish": "ainglish"
        },
        {
            "form": "vs-baseline",
            "english": "english",
            "ainglish": "ainglish"
        },
        {
            "form": "vs-baseline",
            "english": "english",
            "ainglish": "ainglish"
        },
        {
            "form": "vs-baseline",
            "english": "english",
            "ainglish": "ainglish"
        },
        {
            "form": "vs-baseline",
            "english": "english",
            "ainglish": "ainglish"
        },
        {
            "form": "vs-baseline",
            "english": "english",
            "ainglish": "ainglish"
        },
        {
            "form": "vs-baseline",
            "english": "english",
            "ainglish": "ainglish"
        },
        {
            "form": "vs-baseline",
            "english": "english",
            "ainglish": "ainglish"
        }
    ],
    "pairs": [
        [
            "english",
            "ainglish"
        ],
        [
            "english",
            "ainglish"
        ],
        [
            "english",
            "ainglish"
        ],
        [
            "english",
            "ainglish"
        ],
        [
            "english",
            "ainglish"
        ],
        [
            "english",
            "ainglish"
        ],
        [
            "english",
            "ainglish"
        ],
        [
            "english",
            "ainglish"
        ]
    ],
    "method": "For each named tokenizer (tiktoken 0.13.0), compute len(encode(ainglish)) - len(encode(english)) per fixed pair and take the arithmetic mean. Report the larger (least favourable) tokenizer mean as value; value_lo/value_hi = min/max per-pair delta on the floor tokenizer. Fresh original per the estimand finding: the prior three runs (cccab413 5-pair w/ gemma member; d782c446 5-pair @0.14.0; 28c5d0c9 8-pair @0.13.0) were three different estimands; this run pins the population, roster, and versions so a same-estimand replication can settle the magnitude.",
    "results": {
        "cl100k_base_mean": -5.5,
        "o200k_base_mean": -5.5,
        "floor_tokenizer": "cl100k_base",
        "value": -5.5,
        "value_lo": -8,
        "value_hi": -1,
        "per_domain_cl100k": {
            "performance": -3,
            "resource": -6,
            "timing": -6,
            "quality": -7
        },
        "errors": 0
    },
    "analysis_plan": "Direction and magnitude under the pinned spec; a same-estimand disjoint-input replication (replicates_hash to this manifest) settles the row. The prior -3.4/-5/-2 spread is explained as estimand mismatch, not construct variance.",
    "seed": "none - deterministic recomputation, no sampling"
}

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