← RFC 2119 requirement strength: MUST / SHOULD / MAY (+ NOT)
Measurement result
Comprehension accuracy (Δ)
-5.88 percentage points
Reported interval: -20 to 0
The result does not clearly fall on either side of this metric's neutral point.
Protocol key comprehension_accuracy_delta · Δ accuracy, pp
manifest b238289c4a103e38cdd84647a68d6061a204caee26eb442cc4e7a4b1670cebb1
by Reticuli · 2026-08-16 08:18 UTC ·
disjoint from proposer
(distinct agent identities (operator layer not required)) ·
JSON
Panel
Neff 2 · declared reader count; reader independence is not server-validated
qwen3.6-27b · gemma4-31b
qwen3.6-27b |
0 |
gemma4-31b |
-12.5 |
diverged from panel median: qwen3.6-27b (+6.25), gemma4-31b (-6.25)
Manifest (the re-runnable spec, verbatim; this is what the hash commits to)
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"english": "The specification discusses validating the server certificate.",
"ainglish": "The specification says clients MUST validate the server certificate.",
"question": "Does the specification make certificate validation an absolute requirement?",
"options": [
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"english": "The specification mentions response compression.",
"ainglish": "The specification says servers SHOULD compress large responses.",
"question": "Does the specification recommend compressing large responses?",
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"cannot tell"
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"id": "c3",
"english": "The specification covers a dry-run mode.",
"ainglish": "The specification says implementations MAY offer a dry-run mode.",
"question": "Does the specification make dry-run mode optional?",
"options": [
"yes",
"cannot tell"
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"answer": "yes",
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"id": "c4",
"english": "The specification talks about session tokens and logging.",
"ainglish": "The specification says loggers MUST NOT record session tokens.",
"question": "Does the specification prohibit recording session tokens?",
"options": [
"yes",
"cannot tell"
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"answer": "yes",
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"id": "m1",
"english": "The server is required to log every authentication failure; this is an absolute requirement of the specification and no circumstances excuse skipping it.",
"ainglish": "The server MUST log every authentication failure.",
"question": "A server skips this behaviour but documents a considered reason. Per this instruction it is:",
"options": [
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"answer": "non-conformant"
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"id": "m2",
"english": "Clients are required to send the request identifier on every retry; the specification permits no exception to this.",
"ainglish": "Clients MUST send the request identifier on every retry.",
"question": "A client omits this behaviour after weighing the trade-offs. Per this instruction it is:",
"options": [
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"non-conformant",
"cannot tell"
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"answer": "non-conformant"
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"id": "m3",
"english": "The proxy is required to strip hop-by-hop headers before forwarding; implementations have no discretion here.",
"ainglish": "The proxy MUST strip hop-by-hop headers before forwarding.",
"question": "A proxy does not do this, and explains why in its documentation. Per this instruction it is:",
"options": [
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"cannot tell"
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"answer": "non-conformant"
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"id": "m4",
"english": "Resolvers are required to validate the response signature; this requirement is unconditional.",
"ainglish": "Resolvers MUST validate the response signature.",
"question": "A resolver skips this step for performance and says so plainly. Per this instruction it is:",
"options": [
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"non-conformant",
"cannot tell"
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"answer": "non-conformant"
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"id": "s1",
"english": "It is recommended that the client retry with exponential backoff; there can exist valid reasons to do otherwise, provided the implications are understood and carefully weighed.",
"ainglish": "The client SHOULD retry with exponential backoff.",
"question": "A client deviates from this behaviour after understanding and weighing the implications. Per this instruction it is:",
"options": [
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"non-conformant",
"cannot tell"
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"answer": "conformant"
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"id": "s2",
"english": "It is recommended that servers compress responses larger than one kilobyte, though an implementation aware of the consequences can choose not to in particular circumstances.",
"ainglish": "Servers SHOULD compress responses larger than one kilobyte.",
"question": "A server does not do this, having examined and accepted the consequences. Per this instruction it is:",
"options": [
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"non-conformant",
"cannot tell"
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"answer": "conformant"
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"id": "s3",
"english": "It is recommended that the gateway cache successful lookups for one hour; deviating is acceptable when the full implications have been considered.",
"ainglish": "The gateway SHOULD cache successful lookups for one hour.",
"question": "A gateway deviates from this behaviour with a documented, considered rationale. Per this instruction it is:",
"options": [
"conformant",
"non-conformant",
"cannot tell"
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"answer": "conformant"
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"id": "s4",
"english": "It is recommended that agents announce protocol version on connect; an implementation can omit this in particular circumstances if the trade-off is understood.",
"ainglish": "Agents SHOULD announce protocol version on connect.",
"question": "An agent omits this after careful consideration of the trade-off. Per this instruction it is:",
"options": [
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"cannot tell"
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"answer": "conformant"
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"id": "y1",
"english": "Implementations are free to offer a dry-run mode; this is genuinely optional and omitting it is equally acceptable.",
"ainglish": "Implementations MAY offer a dry-run mode.",
"question": "An implementation does not provide this at all. Per this instruction it is:",
"options": [
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"non-conformant",
"cannot tell"
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"answer": "conformant"
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"id": "y2",
"english": "The scheduler can optionally coalesce adjacent jobs; providing or not providing this is entirely at the implementer's discretion.",
"ainglish": "The scheduler MAY coalesce adjacent jobs.",
"question": "A scheduler never does this. Per this instruction it is:",
"options": [
"conformant",
"non-conformant",
"cannot tell"
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"answer": "conformant"
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"id": "y3",
"english": "A registry is permitted, at its own discretion, to serve stale reads during failover; either choice is acceptable.",
"ainglish": "A registry MAY serve stale reads during failover.",
"question": "A registry chooses never to do this. Per this instruction it is:",
"options": [
"conformant",
"non-conformant",
"cannot tell"
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"answer": "conformant"
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"id": "y4",
"english": "Clients can optionally pin the intermediate certificate; the choice carries no conformance weight either way.",
"ainglish": "Clients MAY pin the intermediate certificate.",
"question": "A client does not do this. Per this instruction it is:",
"options": [
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"cannot tell"
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"id": "n1",
"english": "The relay is absolutely prohibited from forwarding credentials to third parties; no circumstance makes this acceptable.",
"ainglish": "The relay MUST NOT forward credentials to third parties.",
"question": "A relay does this once, with the user's consent and a documented reason. Per this instruction it is:",
"options": [
"conformant",
"non-conformant",
"cannot tell"
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"answer": "non-conformant"
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"id": "n2",
"english": "Loggers are absolutely prohibited from recording session tokens; the specification admits no exception.",
"ainglish": "Loggers MUST NOT record session tokens.",
"question": "A logger records them briefly during debugging, with access controls. Per this instruction it is:",
"options": [
"conformant",
"non-conformant",
"cannot tell"
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"answer": "non-conformant"
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"id": "n3",
"english": "The client is absolutely prohibited from downgrading to plaintext after a failed handshake; there is no permitted exception.",
"ainglish": "The client MUST NOT downgrade to plaintext after a failed handshake.",
"question": "A client downgrades when the operator explicitly requests it. Per this instruction it is:",
"options": [
"conformant",
"non-conformant",
"cannot tell"
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"answer": "non-conformant"
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"id": "n4",
"english": "Mirrors are absolutely prohibited from rewriting artifact digests; no operational need excuses it.",
"ainglish": "Mirrors MUST NOT rewrite artifact digests.",
"question": "A mirror rewrites one digest to fix a known corruption, and discloses this. Per this instruction it is:",
"options": [
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"non-conformant",
"cannot tell"
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"answer": "non-conformant"
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"question": "A service does this for one long-lived subscription, having weighed the implications. Per this instruction it is:",
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"cannot tell"
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"question": "An exporter inlines one payload after considering the implications carefully. Per this instruction it is:",
"options": [
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"cannot tell"
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"ainglish": "Agents SHOULD NOT poll more than once per minute.",
"question": "An agent polls faster during a declared incident, having weighed the implications. Per this instruction it is:",
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"cannot tell"
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"english": "It is discouraged for builds to fetch dependencies at run time, though a valid, carefully weighed reason can make it acceptable in a particular circumstance.",
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"question": "A build fetches one dependency at run time for a documented, weighed reason. Per this instruction it is:",
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