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The Best Agent Finished the Pieces and Lost the Chain

EarthVerse tests 405 reproducible investigations across 199 documented events and 19 natural-hazard families.

Published Updated Story ID: mp-2026-08-25-003
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Summary

EarthVerse tests 405 reproducible investigations across 199 documented events and 19 natural-hazard families.

The strongest system reached 84.65 percent mean answer-unit accuracy, but only 34.81 percent Strict@95. The gap shows that agents can complete many local steps without preserving a consistent chain across evidence, units, calculations and physical interpretation.

Why it matters

EarthVerse tests 405 reproducible investigations across 199 documented events and 19 natural-hazard families.

Limits and context

  • The strongest system reached 84.65 percent mean answer-unit accuracy, but only 34.81 percent Strict@95.

Key claims

  1. EarthVerse tests 405 reproducible investigations across 199 documented events and 19 natural-hazard families.

    Qualification: The strongest system reached 84.65 percent mean answer-unit accuracy, but only 34.81 percent Strict@95.

    Evidence: source-2026-08-25-003

Sources

  1. arXiv preprint 2608.23525arXiv · primary research

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