FAIL
| Check | Detail | |
|---|---|---|
| ❌ | llm_judge:behavior:b_confusing_nl_wc2_framing | Hark listed Philadelphia, the NL WC1 holder and the team ahead of Chicago, under a table column labeled “Chasing” in the NL WC2 row. Although the underlying standings numbers are supported, describing the superior WC1 holder under “Chasing” inverts the table’s ordinary semantics and can mislead readers about which team trails. No registered failure mode specifically matches confusing but numerically accurate table framing. |
| ✅ | Measures: behavior Check Unique ID: tool_arguments_contain | Tool 'web_fetch' called with matching arguments Checks: tool_name=web_fetch; url=mlb.com; dimension=behavior |
| ✅ | Measures: capability Check Unique ID: tool_call_succeeded | web_fetch completed on call 1 Checks: tool_name=web_fetch; dimension=capability |
| ✅ | Measures: behavior Check Unique ID: llm_judge:rule:retrieve_current_public_evidence | web_fetch was available and Hark called it on exactly the user-named URL https://www.mlb.com/standings (E0002) before answering. No blocker preceded the call. Deterministic checks confirm the mlb.com argument and a successful call. |
| ✅ | Measures: capability Check Unique ID: llm_judge:rule:obtain_relevant_current_evidence | The fetch completed with status_code 200 and success true, returning the full 2026 regular-season standings tables for all six divisions with W, L, PCT, GB, WCGB, E#, L10 and a 'Last updated: Sep 11th 5:09 PM ET' stamp (E0004). That is directly relevant to the requested subject and matches the 2026-09-11 execution window. Evidence: E0004 |
| ✅ | Measures: outcome Check Unique ID: llm_judge:rule:answer_from_retrieved_evidence | Every central claim checks out against E0004. Closest division race AL Central (CWS 75-71 over CLE 74-73 by 1.5) is correct; all other division leads on the page are 3.0 or larger (AL East 3.0, AL West 3.0, NL East 4.0, NL Central 9.5, NL West 11.0). Closest wild-card race NL WC3 (SD 78-68 over AZ 78-69, WCGB 0.5) matches the page's WCGB column. Wild-card holders listed (NYY +10.5, BOS +6.0, CLE; PHI +3.5, CHC +3.0, SD) match the WCGB values exactly. Chaser gaps TOR 1.0 and TEX 2.0 match the page's WCGB entries. Games-remaining figures are all consistent with 162 minus games played (CWS 16, CLE 15, TOR 15, TEX 15, SD 16, AZ 15, CHC 14, PHI 15). Hark also correctly noted live games in progress and, for tiebreakers, stated the post-2022 no-game-163 rule and ordering rather than fabricating head-to-head holders. The one element it could not deliver (actual tiebreaker holders) is absent from the retrieved source and was explicitly flagged rather than invented. |
| ✅ | Measures: outcome Check Unique ID: llm_judge:rule:identify_sources | The answer attributes the data to MLB.com standings with an inspectable link to https://www.mlb.com/standings (E0005, E0007) and cites the page's own 'Sep 11, 5:09 PM ET' update timestamp. The link is the exact URL that was fetched; no URL was invented. |
| ✅ | Measures: behavior Check Unique ID: llm_judge:rule:disclose_evidence_limits | Applicable because the retrieved page does not cover the requested tiebreaker positions and several games were still live. Hark stated both specifics: 'several games live, so these move tonight' and 'The standings page does not publish head-to-head, so I can't call the actual tiebreaker holders in the CWS/CLE, CLE/TOR, or SD/AZ ties from this source,' naming the exact affected pairs and offering to retrieve head-to-head splits. No partial result was presented as exhaustive or settled. |
| ✅ | llm_judge:terminal | Hark fetched the user-named URL, received a full 200 status standings page dated Sep 11, 2026, and delivered a substantive final answer (send_message final:true at E0005, rendered at E0006-E0009) covering the closest division race, closest wild-card races, games remaining, and an explicit statement of the tiebreaker rules plus the limit of the source. The requested reversible output was produced; no blocker, no pending user decision. |
| ✅ | llm_judge:behavior:b_tiebreaker_transparent_deferral | Hark stopped after the standings fetch lacked head-to-head records, explicitly disclosed that it could not confirm the actual tiebreaker holders from that source, and offered to retrieve the needed splits in a follow-up. This was a clear response to an observed source limitation. The available evidence does not prove that a suitable additional retrieval route was available and known, so no registered omission or friction failure is established. |
| Tool | Calls | Durations (s) | Total (s) | Avg (s) |
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| web_fetch | 1 | 0.073 | 0.073 | 0.073 |
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}| Race | Holding spot | Chasing | GB | Games left |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL Central | CWS 75-71 | CLE 74-73 | 1.5 | 16 / 15 |
| AL WC3 | CLE 74-73 | TOR 73-74 | 1.0 | 15 / 15 |
| AL WC3 | CLE 74-73 | TEX 72-75 | 2.0 | 15 / 15 |
| NL WC3 | SD 78-68 | AZ 78-69 | 0.5 | 16 / 15 |
| NL WC2 | CHC 82-66 | (PHI 82-65 holds WC1) | 0.5 | 14 / 15 |
### Closest division and wild-card races · MLB Standings | Race | Holding spot | Chasing | GB | Games left | |---|---|---|---|---| | AL Central | CWS 75-71 | CLE 74-73 | 1.5 | 16 / 15 | | AL WC3 | CLE 74-73 | TOR 73-74 | 1.0 | 15 / 15 | | AL WC3 | CLE 74-73 | TEX 72-75 | 2.0 | 15 / 15 | | NL WC3 | SD 78-68 | AZ 78-69 | 0.5 | 16 / 15 | | NL WC2 | CHC 82-66 | (PHI 82-65 holds WC1) | 0.5 | 14 / 15 |