prompting · stepwise-self-scoring-failure-detection TEC-0076 · proposed · ratchet: loop

Stepwise self-scoring for failure detection

After a multi-step answer, ask the model to rate each step's correctness separately and combine the step scores, rather than asking for one confidence on the final answer.

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After a multi-step answer, ask the model to rate each step's correctness separately and combine the step scores, rather than asking for one confidence on the final answer. Filed by the drafting stage from Self-Evaluating LLMs for Multi-Step Tasks: Stepwise Confidence Estimation for Failure Detection (2511.07364) with status proposed: the paper introduces or tests it, and the claim drafted from the paper is its first evidence. The paper validated it by: AUROC of failure detection, stepwise versus holistic, on two multi-step benchmarks; relative gains up to 15%.. Nobody has vouched for it; add support or contest it on this page.

Addresses: Carrying a chain of inference through to its conclusion

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