Evidence (2026-07-29, GLM-5.2 smoke store, conv-26)
LoCoMo qa/0083 asks: What did Melanie realize after the charity race? — gold: self-care is important (D2:3).
The v5-strong answer agent retrieved the charity-race claim at rank 1 but no realization claim exists in the store. The loss ledger (#161) shows why — claimify extracted it, selection dropped it:
decision_type: selection_drop reason: generic
source_span: "The event was really thought-provoking. I'm starting to realize that self-care is really important. It's a journey for me..."
Analysis
The generic filter is doing what it was designed to do — drop low-information platitudes. But an attributed personal realization is not generic even when its content is a platitude: "Melanie realized self-care is important" is testimony about Melanie's state of mind, anchored to an event. The attribution + event anchor make it informative.
Proposed direction
Selection rubric amendment: first-person insight/realization statements ("I realized/learned/started to realize...") attributed to a speaker are exempt from the generic drop; the claim should be kept in attributed form ("X said she realized...").
Sizing
Wait for the full LoCoMo run — the ledger lets us join selection_drop/generic decisions against missed questions to quantify how often this pattern costs gold answers before touching the rubric.
Found by the loss ledger exactly as intended: extraction omission diagnosed to a named gate decision in minutes.
Evidence (2026-07-29, GLM-5.2 smoke store, conv-26)
LoCoMo qa/0083 asks: What did Melanie realize after the charity race? — gold: self-care is important (D2:3).
The v5-strong answer agent retrieved the charity-race claim at rank 1 but no realization claim exists in the store. The loss ledger (#161) shows why — claimify extracted it, selection dropped it:
Analysis
The generic filter is doing what it was designed to do — drop low-information platitudes. But an attributed personal realization is not generic even when its content is a platitude: "Melanie realized self-care is important" is testimony about Melanie's state of mind, anchored to an event. The attribution + event anchor make it informative.
Proposed direction
Selection rubric amendment: first-person insight/realization statements ("I realized/learned/started to realize...") attributed to a speaker are exempt from the generic drop; the claim should be kept in attributed form ("X said she realized...").
Sizing
Wait for the full LoCoMo run — the ledger lets us join
selection_drop/genericdecisions against missed questions to quantify how often this pattern costs gold answers before touching the rubric.Found by the loss ledger exactly as intended: extraction omission diagnosed to a named gate decision in minutes.