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'Links judgments' slightly paraphrases 'linking scoring criteria', but this does not materially change the meaning.","excerpt":"an expert-led framework linking scoring criteria to sources, calculations, and assumptions through financial dependency graphs"},{"dimension":"media","status":"pass","explanation":"The selected media is the verified direct link to the arXiv abstract page. That page is the original source.","excerpt":null}],"createdAt":"2026-11-11T13:24:04.992Z","model":"anthropic/claude-opus-5.5"}],"correctionUrl":"https://escapemeridian.com/corrections/"}