Key Fact Checklists

A key fact checklist is a list, written from a reference answer, of the facts a good output must contain and the claims it must not make. Each item is small enough to be checked on its own, and each item names who checks it: code, a judge, or a person. The output is graded item by item instead of as one block of text.

A checklist keeps what a reference knows and drops what it does not. A reference summary is one correct wording among many. The facts inside it are what every correct wording must share.