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Claim Assertions and Evidence Marking

Entry #565 / 700 · Chapter 12 · 12.2 Entities, fact density and trust signals · Read in Chinese →
In one sentence

Presenting a specific factual claim together with the evidence that supports it and the source that verified it.

Analogy Mental model

The evidence stage of a trial: each assertion arrives with an exhibit number, an inspector's seal, and a witness statement.

In practice What you actually do

Use a myth-versus-fact structure or an explicit chain of claim, evidence, source for contested subjects. Each element in the chain has to be individually checkable, which is what distinguishes an argument from an assertion.

Where people get burned Pitfalls

These systems are trained to prefer text with stated evidence and stated limits. A confident claim with no supporting link is treated as an opinion and excluded from the answer even when it happens to be correct.

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