Verification cards for reasoning answers
Recall the right verification move for different chain-of-thought failure modes.
Verification choice Self-consistency or source grounding? If facts are the risk, ground. If reasoning path is the risk, sample. Objection The explanation sounds convincing, so why check it? A teammate over-trusts fluent rationale. Your line A convincing rationale is a draft, not a control. Let us check evidence and the assumption most likely to fail. Do not argue that the model is unreliable in general; name the specific check. It preserves momentum while adding a quality gate. Process check What do you ask when the reasoning includes calculations? Show the formula, inputs, units, and final number; flag missing or mixed…
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