From Benchmark to Improvements

Methodology:

observation → hypothesis → experiment → solution → iteration

Reading the report: task table + capability tag matrix reveal structural weaknesses (failures in transcription, mathcounting, complexui — different symptoms of different defects).

Hypotheses of three levels:

  • superficial — prompt;
  • intermediate — input pipeline, reasoning;
  • deep — model change, UI element tree.

Solution — not “accept everything effective”, but cost-benefit analysis: global reasoning gives +3% success at the cost of triple the latency for 8% of tasks — reject.

First check the evaluation system itself, then touch the agent.

Related: Three levels of evaluation system, Statistical significance of evaluation, Agent observability