Journal article
Sufficient for Whose Answer? Three Predicates Under One Word in Selective Retrieval-Augmented Generation, and Why the Only One Tied to Correctness Cannot Be Computed Where the Gate Runs
(c) 2026 Pranay Mahendrakar. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. A retrieval-augmented system that answers only when its retrieved context suffices needs a predicate that says when it does. Three incompatible predicates are in circulation under the word "sufficient", and results obtained under different…