Glossary · Signal and resolution
Process evaluation
Judges intermediate steps, actions, states, or evidence acquisition. Justified when the path itself matters; harmful when it forces one canonical chain.
Defined in
Handbook · InstrumentSignals and resolutionVerdict, score, preference or critique; about a step, action, artifact, trajectory or population. Why PRMs, value models and margins are different objects.Where it comes up
- Evaluating agentsHandbook · Agents and self-improvement