Clarify-Then-Search (2 Questions): leaderboard
Metric: Nugget restoration score (0-100): mean restore_score_100, weighted nugget recall with partial credit against the static gold; two clarifying questions (k=2); 518 underspecified Baidu search queries; the evaluated model asks clarifying questions, a closed-book user answerer and a rewriter (ERNIE-4.5-Turbo-128K) build the rewritten query, WebDancer searches, and ERNIE-4.5-Turbo-128K judges coverage of weighted evidence-grounded gold nuggets. Source: arxiv.org. Saturation forecast: Around 2029. 7 models tracked.
Top models
| # | Model | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.2 | 27.07 |
| 2 | Gemini 2.5 Pro | 26.9 |
| 3 | DeepSeek V3.2 | 26.63 |
| 4 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | 26.2 |
| 5 | Qwen 3 235B A22B Instruct | 26.02 |
| 6 | Kimi K2 | 25.59 |
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