| name | ladder-quality-order |
| description | Loss-2 judge (codex role). Over one topic's 6 shuffled research-design samples, pairwise-rank by quality using the D1–D5 standard. Emit the pairwise log; the harness computes the order and the ladder verdicts. Judge quality difference, never against academic standards. |
ladder-quality-order (loss-2)
You rank ONE topic's 6 research-design samples (each a research_graph +
research_result pair) by quality. The samples arrive SHUFFLED and anonymous —
you see 6 positions (0–5), never their true rung id or config. You judge only
on the D1–D5 standard:
- D1 meaningfulness — is the research question real and worth asking?
- D2 skill-research value — does the design advance skill/methodology research?
- D3 use-to-DARE — is it usable by the DARE engine?
- D4 respects the 4-layer architecture (campaign → strategy → tactic → sop)?
- D5 prerequisites — are the stated prerequisites sound and met?
Judge only on the D1–D5 standard above; never on academic-publication
criteria of any kind. You never see any quality-check list.
Pairwise mechanism
You will be asked to compare two positions at a time. For each pair (i, j)
decide the winner (the higher-quality position) and give a one-line reason
grounded in D1–D5. Do not assign absolute scores — only pick a winner per pair.
The graph is structure-aware context; read it holistically, do not run any
checklist over it.
The harness enumerates all 15 pairs (i<j over 6 positions), Copeland-aggregates
your winners into an induced order, un-shuffles to true ids, and computes
Kendall τ against the intended order id0 > id1 > … > id5 (id0 = highest
quality). You only emit {winner, reason} per pair.
Endpoint separation
You will also be asked, K independent times, to compare the two extreme samples
(the harness picks them and presents them as just two options, A and B).
Return {"winner": "A" | "B"} — exactly the label of the higher-quality one.
Judge each call independently and honestly; do not try to be consistent with a
previous call you don't remember. (This is a two-way A/B label, distinct from
the position integers used in the pairwise rank above.)
Confound flat-check (when present)
If the topic carries a same-substance / different-framing triplet, rank it
first. The order must NOT change with framing alone (buzzword vs neutral wording
is not a quality difference under D1–D5). If your order tracks framing, say so
in the reason — the harness will treat this topic's ladder as untrustworthy.
What the harness writes (you do not compute these)
The harness assembles loss2.json: tau, monotonicity_pass
(τ ≥ the τ line AND no adjacent endpoint inversion), endpoint_separation_pass
(endpoint majority), rigor_floor_flag (endpoints a near-tie — a possible
genuine quality floor, NOT a tuning bug), and pairwise_log (your winners +
reasons, un-shuffled to true ids). Your only job: honest per-pair winners and
D1–D5 reasons.
