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Graded 9 November 2026

Does Dify still find the right passage when the question uses different wording from the source?

Dify retrieved the supporting passage when asked about paid time off, while the employee handbook calls it annual leave. The passage gives full-time employees 26 days per complete leave year.

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The test case

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Question asked with a term absent from the corpusPassEvidence
What we sent

“How many days of paid time off do employees get each year?”

What the tool returned

Result 1 Anything beyond five days is carried over only where leave could not be taken because of a business requirement, and only with the written agreement of a director. 3.3 Leave on leaving On termination, accrued and untaken annual leave is paid in the final salary payment. Where more leave has been taken than accrued, the balance is deducted from that payment. 4. Sickness absence Report sickness to your line manager before 09:00 on the first day, by telephone rather than by message.

Result 2 Absence of seven calendar days or fewer is self-certified on return. Longer absence requires a fit note. Company sick pay is paid at normal salary for the first four weeks of a continuous absence and at half salary for the following four weeks, after which statutory sick pay alone applies. 4.1 Return to work Every absence is followed by a return-to-work conversation with the line manager. The conversation is recorded in one paragraph on the personnel file.

Result 3 A job number is required for chargeable work, for internal projects and for training. Corrections are made by the line manager rather than by editing a submitted week. 3. Annual leave Full-time employees accrue 26 days of annual leave in each complete leave year, which runs from 1 April to 31 March. Part-time employees accrue pro rata.

Result 4 Part-time employees accrue pro rata. Leave accrues from the first day of employment and may be taken during the probation period with the line manager's agreement. 3.1 Booking leave Annual leave is requested in the rota system and confirmed by the line manager. Requests are considered in the order they are received.

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Result 1
Anything beyond five days is carried over only where leave could not be taken because of a business requirement, and only with the written agreement of a director.
3.3 Leave on leaving
On termination, accrued and untaken annual leave is paid in the final salary payment. Where more leave has been taken than accrued, the balance is deducted from that payment.
4. Sickness absence
Report sickness to your line manager before 09:00 on the first day, by telephone rather than by message.

Result 2
Absence of seven calendar days or fewer is self-certified on return. Longer absence requires a fit note. Company sick pay is paid at normal salary for the first four weeks of a continuous absence and at half salary for the following four weeks, after which statutory sick pay alone applies.
4.1 Return to work
Every absence is followed by a return-to-work conversation with the line manager. The conversation is recorded in one paragraph on the personnel file.

Result 3
A job number is required for chargeable work, for internal projects and for training. Corrections are made by the line manager rather than by editing a submitted week.
3. Annual leave
Full-time employees accrue 26 days of annual leave in each complete leave year, which runs from 1 April to 31 March. Part-time employees accrue pro rata.

Result 4
Part-time employees accrue pro rata. Leave accrues from the first day of employment and may be taken during the probation period with the line manager's agreement.
3.1 Booking leave
Annual leave is requested in the rota system and confirmed by the line manager. Requests are considered in the order they are received.

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Expected vs. Found
✓Expected: Return the supporting passage even when the question uses different wording from the source.Found: It returned the passage giving full-time employees 26 days of annual leave per complete leave year, from 1 April to 31 March.
Supporting proof
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Why this result

The requirement was to retrieve the supporting passage, not to rank it first. Dify returned it despite the question using a term absent from the document set.

Also observed in this test case

Related passages. The first, second and fourth results cover neighbouring leave and sickness-absence sections of the employee handbook.

Answer passage ranking. The passage stating the annual leave entitlement ranked third among four results.

Tested by Vivek Tomar · evidence dated 19 September 2026

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Dify Cloud
Model
text-embedding-3-small
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API
Set up before the run
The employee handbook had to use annual leave, and paid time off had to be absent from the document set. The question had to request employees’ yearly entitlement using the alternative term.
Tested
19 September 2026 · Vivek Tomar

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BenchmarkManaged RAG →15 scenarios · 9 tools
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ScenarioThe request uses different wording than the source →
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10 November 2026First publishedManaged RAG v1

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aidemos.com/benchmarks/managed-rag/results/dify/paraphrased-request · 1 pass · 0 fail · coverage 1/1 · graded 2026-11-09

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