AI Demos Research — the structured-intelligence platform. Every verdict on these pages opens to the execution behind it.
Graded 10 October 2026

Can Vectara keep an ordinary digital text document complete and unchanged?

Vectara returned the requested fact in the document's own words. In both configurations, the top result was the passage stating a 22-month recalibration interval, and the next results were different warranty passages; both captures showed HTTP 200.

1 of 1 test case passed

Every test case in this scenario has a result.

Pass rate100%1 of 1 gradable
Coverage1 of 1test case with a result
1PassDid everything it was expected to do.
0FailNo test case failed.
0Not gradableEvery result here could be graded.
0UntestedEvery test case in this scenario has a result.
The pass rate is a summary. The evidence is the test case below: what we sent, what we checked, what the tool returned, and the proof.

The test case

Each test case is judged on its own: Pass, Fail, Not gradable, or Untested. The scenario result above is based on this test case.

Plain prose fact, asked in the document's own wordsPassEvidence
What we sent

“What is the recommended recalibration interval for the Tolvan A3?”

What the tool returned
Textthe whole file · cited lines 2–3, 6, 9–18, 44 and 47–56 marked
TC86 — Vectara — R6 Managed RAG v1
Query: What is the recommended recalibration interval for the Tolvan A3?
Corpus: r6-managed-rag-ss-v1

====================================================================================================
CONFIG 1 — GET /v2/corpora/{corpus_key}/query?query=...&limit=10  (no reranker, tool default)
====================================================================================================

--- rank 1 | score=0.880101 | doc=A10_tolvan_a3_product_overview.md | page=None ---
Every instrument leaves the laboratory with a signed certificate recording theas-found and as-left bias at four reference points across the working range.The recommended recalibration interval for the Tolvan A3 is 22 months from the date of the last certificate.

--- rank 2 | score=0.770247 | doc=A09_warranty_statement_service_pack.pdf | page=1 ---
The warranty period
Every new Tolvan A3 carries a warranty of 36 months from the date the instrument is delivered.

--- rank 3 | score=0.767358 | doc=A08_warranty_terms_sales_pack.pdf | page=1 ---
The warranty period
Every new Tolvan A3 carries a warranty of 24 months from the date the instrument is delivered.

--- rank 4 | score=0.766863 | doc=A10_tolvan_a3_product_overview.md | page=None ---
The Tolvan A3 is a conductivity and temperature sensor built forcontinuous deployment in estuarine and coastal water.

--- rank 5 | score=0.743786 | doc=A10_tolvan_a3_product_overview.md | page=None ---
Tolvan A3 - product overview

--- rank 6 | score=0.743786 | doc=A10_tolvan_a3_product_overview.md | page=None ---
Tolvan A3 - product overview

--- rank 7 | score=0.737518 | doc=A05_depot_and_commissioning_note.md | page=None ---
The Bristol depot holds the Tolvan A3 loan pool: six calibrated units reserved for Critical cover customers.

--- rank 8 | score=0.728287 | doc=A09_warranty_statement_service_pack.pdf | page=None ---
Warranty Terms - Tolvan A3

--- rank 9 | score=0.728287 | doc=A08_warranty_terms_sales_pack.pdf | page=None ---
Warranty Terms - Tolvan A3

--- rank 10 | score=0.717854 | doc=A09_warranty_statement_service_pack.pdf | page=1 ---
They apply to
every new Tolvan A3 supplied by Fenwake Instruments Ltd, however it was ordered and wherever it is
deployed.

====================================================================================================
CONFIG 2 — POST /v2/corpora/{corpus_key}/query  (search.limit=10, Vectara default reranker)
====================================================================================================

--- rank 1 | score=0.999755 | doc=A10_tolvan_a3_product_overview.md | page=None ---
Every instrument leaves the laboratory with a signed certificate recording theas-found and as-left bias at four reference points across the working range.The recommended recalibration interval for the Tolvan A3 is 22 months from the date of the last certificate.

--- rank 2 | score=0.972046 | doc=A09_warranty_statement_service_pack.pdf | page=1 ---
The warranty period
Every new Tolvan A3 carries a warranty of 36 months from the date the instrument is delivered.

--- rank 3 | score=0.971779 | doc=A08_warranty_terms_sales_pack.pdf | page=1 ---
The warranty period
Every new Tolvan A3 carries a warranty of 24 months from the date the instrument is delivered.

--- rank 4 | score=0.635901 | doc=A09_warranty_statement_service_pack.pdf | page=1 ---
They apply to
every new Tolvan A3 supplied by Fenwake Instruments Ltd, however it was ordered and wherever it is
deployed.

--- rank 5 | score=0.237753 | doc=A05_depot_and_commissioning_note.md | page=None ---
The Bristol depot holds the Tolvan A3 loan pool: six calibrated units reserved for Critical cover customers.

--- rank 6 | score=0.183155 | doc=A09_warranty_statement_service_pack.pdf | page=None ---
Warranty Terms - Tolvan A3

--- rank 7 | score=0.183155 | doc=A08_warranty_terms_sales_pack.pdf | page=None ---
Warranty Terms - Tolvan A3

--- rank 8 | score=0.117775 | doc=A10_tolvan_a3_product_overview.md | page=None ---
Tolvan A3 - product overview

--- rank 9 | score=0.117775 | doc=A10_tolvan_a3_product_overview.md | page=None ---
Tolvan A3 - product overview

--- rank 10 | score=0.094177 | doc=A10_tolvan_a3_product_overview.md | page=None ---
The Tolvan A3 is a conductivity and temperature sensor built forcontinuous deployment in estuarine and coastal water.

Text dump: both configurations and ranked passages

Copied from Captured file (text), lines 2–3, 6, 9–18, 44, 47–56

Open the text file ↗
Expected vs. Found
✓Expected: The passage stating the fact should come back.Found: It appears at rank 1 in both configurations, and the returned passage states a 22-month recalibration interval.
Supporting proof
Proof 1Screenshot
Screenshot: no-reranker results and scores
Open original ↗
Proof 2Screenshot
Screenshot: default reranker results and scores
Open original ↗
Why this result

The query asked for the fact in the document's own wording. The top result in both configurations states the 22-month recalibration interval, and the nearby results are different warranty facts, so the requested passage came back.

Also observed in this test case

Same top result. The same rank-1 passage appeared in both configurations, so reranker choice did not change the returned answer.

Tested by Vivek Tomar · evidence dated 9 September 2026

Configuration and setup

How this tool was set up for the run and what the test needed in place. Each row is a fact from the run's records; a fact the records do not hold is left out, not guessed.

Software that produced the output
Vectara
Build or version
v2
Surface
API
Set up before the run
A plain digital text document had to state one fact exactly once. The product was then asked for that fact in the document's own wording after ingesting the document.
Config 1 reranker
no reranker
Config 1 result limit
limit=10
Config 2 reranker
Vectara default reranker
Config 2 result limit
search.limit=10
Corpus
r6-managed-rag-ss-v1
Tested
9 September 2026 · Vivek Tomar

How this scenario is graded

How we decide Pass, Fail and Not gradable. The same rules apply to every tool tested on this scenario.

How results are decided

Each test case gets one result per tool: Pass, Fail or Not gradable. A test case we haven't run yet shows Untested. There are no partial results.

The rules
  • Pass: the tool did everything the test expected, and nothing it said contradicts the correct answer.
  • Fail: at least one expected behaviour clearly didn't happen; the test case's result says which one and quotes the tool.
  • Not gradable: our evidence couldn't settle the outcome (for example a record we needed is missing). It is never counted as a fail, and the test case's result says what's missing.

Where this sits in the benchmark

This page is one cell of a larger study: one tool, one scenario. Only this benchmark's frame appears here.

LevelNameScope
BenchmarkManaged RAG →15 scenarios · 7 tools
CapabilityData Ingestion →
ScenarioAn ordinary digital text document →
ToolVectara →

History of this result

What has happened to this result since it was first published. Runs and grades are never overwritten: a retest or a re-grade publishes a new result and keeps the earlier one readable.

from the publication record
5 November 2026First publishedManaged RAG v1

Act on this result

Nothing filed here edits the run or the grade. A challenge opens a review, and a review can produce a new run or a re-grade — which becomes the current result and leaves this one in the history.

This matches what I see

You run the same kind of test against your own setup and get the same behaviour.

Agree →
This does not match

Yours behaves differently. Tell us what you got, with a screenshot if you have one.

Disagree →
Point out an issue

Something here is wrong — a reference value, a transcription, a grade.

Report an issue →
Request a retest

On a newer build, a larger dataset, or your own setup.

Request a retest →
We have fixed this

Tell us what changed and we schedule a rerun of the failing test case. The old result stays as history.

Vendor notice →
Filed against this evidenceNothing yet. Challenges, counter-evidence and fix notices appear here with their outcome, and stay on the page after they are resolved.
Cite this result
aidemos.com/benchmarks/managed-rag/results/vectara/an-ordinary-digital-text-document · 1 pass · 0 fail · coverage 1/1 · graded 2026-10-10

The same record is available as structured data through the AI Demos MCP server, with the counts, the coverage and every per-test-case reason carried as fields.

Verify the proof files

These files support this result. Open a file to inspect the original evidence.

Captured file (text) ↗text/plain; charset=utf-8 · 4 KB
Proof 1 · Screenshot ↗image/png · 405 KB
Proof 2 · Screenshot ↗image/png · 199 KB
File fingerprints (SHA-256)

A fingerprint identifies the exact file used for this result.

Captured file (text)d53e00449df66ec6bbc034ed1a462f855d4a63c706986a72f50bea307cc37e2e
Proof 1 · Screenshot8a800918fee7dad00e0837977fbd15d078f1aab60a929845a575975918033e2a
Proof 2 · Screenshot09d3529a09d282cb34d976a3e886bfbb9ea3c2f33565c4b286ce0404946d7644