Preprint
Aug 2026
Tracing the Cascade: A Topology-Aware Evaluation Framework for Scientific Agent Hallucinations
SCHEMA reveals that hallucinations concentrate at a small set of highly connected knowledge hubs, and that final-answer accuracy decouples from trajectory honesty; models often reach correct conclusions through structurally flawed reasoning.
Xinshun Feng, Ziqi Miao, Li-Jun Li et al.
· 0 citations