Grounding vs not-found fallback vs inline citations vs system message vs temperature

This sheet compares Grounding data, Not-found fallback, Inline citations, True-facts system message, Higher temperature.

Criterion	Grounding data	Not-found fallback	Inline citations	True-facts system message	Higher temperature
What it does	Gives the model reliable source material, with an instruction to answer only from it	Gives the model a legitimate way to finish when the answer is absent	Makes each statement commit to a source as it is written	States the goal as a blanket instruction	Makes output more random and divergent

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