# pairwise judge (both orders)

> Living preprint · as of 2026-10-25 · map node G-pairwise-judge (concept) · interim record, not a final result.

**pairwise judge (both orders)**

Plain: An AI judge reads the question and both answers side by side, scores both, then reads them again in the swapped order to cancel any bias for whichever comes first.

Technical: judge.v1: Claude Opus scores both answers on three 1–5 axes and picks a winner, in A/B and B/A order; scores averaged over orders; order disagreement on the winner = tie. Links, source lists and citation markers are stripped (blinding).

Read chapter 2, Building a ruler: https://r4topunk.github.io/boar-research/research/ruler.md

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AI-reviewed, not clinically reviewed. Nothing here is medical advice.