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  5. Cross-source conflation
Agents & Tool Useaka source conflationaka wrong-source attribution

Cross-source conflation

Cross-source conflation is a true claim attributed to the wrong evidence source — supported somewhere in pooled tool output, but not by the source the answer names.

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Multiverse Computing named this failure mode in ProvenanceGuard (Hugging Face, September 29, 2026; arXiv 2606.18037). Source-blind faithfulness metrics can pass the claim because the fact exists in the combined context. A source-aware verifier should reject the attribution, which matters when MCP agents mix records, policies, search, and databases in one answer.

Related terms

ProvenanceGuardModel Context ProtocolTool UseGuardrail (Agent)Task DecompositionCodex Goals

Where Cross-source conflation comes up

  • Hugging Face: MCP Agents Must Verify the Source, Not Just the Fact