Academic Research
FEVER: Fact Verification Dataset
The foundation for ReasonKit's ProofGuard verification system
Authors
Thorne et al. (2018)
Venue
NAACL 2018
ReasonKit Tool
ProofGuard
Paper Title
"FEVER: a Large-scale Dataset for Fact Extraction and VERification"
Key Findings
- ✓ Created 185,445 claims with evidence from Wikipedia
- ✓ Established methodology for fact verification requiring multiple sources
- ✓ Demonstrated that single-source verification fails 40%+ of the time
Why This Matters
Most AI systems trust claims from a single source. FEVER research demonstrates that fact verification requires multiple independent sources to be reliable.
ReasonKit's ProofGuard tool implements this exact methodology, requiring 3 independent sources minimum before trusting any claim—exactly what FEVER research proves is necessary.