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SourceMinds at CheckThat! 2026: NLI-Grounded Citation Auditing in a Multi-Agent Pipeline for Full Fact-Checking Article Generation

arXiv 2607.24802 ↗First posted 6 Jul 2026cs.IR cs.CLcited by 0

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Abstract (arXiv)

This paper presents our system for Task 3 of the CLEF 2026 CheckThat! Lab, which focuses on generating full fact-checking articles from claims, veracity labels, and evidence documents. We propose a multi-agent pipeline that combines evidence retrieval, structured fact planning, article generation, gated self-critique, and NLI-based citation auditing. The system retrieves claim-relevant evidence using dense retrieval, reranking, and source-balanced selection, then generates a citation-supported article from a structured plan. A gated self-critique stage revises weakly grounded drafts, while the NLI citation auditor repairs missing citations and removes unsupported or redundant ones. The approach highlights the importance of combining evidence selection, structured generation, and post-generation citation validation for source-grounded fact-checking article generation.

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