Knowledge Base Retrieval for Teacher Qualification Exams and Certification: Find Supporting Evidence

Teacher Qualifications: review retrieval for evidence lookup. Check source versions, input mappings and the values received by downstream nodes.

What this category's data looks like

This category's data involves multiple business documents: written exam and interview registration forms, Mandarin proficiency certificates, medical examination forms, as well as certification application forms, ideological and moral character appraisal forms, academic qualification certificates, and exam pass certificates. These materials come from this park's material library, are updated by certification batch and policy year, and the version is subject to the current announcement. Registration form fields include name, ID number, exam subjects, exam district, date, and signature; Mandarin proficiency certificates include grade, certificate number, test date, and issuing authority; medical examination forms include examination items, conclusion, hospital seal, and date. When materials enter knowledge base retrieval, the registration form, Mandarin proficiency certificate, and medical examination form are each recalled as independent chunks, split by field and date, preserving the original text's traceable location. The update cadence follows certification announcements and material archiving; old versions are not overwritten and are distinguished by version tags.

Configuration and implementation checks

This step is executed by the knowledge base retrieval service (retrieval node and search test), outputting candidate chunks and similarity scores (after pattern, merge, rerank, filter, and upper-limit trimming). The basis entries that can be traced back to the original text are completed by subsequent nodes or manually.

ObjectCheckVerification action
Written exam and interview registration formFields, dates, and signatures must be consistent with the current certification announcement; the name, subjects, and dates for the same record in the registration form and certification application form must matchIn the search test, test once each with synonymous questions, check the returned candidates' similarity scores and original text chunks, and confirm that the registration form fields can be traced back
Mandarin proficiency certificateThe grade, certificate number, test date, and issuing authority must be consistent with the corresponding information in the registration form and certification application formSwitch searchMode to hybrid retrieval, see whether the candidates simultaneously contain the certificate grade and test date, and check the ranking of the top few entries before and after enabling usingReRank
Medical examination formThe examination items, conclusion, hospital seal, and date must be consistent with the certification batch timeline; entries missing a signature or receipt must be locatableSearch with cross-material questions, check the number of returned candidates and scores, and confirm that the medical examination form conclusion and registration form date can be matched to the original text

Three common errors

  • Symptom: the name, subjects, and dates for the same record in the registration form and certification application form do not match. Cause: the two materials' versions are not synchronized, or the current announcement was not checked during entry.
  • Symptom: the Mandarin proficiency certificate grade or certificate number is inconsistent between the two materials. Cause: the certificate version is not synchronized, old certificate chunks are still recalled, and filtering was not done by the current version.
  • Symptom: the medical examination form is missing a signature or receipt, but retrieval still returns that chunk. Cause: material archiving is incomplete, and candidates were not second-checked for field completeness.

How to verify the setup

This feature's acceptance: test once each with synonym-rewritten questions, compare candidates and similarity scores, then toggle rerank to inspect the ranking of the top few entries, and record the number of candidates.

Business test: ask a cross-material basis question and see whether the answer provides traceable sources; the sources must match the original text locations in the registration form, Mandarin proficiency certificate, or medical examination form.

  • In the search test, switch searchMode and use semantic, full-text, and hybrid retrieval on the same question respectively, recording the number of candidates and similarity scores.
  • Enable and disable usingReRank once each, compare changes in the ranking of the top few entries, and confirm that key original text chunks are still retained after reranking.