Knowledge Base Retrieval for Adult College Entrance Applications and Admissions: Handle Questions and Collect Missing Information

Adult Admissions: review retrieval for question intake. Compare the source records, required inputs and downstream results before handing the task over.

What this category's data looks like

This category's data looks like this: Adult college entrance exam registration and admission management involves three types of materials: registration forms, care bonus materials, and admission rosters. Registration forms record the candidate's basic information and application level, with fields including name, ID number, application subject category, and signature field; care bonus materials include the bonus item name, certificate number, issue date, review signature, and receipt; admission rosters include admitted major, admission date, planned number, actual admitted number, and responsible person's signature. Materials are submitted in batches by registration points, review departments, and admitting institutions, and are updated as batches progress, so versions may be out of sync. When entering knowledge base retrieval, registration forms and bonus materials are used to answer questions about registration conditions and care policies, while admission rosters are used to answer questions about admission results and roster verification; together, the three support Q&A intake and missing-item follow-up.

Configuration and implementation checks

Configuration and implementation checks: This step is performed by the knowledge base retrieval service (retrieval node and search test), outputting candidate snippets and similarity scores (after pattern, merge, rerank, filter, and upper-limit trimming). Intake records and completed follow-up questions are handled by subsequent nodes or manually.

ObjectCheckVerification action
Adult college entrance exam registration formFields include name, ID number, application subject category, and signature field; the name and date in the same record must be consistent between the registration form and the admission rosterSwitch searchMode to compare semantic, full-text, and hybrid candidates; check whether the returned snippets cover the signature field and application subject category
Care bonus materialsFields include bonus item name, certificate number, issue date, review signature, and receipt; missing signature or receipt is considered a missing itemSearch for the bonus item using synonymous questions, and see whether candidates include the issue date and review signature; record the number of candidates and scores
Admission rosterFields include admitted major, admission date, planned number, actual admitted number, and responsible person's signature; if the quantities and dates in the two materials do not match, follow-up is requiredCheck the planned number and actual admitted number in the roster snippets; compare the order of the first few items before and after enabling rerank
Intake records and completed follow-up questionsMissing items are identified and followed up on, and answers are based on materials; no conclusion is generated before completionAsk a question missing key information and see whether it follows up first before answering; use limit and similarity to observe candidates before and after trimming

Three common errors

  • Phenomenon: the same candidate's name is inconsistent between the registration form and the admission roster. Cause: the two forms' versions are not synchronized, entries were not written back after input, and retrieval hits snippets from different versions.
  • Phenomenon: care bonus materials lack a review signature or receipt. Cause: the submission step did not collect them completely, the materials were not marked as missing when entering the knowledge base, and Q&A answered directly.
  • Phenomenon: the planned number and actual admitted number in the admission roster do not match. Cause: the roster is updated in batches, old versions are still recalled, and verification by date and signature was not performed.

How to verify the setup

Acceptance for this feature: test once each with synonym-rewritten questions, compare candidates and scores, then toggle rerank on and off to see the ordering of the first few items; switch searchMode, adjust similarity and limit, and record the number of candidates and scores.

Business test: ask a question missing key information and see whether it follows up first before answering.

  • In the knowledge base search test, use synonymous questions to retrieve registration forms and bonus materials, and record the number of candidates, scores, and whether the signature field is included.
  • Compare the order of the first few admission roster items before and after enabling rerank, and check whether the planned number, actual admitted number, and dates are consistent.