What the documents look like
Short-video affiliate distribution relies on long-term content exposure and product-link conversion rather than live explanation. Scripts, linked-product lists, commission plans and violation feedback are therefore daily working materials, with update frequency described as daily and weekly. In cross-border work, one script may exist in several language versions, and one product link may appear across multiple videos. Citation tracing has to connect a retrieved passage to a specific material and a specific version. When materials are revised often, a retrieval result without a source version loses its basis for later reconciliation.
The three dimensions that shape this page are the document set, the update rhythm and the cross-language retrieval path. The document set determines what a citation can point to. The update rhythm determines whether a version label is needed before a citation is usable. Cross-language retrieval determines whether a question in one language can surface material written in another, which the documented semantic search supports.
Constraints at the citation tracing step
The knowledge base search node returns cited content as an array, and the array length may be zero. When nothing is retrieved, the output path still runs. The citation ceiling is expressed in tokens, not in a fixed item count. The minimum relevance value applies only under semantic search or when result reranking is used, and it acts as a filter threshold. Semantic search supports cross-language understanding, so a Chinese question can match an English knowledge point. Linked knowledge bases must share the same vector model; bases with different vector models cannot be linked together. Retrieval does not perform authorization. Forms collect values, while business verification, approval, database writes and external synchronization each require their own downstream implementation.
Hypothetical paper exercise sample: the source text to be reconciled has three sentences. Sentence one: "This commission plan applies to linked short videos published between 1 March 2025 and 31 March 2025." Sentence two: "The commission rate is 12%, and settlement follows platform transaction data." Sentence three: "Violation feedback must be submitted within 3 working days after the video is taken down." One draft sentence to be assessed reads: "This commission plan is valid indefinitely and the commission rate may be adjusted at any time." One handover request to be assessed reads: "Please synchronize this commission plan to the linked-product lists of all language versions." This sample is used to check citation tracing and does not involve a real customer or a real company.
Configuration and implementation checks
| Configuration item | Hypothetical starting point for this exercise | Reason and comparison method |
|---|---|---|
| Linked knowledge bases | Two bases sharing one vector model | The documented rule requires the same vector model before bases can be linked; verify the identifier first and exclude non-matching bases |
| Search mode | Hybrid search | Semantic search supports cross-language matching, full-text search suits identifiers and proper nouns, and hybrid results are merged through RRF |
| Citation ceiling | Set to 3000 tokens | A hypothetical starting value for this exercise, compared against the total length of the sample material and adjusted |
| Minimum relevance | Set to 0.5 | A hypothetical starting value for this exercise, effective only under semantic search or result reranking, compared against rerank scores |
| Result reranking | Enabled | Requires a rerank model and must be enabled in settings; filtering uses the rerank score |
| Citation handoff | Pass the citation array to the answering step | Check each answer against the cited source text; treat an empty array as zero length |
Three common errors
- Treating a retrieval hit as an authorization basis. A retrieved commission plan passage does not mean the plan has been approved or has taken effect. The input is the retrieval output, the comparison object is the approval record, and the condition is met only when the approval record matches the plan on subject, period and field.
- Treating a pending-review state as missing operating authority. The input is the handover request, the comparison object is the authorization record, and pending review does not demonstrate missing authority. Signing, reaching cooperation and contract effectiveness are three separate facts.
- Forcing knowledge bases with different vector models to be linked together. The input is the base identifier, the comparison object is the vector model identifier, and non-matching identifiers are excluded. Record the actual observation rather than inventing missed recalls or redundant results.
How to verify the setup
- Search with the three sample source sentences. The input is the query "commission plan validity period", the comparison is between the retrieval output and the date range in the source text, and the condition is met when the output contains 1 March 2025 to 31 March 2025 and carries a source version label.
- Check the draft sentence "This commission plan is valid indefinitely and the commission rate may be adjusted at any time." The input is the draft sentence, the comparison object is the date and rate fields in the source text, and the draft sentence and the source text hold mutually exclusive values in the same field, so the draft is judged unsupported.
- Check the handover request. The input is "synchronize to all language versions", the comparison object is the authorization record and the downstream synchronization implementation, and when neither is stated the gap is recorded and the request is judged pending verification.