STAGE II–III
MIO-Bench
Same prompt. MODEL vs MODEL+MIO vs MODEL+MIO+EVIDENCE. Then strip components. Then swap generators. These experiments measure observation quality, not consciousness.
LADDER
A fluent model will invent a winner. MIO should mark unknown or abstain.
Who won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature? Give the name and the official citation.
Unknowns harvested from runs land on the research register.