Evidence and sources

Inspect the basis—not only the answer.

INQULO is designed so that evidence, interpretation and generated dialogue remain distinguishable. Fluency is never treated as proof.

What counts as evidence

Primary documents, publications, course material and other uploaded sources form the evidence layer. A retrieved passage can support a claim, but proximity or shared vocabulary alone does not establish that the claim is true. Bibliographic metadata, page location and document version are retained where available.

A visible chain of provenance

1. Source: the accessible document or registered publication.
2. Passage: the exact extracted segment used for retrieval.
3. Relationship: why that passage is considered relevant to a concept, person or answer.
4. Interpretation: the learner, teacher or AI-supported explanation built from that evidence.
5. Review state: whether the relationship is suggested, approved, edited, rejected or hidden.

Citations and inspectability

Source-grounded conversations preserve citations to accessible evidence. Page numbers are shown when extraction provides dependable page boundaries; otherwise INQULO identifies the document and excerpt without inventing precision. A citation indicates what the system used—it does not relieve the reader of checking context, authorship, quality or applicability.

Sources have different weight

Peer-reviewed research, original records, textbooks, lecture material, websites and generated summaries serve different purposes. INQULO does not collapse them into a single authority score. Teachers can verify references and explain why a source belongs in a course. Learners should consider origin, method, date, venue, conflicts of interest and whether a source actually supports the proposition at issue.

Suggested is not established

Automated extraction may identify a candidate concept, researcher or relationship. New academic entities enter a review queue and do not silently become course fact. Labels such as directly supported, strongly supported, contextually related or suggested describe the relationship to available evidence—not universal truth or scholarly consensus.

Version and permission boundaries

Annotations and citations remain tied to document versions. Cached answers are reused only within matching evidence, version, model, prompt and permission boundaries. A learner cannot obtain evidence from a course or document they are not authorised to access.

When evidence is insufficient

The correct response may be that the available material does not support an answer. Users should narrow the question, add an appropriate source, consult library resources or ask a qualified teacher. INQULO must not fabricate a citation to fill a gap.

Your role as a reader

Read beyond the extracted passage, compare independent sources, distinguish quotation from paraphrase, and preserve uncertainty. For assessed or published work, follow the citation style and source-quality requirements set by your institution or venue.

These practices work together with the Academic integrity standard and Terms of service.