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HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning

As of 8 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 24 of 24 outbound references and 0 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2608.01358.

A citation records a reference. It does not transfer a finding from one paper to another.

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Coverage vector

measured 24 of 24 reference resolution

Typed states for the displayed outbound observations.

Source: paper_references, paper_reference_links, observed 2026-08-06T00:22:24.840453Z

measured 24 of 24 standing notices

One-hop event checks from named stored sources.

Source: scholarly_work_events, retraction_status_cache, observed 2026-08-08T06:32:00.761636+00:00

measured 0 of 0 inbound itemization

Pith citing papers itemized under the disclosed page cap.

Source: paper_references, paper_reference_links

measured 0 of 1 external citation measurements

A source-named dated measurement, never combined with another source.

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Reference resolution

24 of 24 outbound references displayed

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External citation measurements

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Outbound references

Observation 50e40079-7a97-4a0a-a7fc-8d4e57d89993 · outbound

This paper cites We want real-world interactions (e.g., person -> company -> product, city -> university -> scientist, event -> participant -> outcome).

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning We want real-world interactions (e.g., person -> company -> product, city -> university -> scientist, event -> participant -> outcome)

Reference 1

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verified fuzzy
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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-08T06:32:00.761636+00:00.

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Observation 8826098f-35d7-445f-8e73-b7e04574f54e · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning Unresolved cited work

Reference 2

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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-08T06:32:00.761636+00:00.

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Observation 6a1e6708-0136-408f-a49a-54087e0ddce9 · outbound

This paper cites STRICTLY AVOID jumping into generic categories, scientific taxonomy, or abstract parent classes.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning STRICTLY AVOID jumping into generic categories, scientific taxonomy, or abstract parent classes

Reference 3

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verified fuzzy
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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-08T06:32:00.761636+00:00.

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Observation 6b17b82f-b767-4910-b184-3e8822be07c2 · outbound

This paper cites United States.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning United States

Reference 4

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verified fuzzy
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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-08T06:32:00.761636+00:00.

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Observation 9fa8ab3d-8abe-4370-82ce-59f482d068d1 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning Unresolved cited work

Reference 5

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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-08T06:32:00.761636+00:00.

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Observation 3aef8777-e288-409c-8d45-c79fcc1175e1 · outbound

This paper cites {instruction} {response_format} E.2 Topology-Controlled Query Fusion Topology-Controlled Query Fusion You are an expert at creating natural multi-hop questions for search agents.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning {instruction} {response_format} E.2 Topology-Controlled Query Fusion Topology-Controlled Query Fusion You are an expert at creating natural multi-hop questions for search agents

Reference 6

Resolution
verified fuzzy
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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-08T06:32:00.761636+00:00.

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Observation 79963bec-dd3c-401f-a72f-03f9e37227b6 · outbound

This paper cites - The suffix must read as a natural hypothetical property/event/object.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning - The suffix must read as a natural hypothetical property/event/object

Reference 7

Resolution
verified fuzzy
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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-08T06:32:00.761636+00:00.

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Observation a390e67e-20d0-466e-8333-963d86d81bf7 · outbound

This paper cites 16 Topology-Controlled Query Fusion (continued) The first thing the agent must resolve is already unanswerable.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning 16 Topology-Controlled Query Fusion (continued) The first thing the agent must resolve is already unanswerable

Reference 8

Resolution
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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-08T06:32:00.761636+00:00.

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Observation 081d2ec3-d3b5-4842-b2aa-a6ac63c1b0a5 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning Unresolved cited work

Reference 9

Resolution
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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-08T06:32:00.761636+00:00.

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Observation 9638a421-64a5-4d3d-aedb-2338dbc15ef6 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning Unresolved cited work

Reference 10

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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-08T06:32:00.761636+00:00.

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Observation 4228ab2f-8397-4329-a2ee-90173e04972d · outbound

This paper cites fused_question.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning fused_question

Reference 11

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verified fuzzy
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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-08T06:32:00.761636+00:00.

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Observation 6a8edac1-4b7b-4be0-835a-b33e800c434f · outbound

This paper cites {start_entity}.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning {start_entity}

Reference 12

Resolution
verified fuzzy
raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-06T00:22:27.159594Z

Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-08T06:32:00.761636+00:00.

source=pdf_text observed=2026-08-06T00:22:23.698643Z digest=sha256:757e135bf01c67babd0ddbda2ad8a7ba73900a4ed465cba0090e5d951e611e0c

Observation 08299a35-b9c7-4cc4-bfcd-24029470fa3d · outbound

This paper cites Use descriptive clues so the agent is FORCED to search for them.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning Use descriptive clues so the agent is FORCED to search for them

Reference 13

Resolution
verified fuzzy
raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-06T00:22:27.087503Z

Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-08T06:32:00.761636+00:00.

source=pdf_text observed=2026-08-06T00:22:23.737467Z digest=sha256:5b0b3e8335b2ed0e0386aad2dc79b3a28d1ebe6e4a542e99f7742b6962862f95

Observation a9574954-5b29-429b-a710-86c8011c8777 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning Unresolved cited work

Reference 14

Resolution
unresolved
raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-06T00:22:26.958222Z

Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-08T06:32:00.761636+00:00.

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Observation 9e675972-49a8-4ddc-9e8a-181715c6e0cc · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning Unresolved cited work

Reference 15

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unresolved
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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-08T06:32:00.761636+00:00.

source=pdf_text observed=2026-08-06T00:22:23.851033Z digest=sha256:84d0de5b7bf50c17b87f1b1f519cf646a256a6278582c6afe1695a7c687b2911

Observation 3c76e774-2754-476c-851c-764ef3924cdd · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning Unresolved cited work

Reference 16

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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-08T06:32:00.761636+00:00.

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Observation 00fc44ef-b7fa-45b8-acf0-e56f4fc67556 · outbound

This paper cites Original answer/reasoning.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning Original answer/reasoning

Reference 17

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verified fuzzy
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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-08T06:32:00.761636+00:00.

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Observation f6c01b9d-52a2-4385-8497-7f35f41f659b · outbound

This paper cites - FAIL examples: Jumps via word ambiguity ( Horn anatomy -> Horn instrument), overly abstract taxonomies, or spelling overlap.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning - FAIL examples: Jumps via word ambiguity ( Horn anatomy -> Horn instrument), overly abstract taxonomies, or spelling overlap

Reference 23

Resolution
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Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-08T06:32:00.761636+00:00.

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Observation 4704edc4-6fe5-425d-b811-e9fc1264bff0 · outbound

This paper cites terminal.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning terminal

Reference 24

Resolution
verified fuzzy
raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-06T00:22:25.581187Z

Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-08T06:32:00.761636+00:00.

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Observation f0531a05-5645-44b3-8d38-7031f84b4930 · outbound

This paper cites Which Linguist Invented the Lightbulb? Presupposition Verification for Question-Answering.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning Which Linguist Invented the Lightbulb? Presupposition Verification for Question-Answering

Reference 2021

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local_arxiv, observed 2026-08-06T00:22:25.421404Z

Source-reported events for the cited work

No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-08T06:32:00.761636+00:00.

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Observation 6a14b0ab-fd13-45ea-863a-5c14af4d0676 · outbound

This paper cites MuSiQue: Multihop Questions via Single-hop Question Composition.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning MuSiQue: Multihop Questions via Single-hop Question Composition

Reference 2022

Resolution
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Source-reported events for the cited work

Unavailable: canonical work link unavailable.

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Observation f9cb438f-ba5a-481d-86d2-9b68f1970001 · outbound

This paper cites (QA)$^2$: Question Answering with Questionable Assumptions.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning (QA)$^2$: Question Answering with Questionable Assumptions

Reference 2023

Resolution
unresolved
no resolver link, observed 2026-08-06T00:22:23.027433Z

Source-reported events for the cited work

Unavailable: canonical work link unavailable.

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Observation d10630d4-a071-4b93-83d8-896b8bcecec4 · outbound

This paper cites Knowledge of Knowledge: Exploring Known-Unknowns Uncertainty with Large Language Models.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning Knowledge of Knowledge: Exploring Known-Unknowns Uncertainty with Large Language Models

Reference 2024

Resolution
unresolved
no resolver link, observed 2026-08-06T00:22:22.982323Z

Source-reported events for the cited work

Unavailable: canonical work link unavailable.

source=pdf_text observed=2026-08-06T00:22:22.982323Z digest=sha256:3ac0def5a8685f73f6cdc6267c1897dc9fd32b2dabe57c5866fdb6e1dc28288d

Observation a68928d2-df7c-4798-bf37-ae21f0a6e586 · outbound

This paper cites BrowseComp: A Simple Yet Challenging Benchmark for Browsing Agents.

HopRefusalBench: Diagnosing Refusal Failures in Search-Augmented Agents for Multi-Hop Reasoning BrowseComp: A Simple Yet Challenging Benchmark for Browsing Agents

Reference 2025

Resolution
malformed identifier
no resolver link, observed 2026-08-06T00:22:23.209141Z

Source-reported events for the cited work

Unavailable: canonical work link unavailable.

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