public sealed class CheckGroundingSpec : IMessage<CheckGroundingSpec>, IEquatable<CheckGroundingSpec>, IDeepCloneable<CheckGroundingSpec>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
Reference documentation and code samples for the Discovery Engine v1beta API class CheckGroundingSpec.
The threshold (in [0,1]) used for determining whether a fact must be
cited for a claim in the answer candidate. Choosing a higher threshold
will lead to fewer but very strong citations, while choosing a lower
threshold may lead to more but somewhat weaker citations. If unset, the
threshold will default to 0.6.
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