The Grounded Validation system conducts multi-round live web research on a brand and uses the Fact & Gap Checker to evaluate whether live sources confirm, contradict, or uncover gaps against parametric memory claims while scoring overall source fidelity score.

flowchart LR
    A[Brand Topic] --> B[Multi-Round Web Research]
    B --> C[Extracted Facts & Sources]
    C --> D[Fact & Gap Checker]
    E[Parametric Memory Claims] --> D
    D --> F[Confirmed Claims]
    D --> G[Contradicted Claims]
    D --> H[New Gap Entities]
    C --> I[Fidelity Assessment]