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Evidence and investigation

Contested results

Where one study disagrees with what other studies report for the same models, and what we are doing to resolve each case.

These are automatic leads, not findings of error. Each release, a check compares how every study ranks the models it shares with other studies. It flags a study that reverses the order the others agree on, or whose gap to a shared reference model lies well outside theirs. Different tasks, populations or metrics often explain a flag.

A flag never hides a result. Flagged results stay in every table, page and download, marked Contested. A result is withheld only when a reviewer marks it disputed.

How the check works, and how each follow-up is recorded: discrepancies between studies.

In this release

  • 121open
  • 5settled
  • 7resolved
  • 1medium severity
  • 132low severity

Release 2026-11-02-a7f03c9e55a5 · 133 findings in all · rules version 4

Findings

Status: All · Open · Settled · Resolved

Severity: All · Medium · Low

State: All · Not yet reviewed · Under investigation · Explained · Confirmed error · Not a real disagreement

Showing findings that compare ESM-1v. All models

3 findings match, most severe first.

ESM-1v and DeepSequence: ProteinGym: Large-Scale Benchmarks for Protein Fitness Prediction and Design and Livesey and Marsh 2025, Genome Biology 26:104 (Europe PMC full text XML) disagree

  • Low severity
  • Not yet reviewed
  • two-study-conflict
  • different-task

ProteinGym: Large-Scale Benchmarks for Protein Fitness Prediction and Design ranks DeepSequence above ESM-1v in 13 of 17 comparisons; Livesey and Marsh 2025, Genome Biology 26:104 (Europe PMC full text XML) ranks ESM-1v above DeepSequence in 6 of 7 comparisons. No other study gives a verdict, so neither is the outlier.

2 papers rank ESM-1v above DeepSequence in 10 of their 26 comparisons and DeepSequence higher in 14; 2 are ties. Of those papers, ProteinGym ranks DeepSequence higher on its own (13 of 19).

Comparisons in which each paper scores ESM-1v or DeepSequence higher2 other papers: ESM-1v higher in 10, DeepSequence higher in 14, 2 ties.2 other papers10 ESM-1v higher102 tie14 DeepSequence higher14
ESM-1v higherTieDeepSequence higher
Compared
ESM-1v, DeepSequence

Not reviewed yet.

ESM-1v and MSA Transformer: ProteinGym: Large-Scale Benchmarks for Protein Fitness Prediction and Design and Livesey and Marsh 2025, Genome Biology 26:104 (Europe PMC full text XML) disagree

  • Low severity
  • Not yet reviewed
  • two-study-conflict
  • different-task

ProteinGym: Large-Scale Benchmarks for Protein Fitness Prediction and Design ranks MSA Transformer above ESM-1v in 16 of 19 comparisons; Livesey and Marsh 2025, Genome Biology 26:104 (Europe PMC full text XML) ranks ESM-1v above MSA Transformer in 5 of 5 comparisons. No other study gives a verdict, so neither is the outlier.

2 papers rank ESM-1v above MSA Transformer in 8 of their 25 comparisons and MSA Transformer higher in 16; 1 is a tie. Of those papers, ProteinGym ranks MSA Transformer higher on its own (16 of 19).

Comparisons in which each paper scores ESM-1v or MSA Transformer higher2 other papers: ESM-1v higher in 8, MSA Transformer higher in 16, 1 tie.2 other papers8 ESM-1v higher81 tie16 MSA Transformer higher16
ESM-1v higherTieMSA Transformer higher
Compared
ESM-1v, MSA Transformer

Not reviewed yet.

ESM-1v and Tranception: ProteinGym: Large-Scale Benchmarks for Protein Fitness Prediction and Design and Livesey and Marsh 2025, Genome Biology 26:104 (Europe PMC full text XML) disagree

  • Low severity
  • Not yet reviewed
  • two-study-conflict
  • different-task

ProteinGym: Large-Scale Benchmarks for Protein Fitness Prediction and Design ranks Tranception above ESM-1v in 14 of 17 comparisons; Livesey and Marsh 2025, Genome Biology 26:104 (Europe PMC full text XML) ranks ESM-1v above Tranception in 7 of 7 comparisons. No other study gives a verdict, so neither is the outlier.

2 papers rank ESM-1v above Tranception in 10 of their 26 comparisons and Tranception higher in 14; 2 are ties. Of those papers, ProteinGym ranks Tranception higher on its own (14 of 19).

Comparisons in which each paper scores ESM-1v or Tranception higher2 other papers: ESM-1v higher in 10, Tranception higher in 14, 2 ties.2 other papers10 ESM-1v higher102 tie14 Tranception higher14
ESM-1v higherTieTranception higher
Compared
ESM-1v, Tranception

Not reviewed yet.