method_configs.json

{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "created": "2026-08-26",
  "source": "the requests that produced the published eight-method table",
  "output_frames": {
    "recreate": {
      "latent": 16,
      "pixel": 60
    },
    "rotate": {
      "latent": 8,
      "pixel": 32
    }
  },
  "output_frames_note": "a per-case property of the benchmark, inherited unchanged: rotate questions are scored over 32 pixel frames, object-recreate over 60",
  "priority_cases": [
    "case_01_intertidal_bird_platform_clip02",
    "case_01_intertidal_bird_platform_clip03",
    "case_01_intertidal_bird_platform_clip04",
    "case_02_volcano_monitoring_terrace_clip02",
    "case_02_volcano_monitoring_terrace_clip03",
    "case_02_volcano_monitoring_terrace_clip04",
    "case_03_desert_fossil_shelter_clip02",
    "case_03_desert_fossil_shelter_clip04",
    "case_03_desert_fossil_shelter_clip05",
    "case_08_highland_weather_pad_clip02",
    "case_08_highland_weather_pad_clip03",
    "case_08_highland_weather_pad_clip05",
    "case_14_salt_pond_platform_clip03",
    "case_14_salt_pond_platform_clip04",
    "case_29_veterinary_imaging_clip02",
    "case_29_veterinary_imaging_clip03",
    "case_34_boxing_gym_clip03",
    "case_34_boxing_gym_clip04",
    "case_07_balcony_breakfast_clip03",
    "case_07_balcony_breakfast_clip05",
    "case_09_lakeside_shelter_clip03",
    "case_09_lakeside_shelter_clip04",
    "case_09_lakeside_shelter_clip05",
    "anime_crystal_cavern_lab_clip02",
    "anime_crystal_cavern_lab_clip03",
    "anime_crystal_cavern_lab_clip04"
  ],
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