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Final Answer Extractor

Software componentCognitionCognition & Memoryarc:FinalAnswerExtractor

A cognition component that extracts the final answer from each completed reasoning path so that answers from independently sampled paths can be compared and counted.

Responsibility. Extracts a comparable final answer from each reasoning path.

Also known as: Answer extractor

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Relationships

receives data from dynamic

Reasoning Path Sampler Ch5.3

sends data to dynamic

Self-Consistency Aggregator abstract Ch5.3

Design guidance

MAY discard intermediate reasoning chains after extraction, retaining only final answers, unless explainability or audit requires preserving paths.

Quantitative guidance

As stated by the sources; verify before use.

k=40 samples produce 40 chains but only 40 final answers need to be stored for voting (Ch5.3).

Classification

Patterns: Self-Consistency selection phase
Quality attributes: Functional suitability: correctness and validity (ISO/IEC 25010 | NIST AI RMF: valid)Performance efficiency (ISO/IEC 25010)

Sources

Ch5.3: T. Nguyen, "Self-Consistency Fundamentals," in Mastering Agentic AI Systems: Guide for the NVIDIA NCP-AAI Exam, 1st ed. 2026, ch. 5.3. ISBN: 9798244538229.