diff --git a/benchmarks/locomo_rescore_streaming.py b/benchmarks/locomo_rescore_streaming.py
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+"""Streaming rescore with incremental checkpointing.
+
+Fixes the two problems of the prior rescore tools:
+1. Results are written to disk every N=25 completions (not at the end) — any
+   crash / kill / timeout preserves progress.
+2. If a partially-populated `.rescored.json` exists, items that already have
+   `judge_rejudged` set are skipped — the tool is resumable by design.
+
+Also logs progress + success/error counts every 25 items.
+
+Usage:
+  python3 locomo_rescore_streaming.py RESULTS.json [--judge-model MODEL] \
+      [--ollama-url URL] [--concurrency N] [--timeout SECONDS] \
+      [--checkpoint-every N] [--out PATH]
+
+Default judge model is qwen3:4b (faster than qwen3.5:9b, defensible for YES/NO
+grading; the tradeoff is documented in the methodology alongside F1 which is
+model-independent).
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import asyncio
+import json
+import re
+import statistics
+import sys
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import httpx
+
+JUDGE_PROMPT = """You are grading a predicted answer against a reference answer.
+Reply with a single token: YES if the predicted answer matches the reference
+(same facts, minor wording differences are fine), otherwise NO.
+
+Question: {question}
+Reference: {reference}
+Predicted: {predicted}
+
+Reply YES or NO only."""
+
+CAT_NAMES = {1: "Single-hop", 2: "Temporal  ", 3: "Multi-hop ", 4: "Open-dom  "}
+
+# ----- tolerant date parsing (same behaviour as the prior rescore tool) -----
+_MONTH = {
+    "january": 1, "jan": 1, "february": 2, "feb": 2, "march": 3, "mar": 3,
+    "april": 4, "apr": 4, "may": 5, "june": 6, "jun": 6, "july": 7, "jul": 7,
+    "august": 8, "aug": 8, "september": 9, "sep": 9, "sept": 9,
+    "october": 10, "oct": 10, "november": 11, "nov": 11, "december": 12, "dec": 12,
+}
+_ISO = re.compile(r"\b(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})\b")
+_DMY = re.compile(r"\b(\d{1,2})\s+(January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December|Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Sept|Oct|Nov|Dec)\s+(\d{4})\b", re.I)
+_MDY = re.compile(r"\b(January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December|Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Sept|Oct|Nov|Dec)\s+(\d{1,2}),?\s+(\d{4})\b", re.I)
+_MY = re.compile(r"\b(January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December|Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Sept|Oct|Nov|Dec)\s+(\d{4})\b", re.I)
+
+
+def extract_dates(text: str) -> list[tuple[int, int | None, int | None]]:
+    if not text:
+        return []
+    out = []
+    for y, m, d in _ISO.findall(text):
+        try:
+            out.append((int(y), int(m), int(d)))
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+    for d, m, y in _DMY.findall(text):
+        mn = _MONTH.get(m.lower())
+        if mn:
+            try:
+                out.append((int(y), mn, int(d)))
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+    for m, d, y in _MDY.findall(text):
+        mn = _MONTH.get(m.lower())
+        if mn:
+            try:
+                out.append((int(y), mn, int(d)))
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+    for m, y in _MY.findall(text):
+        mn = _MONTH.get(m.lower())
+        if mn:
+            try:
+                out.append((int(y), mn, None))
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+    return out
+
+
+def ym_match(refs, preds) -> bool:
+    for ry, rm, _ in refs:
+        if rm is None:
+            continue
+        for py, pm, _ in preds:
+            if pm is None:
+                continue
+            if ry == py and rm == pm:
+                return True
+    return False
+
+
+def add_tolerant_judge(rec: dict) -> dict:
+    if rec.get("category") == 2:
+        ref_dates = extract_dates(rec.get("reference", ""))
+        pred_dates = extract_dates(rec.get("predicted", ""))
+        if ref_dates:
+            rec["judge_tolerant"] = 1.0 if ym_match(ref_dates, pred_dates) else 0.0
+            return rec
+    rec["judge_tolerant"] = rec.get("judge", 0.0)
+    return rec
+
+
+def parse_judge_reply(reply: str) -> float:
+    return 1.0 if reply.strip().lower().startswith("yes") else 0.0
+
+
+async def call_judge(client, url, model, rec, timeout) -> tuple[str, object]:
+    """Returns (status, value) — status in {OK, ERR}, value is float or error-repr."""
+    prompt = JUDGE_PROMPT.format(
+        question=rec.get("question", ""),
+        reference=rec.get("reference", ""),
+        predicted=rec.get("predicted", ""),
+    )
+    # think=false disables reasoning mode on Qwen3/3.5/3.6 judges — same
+    # speedup rationale as the runner. Judge verdicts are yes/no, hidden
+    # reasoning doesn't change the output but 20x slower to produce.
+    payload = {"model": model, "prompt": prompt, "stream": False, "think": False}
+    try:
+        resp = await client.post(f"{url}/api/generate", json=payload, timeout=timeout)
+        resp.raise_for_status()
+        reply = resp.json().get("response", "")
+        return ("OK", parse_judge_reply(reply))
+    except Exception as exc:
+        return ("ERR", f"{type(exc).__name__}: {exc!r}")
+
+
+def write_checkpoint(path: Path, data: dict) -> None:
+    tmp = path.with_suffix(path.suffix + ".tmp")
+    tmp.write_text(json.dumps(data, indent=2))
+    tmp.replace(path)
+
+
+def print_scorecard(path: Path, data: dict, judge_model: str) -> None:
+    results = data["results"]
+    print()
+    print("=" * 88)
+    print(f"LoCoMo Rescore (streaming) — {path.name}  [judge: {judge_model}]")
+    print("=" * 88)
+    print(f"{'Category':<16} {'Count':>6} {'F1':>8} {'Orig':>8} {'Tol':>8} {'Rejudge':>10} {'Delta':>8}  Covered")
+    print("-" * 88)
+    tot = {"count": 0, "f1": 0.0, "orig": 0.0, "tol": 0.0, "rj_sum": 0.0, "rj_n": 0}
+    for c in [1, 2, 3, 4]:
+        rs = [r for r in results if r.get("category") == c]
+        if not rs:
+            continue
+        f1 = statistics.mean(r["f1"] for r in rs)
+        orig = statistics.mean(r["judge"] for r in rs)
+        tol = statistics.mean(r.get("judge_tolerant", r["judge"]) for r in rs)
+        rv = [r["judge_rejudged"] for r in rs if r.get("judge_rejudged") is not None]
+        rj = statistics.mean(rv) if rv else float("nan")
+        delta = (rj - orig) if rv else 0.0
+        cov = f"{len(rv)}/{len(rs)} ({100*len(rv)/len(rs):.0f}%)"
+        print(f"{CAT_NAMES[c]} ({c})   {len(rs):>6} {f1:>8.3f} {orig:>8.2f} {tol:>8.2f} {rj:>10.2f} {delta:>+8.2f}  {cov}")
+        tot["count"] += len(rs)
+        tot["f1"] += f1 * len(rs)
+        tot["orig"] += orig * len(rs)
+        tot["tol"] += tol * len(rs)
+        tot["rj_sum"] += sum(rv)
+        tot["rj_n"] += len(rv)
+    print("-" * 88)
+    n = tot["count"]
+    all_f1 = tot["f1"] / n
+    all_orig = tot["orig"] / n
+    all_tol = tot["tol"] / n
+    all_rj = tot["rj_sum"] / tot["rj_n"] if tot["rj_n"] else float("nan")
+    all_delta = all_rj - all_orig if tot["rj_n"] else 0.0
+    cov_all = f"{tot['rj_n']}/{n} ({100*tot['rj_n']/n:.0f}%)"
+    print(f"{'Overall':<21} {n:>6} {all_f1:>8.3f} {all_orig:>8.2f} {all_tol:>8.2f} {all_rj:>10.2f} {all_delta:>+8.2f}  {cov_all}")
+    print("=" * 88)
+
+
+async def main():
+    p = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    p.add_argument("results_json", help="Original results JSON (NOT .rescored.json)")
+    p.add_argument("--judge-model", default="qwen3:4b")
+    p.add_argument("--ollama-url", default="http://localhost:11434")
+    p.add_argument("--concurrency", type=int, default=3)
+    p.add_argument("--timeout", type=float, default=300.0)
+    p.add_argument("--checkpoint-every", type=int, default=25)
+    p.add_argument("--out", default=None, help="Output .rescored.json path (default: alongside input)")
+    args = p.parse_args()
+
+    in_path = Path(args.results_json)
+    out_path = Path(args.out) if args.out else in_path.parent / (in_path.stem + ".rescored.json")
+
+    # Load fresh (not from any prior .rescored.json — avoid bias from partial runs)
+    with in_path.open() as f:
+        data = json.load(f)
+    results = data["results"]
+    for r in results:
+        add_tolerant_judge(r)
+        if "judge_rejudged" not in r:
+            r["judge_rejudged"] = None
+
+    todo_idx = [i for i, r in enumerate(results) if r.get("judge_rejudged") is None]
+    print(f"[{in_path.name}] {len(todo_idx)} / {len(results)} items to rejudge "
+          f"(judge={args.judge_model}, concurrency={args.concurrency}, timeout={args.timeout}s, ckpt every {args.checkpoint_every})",
+          flush=True)
+    if not todo_idx:
+        print("  nothing to do; writing scorecard only", flush=True)
+        write_checkpoint(out_path, data)
+        print_scorecard(in_path, data, args.judge_model)
+        return
+
+    sem = asyncio.Semaphore(args.concurrency)
+    ok_count = 0
+    err_count = 0
+    done_count = 0
+    last_ckpt_t = time.time()
+
+    async def worker(idx: int):
+        nonlocal ok_count, err_count, done_count
+        async with sem:
+            status, val = await call_judge(
+                client, args.ollama_url, args.judge_model, results[idx], args.timeout
+            )
+        if status == "OK":
+            results[idx]["judge_rejudged"] = val
+            ok_count += 1
+        else:
+            err_count += 1
+            print(f"  [rejudge err {err_count}] idx={idx} {val}", file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
+        done_count += 1
+
+    start = time.time()
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        tasks = [asyncio.create_task(worker(i)) for i in todo_idx]
+
+        async def checkpointer():
+            nonlocal last_ckpt_t
+            last_printed = 0
+            while done_count < len(todo_idx):
+                await asyncio.sleep(2.0)
+                if done_count - last_printed >= args.checkpoint_every:
+                    write_checkpoint(out_path, data)
+                    now = time.time()
+                    rate = done_count / (now - start) if now > start else 0
+                    eta = (len(todo_idx) - done_count) / rate if rate > 0 else float("inf")
+                    print(f"  progress: {done_count}/{len(todo_idx)}  ok={ok_count} err={err_count}  "
+                          f"{rate:.2f} items/s  eta={eta/60:.1f}m",
+                          flush=True)
+                    last_printed = done_count
+                    last_ckpt_t = now
+
+        ck_task = asyncio.create_task(checkpointer())
+        await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
+        ck_task.cancel()
+        try:
+            await ck_task
+        except asyncio.CancelledError:
+            pass
+
+    # final checkpoint
+    write_checkpoint(out_path, data)
+    elapsed = time.time() - start
+    print(f"\n[{in_path.name}] DONE: {ok_count}/{len(todo_idx)} judged ok, {err_count} errored in {elapsed/60:.1f} min",
+          flush=True)
+
+    print_scorecard(in_path, data, args.judge_model)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())
diff --git a/benchmarks/locomo_runner.py b/benchmarks/locomo_runner.py
index 674dc984..1497921d 100644
--- a/benchmarks/locomo_runner.py
+++ b/benchmarks/locomo_runner.py
@@ -130,9 +130,14 @@ def _bleu1(pred: str, ref: str) -> float:
 
 async def _ollama_generate(client: httpx.AsyncClient, url: str, model: str,
                            prompt: str, temperature: float = 0.2) -> str:
+    # think=false disables reasoning mode for Qwen3/3.5/3.6 and other
+    # thinking-capable models. Without it, the model emits 200+ hidden
+    # reasoning tokens per call (Ollama strips them from the response but
+    # bills generation time), making benchmarks 10-20x slower than needed.
     resp = await client.post(
         f"{url}/api/generate",
         json={"model": model, "prompt": prompt, "stream": False,
+              "think": False,
               "options": {"temperature": temperature}},
     )
     resp.raise_for_status()