Struct ExplainedAnswer 

pub struct ExplainedAnswer {
    pub answer: String,
    pub confidence: f32,
    pub sources: Vec<SourceReference>,
    pub reasoning_steps: Vec<ReasoningStep>,
    pub key_entities: Vec<String>,
    pub query_analysis: Option<QueryAnalysis>,
}

An answer with detailed explanation of the reasoning process

This struct provides transparency into how the GraphRAG system arrived at its answer, including confidence scores, source references, and step-by-step reasoning.

Example

use graphrag_core::prelude::*;

let mut graphrag = GraphRAG::quick_start("Your document").await?;
let explained = graphrag.ask_explained("What is the main topic?").await?;

println!("Answer: {}", explained.answer);
println!("Confidence: {:.0}%", explained.confidence * 100.0);

for step in &explained.reasoning_steps {
    println!("Step {}: {} (confidence: {:.0}%)",
        step.step_number, step.description, step.confidence * 100.0);
}

Fields

answer: String

The answer text

confidence: f32

Confidence score (0.0 to 1.0)

sources: Vec<SourceReference>

Sources used to generate the answer

reasoning_steps: Vec<ReasoningStep>

Step-by-step reasoning trace

key_entities: Vec<String>

Entities that were key to the answer

query_analysis: Option<QueryAnalysis>

Query analysis that guided retrieval

Implementations

impl ExplainedAnswer

pub fn from_results( answer: String, search_results: &[SearchResult], query: &str, ) -> Self

Create a new explained answer from search results

pub fn format_display(&self) -> String

Format the explained answer for display

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for ExplainedAnswer

fn clone(&self) -> ExplainedAnswer

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for ExplainedAnswer

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.