Multi-Column PDF and Table Extraction Accuracy Across Leading APIs
Geometry, not model quality, determines whether PDF table extraction actually works in production.
Marcus Lien
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6 stories in Extraction Evals.
Geometry, not model quality, determines whether PDF table extraction actually works in production.
How hidden choices in building ground truth datasets mask the real causes of extraction failures.
Four structural causes drive extraction failures on fields that business workflows depend on.
Vendors mix four different metrics into one accuracy claim, causing pipelines to fail in production.
Understanding three layers reveals why confidence scores don't mean what they appear to.
Real-world documents reveal why benchmark accuracy scores collapse once models enter production.