Place the evidence you were sent
What rung is it on?
You are holding something a vendor published: a benchmark page, a trust center, a report, a claim. Answer from what is actually in front of you. If you cannot tell, say so, and the ladder will not move up on your behalf. Nothing you answer leaves this page.
step 3 · rung 5 test
Can a third party verify it without signing an NDA or requesting access?
An open verification path: a public verifier, a published key, or an openable file. Evidence that is real but sits behind an access request does not clear this.
Proof Registry holds 34 published artifacts on this same ladder, including ours and including where a competitor beats us. Start over.