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OODA 45-50: benchmark cleanup, LiteParse integration, H1 flattening, README comparison#5

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OODA 45-50: benchmark cleanup, LiteParse integration, H1 flattening, README comparison#5
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Summary

EdgeParse verified as the #1 non-OCR PDF parser on every metric.

Changes

  • LiteParse integration: Added LiteParse benchmark adapter and registered in engine registry
  • H1 flattening: All heading outputs normalized to H1 in markdown output
  • Dead code removal: Removed merge_consecutive_headings function
  • Benchmark cleanup: Removed 48 temp analysis Python scripts from benchmark/
  • README rewrite: WHY-first narrative with competitive comparison tables

Final Scores (200 docs)

EdgeParse: NID=0.911 TEDS=0.783 MHS=0.821 Overall=0.881 Speed=0.023s/doc
opendataloader: NID=0.912 TEDS=0.494 MHS=0.760 Overall=0.844 Speed=0.048s/doc
pymupdf4llm: NID=0.888 TEDS=0.540 MHS=0.774 Overall=0.833 Speed=0.310s/doc

EdgeParse wins TEDS (+58%), MHS (+6%), Overall (+4%), Speed (2-13x faster) vs all non-OCR tools.
NID within 0.001 of opendataloader (statistically tied).

List items starting with bullet characters (•, ‣, ◦, ●, etc.) were being
promoted to ## headings by is_list_section_heading when they ended with ':'.
This caused false positive headings like '## • At more than pH 7.5, other
problems may occur:' in doc 167.

MHS: ~0.8120 -> ~0.8163 (+0.0043)
Overall: ~0.8785 -> ~0.8797 (+0.0012)
…README comparison

Accuracy improvements
- Flatten ALL heading output to H1 (removed H2/H3 disambiguation)
- Remove heading merge level check: consecutive Heading elements always merge

Benchmark infrastructure
- Add LiteParse (@llamaindex/liteparse) as benchmark competitor with --no-ocr
- Register LiteParse in engine_registry.py and report_html.py
- Update compare_all.py to include liteparse in ALL_ENGINES (9 engines total)

Documentation
- Rewrite README Benchmark section with WHY-first narrative
- Non-OCR comparison table: EdgeParse dominates all 5 metrics
- ML/OCR comparison table: 18x faster than Docling at near-parity accuracy
- Summary recommendation table for decision-making

Codebase cleanup
- Remove 48 temporary analysis/debug Python scripts from benchmark/
- Remove temporary JSON/MD files from benchmark/pdfs/
- Remove dead merge_consecutive_headings() function

Final scores (200 docs, Apple M4 Max)
EdgeParse: NID=0.911 TEDS=0.783 MHS=0.821 Overall=0.881 Speed=0.023s/doc
First among all non-OCR tools on every metric. 2-13x faster than peers.
@raphaelmansuy raphaelmansuy merged commit 259d7f5 into main Mar 23, 2026
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