# Concepts

Scorable is built on a few core concepts that help you organize your evaluation strategy.

**Objective** defines *what* you want to achieve (e.g., "Ensure the bot is polite").

[**Evaluator**](https://docs.scorable.ai/usage/usage/evaluators) is a specific check that scores a piece of text (0-1) based on that objective. Think of it as a **unit test for semantics**.

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[**Judge**](https://docs.scorable.ai/usage/usage/judges) is a collection of evaluators bundled together for a specific use case. It represents your **definition of quality** for a specific task.

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[**Model**](https://docs.scorable.ai/usage/usage/models) is the AI model such as an LLM that provides the semantic processing of the inputs. Notably, the list contains both API-based models such as OpenAI and Anthropic models, and open source models such as Llama and Mistral models. Finally, you can add your own locally running models to the list [with ease](/concepts-and-examples/cookbooks/connect-a-model.md). The organization Admin controls the availability of models enabled in your organization.


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