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crucifers are rich in glucosinolates that give pungent flavours and are studied for health effects.","purpose":"Let an agent explain cruciferous plants and the mustard family, relay botany, crops and chemistry from botanical sources, describe garlic mustard and other wild species, and distinguish crucifers from unrelated plants.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Cruciform flowers","Silique fruits","Glucosinolates","Major crops"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What crucifers are.","layers":[{"id":"botany","name":"Botany","description":"Botany.","findings":[{"id":"botany-finding","name":"Botany","description":"Botany.","questions":[{"text":"What defines the mustard family, and how are crucifers recognised?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about the plant family, a specific crop, garlic mustard or the liturgical crucifer?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"members","name":"Members","description":"Members.","findings":[{"id":"members-finding","name":"Members","description":"Members.","questions":[{"text":"What crops, wild plants and model organisms belong to the family?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific plant?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"chemistry","name":"Chemistry","description":"Chemistry and health.","layers":[{"id":"glucosinolates","name":"Glucosinolates","description":"Glucosinolates.","findings":[{"id":"glucosinolates-finding","name":"Glucosinolates","description":"Glucosinolates.","questions":[{"text":"What are glucosinolates, and how do they give crucifers their flavour and defence?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"health","name":"Health","description":"Health effects.","findings":[{"id":"health-finding","name":"Health","description":"Health.","questions":[{"text":"What does research say about cruciferous vegetables and health, with findings attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits cruciferous vegetable?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"grow","name":"Grow","description":"Cultivation and wild species.","layers":[{"id":"crops","name":"Crops","description":"Crops.","findings":[{"id":"crops-finding","name":"Crops","description":"Crops.","questions":[{"text":"How are Brassica crops grown, and what pests and diseases affect them?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"wild","name":"Wild","description":"Garlic mustard and wild species.","findings":[{"id":"wild-finding","name":"Wild","description":"Wild.","questions":[{"text":"How is garlic mustard identified, used as food and controlled as an invasive?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits garlic mustard?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Science and history.","layers":[{"id":"research","name":"Research","description":"Arabidopsis.","findings":[{"id":"research-finding","name":"Research","description":"Research.","questions":[{"text":"Why is Arabidopsis the model plant, and what has it revealed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits Arabidopsis thaliana?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","findings":[{"id":"history-finding","name":"History","description":"History.","questions":[{"text":"How were Brassica crops domesticated and diversified?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the domestication of Brassica?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Identify plants of the mustard family from documented botanical features.","Advise on growing, rotating and harvesting brassica crops using recognised horticultural guidance.","Report pest and disease findings such as clubroot to the plant health authority."],"mustNot":["Identify a wild plant as edible without botanical confirmation, since the family includes toxic species.","Recommend pesticide use outside the label and the law of the jurisdiction.","Move seed or planting material across borders in breach of plant health rules.","Present a crop as organic or non-modified without certification."],"requiresHuman":["Any decision to eat a wild-collected plant identified only from a description or photograph.","Pesticide application where people, bees or water are nearby."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Misidentification of wild plants poisons foragers, so identification must not rest on an image alone.","Brassica crops feed billions and depend on pollinators that pesticides harm."],"affectedParties":["Foragers and their households","Pollinators","Growers and farm workers"]},"owners":{"steward":"The grower or landowner for crops; wild populations are nobody's and protected by nature law.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Plant variety registers","Herbarium and flora records"]},"relations":[{"target":"oewn-12226211-n","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"flowering plant","type":"related","note":"in general terms"},{"target":"Brassicaceae","type":"related","note":"the mustard family"},{"target":"cabbage","type":"related","note":"and other Brassica crops"},{"target":"garlic mustard","type":"related","note":"an invasive wild species"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.crucifer","Open English WordNet: oewn-11889283-n","taxon: Brassicaceae Burnett, 1835","WordNet: oewn-12226211-n crucifer"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["species: about 4000 count","genera: about 370 count","petals: 4 count - cross-shaped"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Mustard family plants","Cabbage crops, mustards, radishes, rapeseed, Arabidopsis, garlic mustard","Umbellifers have umbels; mints have square stems; the name crucifer also means a cross bearer in liturgy","Herbs with four-petalled cross-shaped flowers and pod fruits called siliques."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the family","relay crops and chemistry","describe wild species","distinguish from other plants"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Confusing crucifers with look-alike plants","Garlic mustard invasion of woodlands","Overstating health claims"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Invasive species rules for garlic mustard in North America","Seed and crop regulations for Brassica crops","Food safety rules for glucosinolate levels in feed"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Not applicable; a plant family.","Brassica crops: cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, turnip, rapeseed","mustards and radishes","Arabidopsis as a model organism","wild crucifers such as garlic mustard, shepherd purse and bittercress","ornamental crucifers such as wallflowers and alyssum"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-11889283-n","url":"https://en-word.net/id/oewn-11889283-n","note":"sense and gloss of the concept"},{"title":"Wiktionary: crucifer","url":"https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crucifer","note":"word senses and usage"}],"openQuestions":["Should Brassicaceae and garlic mustard be separate primary entries?","How should botanical references be linked?","The registry entry has merged aliases naming one species; should it be split off?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-crucifer/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-crucifer/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T02:51:47Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"filled","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-07T12:16:27+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: WordNet gloss; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}