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artillery guns date from the fourteenth century and are described here as reference and history.","purpose":"Let an agent describe artillery guns as a class of weapon in general and historical terms, identify notable types from reference sources, relay arms control and humanitarian law context, and avoid operational, targeting or technical instruction.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Large calibre","Carriage or vehicle mounting","Rifled since the nineteenth century","Many types by role"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"describe","name":"Describe","description":"What the class is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition and kinds.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is an artillery gun, and what kinds exist by role?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the request for reference description or for operational or technical instruction, which the model does not give?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"types","name":"Types","description":"Notable types.","findings":[{"id":"types-finding","name":"Types","description":"Types.","questions":[{"text":"Which guns are notable in history, per reference sources?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific gun?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","layers":[{"id":"development","name":"Development","description":"Development.","findings":[{"id":"development-finding","name":"Development","description":"Development.","questions":[{"text":"How did artillery develop from early cannon through rifling to modern guns, as historians describe?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"conflicts","name":"Conflicts","description":"Artillery in conflicts.","findings":[{"id":"conflicts-finding","name":"Conflicts","description":"Conflicts.","questions":[{"text":"How has artillery figured in major conflicts, with attribution and without operational detail?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation attributed and neutral?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"law","name":"Law","description":"Law and control.","layers":[{"id":"humanitarian","name":"Humanitarian","description":"Humanitarian law.","findings":[{"id":"humanitarian-finding","name":"Humanitarian","description":"Humanitarian.","questions":[{"text":"How does international humanitarian law apply to artillery use, and what do rights bodies report?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"control","name":"Control","description":"Arms control.","findings":[{"id":"control-finding","name":"Control","description":"Control.","questions":[{"text":"What export controls and treaties apply to artillery?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits arms control?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Industry and heritage.","layers":[{"id":"industry","name":"Industry","description":"Producers.","findings":[{"id":"industry-finding","name":"Industry","description":"Industry.","questions":[{"text":"Which countries and companies produce artillery, per public sources?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the defence industry?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"museums","name":"Museums","description":"Museums and memorials.","findings":[{"id":"museums-finding","name":"Museums","description":"Museums.","questions":[{"text":"Where are historical guns preserved and displayed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits a specific museum?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe the history and general kinds of artillery guns, such as field guns and howitzers, from published sources.","Report on the humanitarian record of artillery use as documented by rights bodies and courts.","Help museums and archives catalogue preserved artillery pieces."],"mustNot":["Assist in aiming, operating, building or acquiring an artillery gun.","Give operational, targeting or performance detail that would help someone use artillery against people or places.","Help evade arms embargoes, export controls or licensing rules on artillery.","Present attacks on civilians or protected sites as legitimate military practice."],"requiresHuman":["Any decision about handling, moving or making safe an old or decommissioned gun or unexploded shell.","Publishing material about a specific conflict where artillery strikes on civilians are alleged."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Indirect fire kills and maims civilians far from any front, and unexploded shells keep doing so for decades.","Writing about artillery can glamorise destruction or serve propaganda for one side of a war."],"affectedParties":["Civilians in conflict zones","People living on land with unexploded ordnance","Soldiers on both sides"]},"owners":{"steward":"The armed force or state that holds it; preserved pieces are held by museums and licensed collectors.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q18643213","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q9180260","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"artillery weapon","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"military equipment","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"artillery shell","type":"related","note":"the projectile"},{"target":"rocket artillery","type":"related","note":"which fires rockets"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.artillery-gun","Wikidata: Q1246258 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1246258)","designation: per manufacturer or armed force"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["first use: fourteenth century period - Europe and Asia"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Large-calibre tube weapon on a carriage","Field, heavy, anti-aircraft, naval and coastal types","Rocket artillery fires rockets; mortars are short high-angle tubes; small arms are hand-held","A long barrel on a wheeled or tracked carriage, with breech, recoil system and sights."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the class and its history","identify notable types with sources","relay legal and arms control context","describe use in conflicts with attribution"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Civilian harm from indirect fire, documented by rights bodies","Unexploded ordnance","Operational detail outside the model scope"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Arms Trade Treaty and export controls","International humanitarian law on attacks and precautions","Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Military long-range fire; described here for reference, not operation.","field guns and howitzers","heavy and siege guns such as the 15 cm Kanone 18 and 39","anti-aircraft guns including automatic cannon such as the 20 mm Flak twin and 25 mm M1940","naval and coastal guns","self-propelled guns","historical smoothbore and rifled artillery"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q1246258: artillery gun","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1246258","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Artillery gun","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery_gun","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should each type be a separate entry?","How should reference sources be linked?","The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific guns; should they be split off?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q1246258/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q1246258/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-12T23:27:52Z","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":{},"score":1.0}}