{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.grace","code":"thing-q1668249","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q1668249/","name":"grace","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Information and virtual systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"INF","domain":["INF.MED"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A grace is a prayer of thanksgiving or blessing said or sung before or after a meal.","purpose":"Enable an agent to recognise, describe and appropriately select grace as a meal-associated prayer or expression of thanks, provisionally interpreting the undefined registry entry in that sense.","scope":{"in":["Identification of a grace by its text, title, attribution and meal-associated purpose","Religious, secular or mixed expressions of thanks intended for use around a meal","Relationships between a grace, its translations, adaptations and versions","Intended placement, speaker roles and participation in delivery","Evidence and permissions governing attribution, reproduction and adaptation"],"out":["Grace as divine favour or a theological doctrine","Grace as elegance of movement or conduct","Grace periods, pardons and other concessions","People, organisations or unrelated creative works named Grace","The meal, gathering or religious service as an event","Physical carriers and individual recordings of a grace, except as linked evidence"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Its intended use explicitly connects the utterance to a meal; thanking someone in an unrelated context is insufficient.","It functions as prayer, blessing or reflective thanks rather than merely announcing the menu or giving dining instructions.","An invocation of grace as divine favour is thematic content and does not alone establish that the utterance is a mealtime grace.","The wording can be identified separately from a particular occasion on which someone delivers it, even when composed for that occasion.","A shared title or opening line does not establish identical wording, attribution or conditions of use."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"meal-grace-identity","name":"Meal grace identity","description":"Establish which sense of grace is intended and what qualifies an utterance for this model.","layers":[{"id":"registry-sense","name":"Registry sense","description":"Connect the proposed meal-associated interpretation to evidence about the registered thing.","findings":[{"id":"sense-confirmation","name":"Sense confirmation","description":"Record whether source evidence supports the proposed interpretation rather than inferring it solely from the name or domain.","questions":[{"text":"Does the original registry source identify grace as a meal-associated prayer or expression of thanks?","id":"sense-confirmation-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which source identifier, description or classification establishes the intended 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whom?","id":"contextual-commitments-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which phrases could require participants to affirm beliefs, and what stated participant preferences affect their use?","id":"contextual-commitments-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"wording-and-transmission","name":"Wording and transmission","description":"Maintain the identity and lineage of the grace across texts and expressions.","layers":[{"id":"textual-identity","name":"Textual identity","description":"Identify the wording under consideration and the evidence for its attribution.","findings":[{"id":"attested-wording","name":"Attested wording","description":"Anchor a version in a readable or audible source and distinguish documented authorship from reported attribution.","questions":[{"text":"Which source supplies the complete wording of this version, including any response?","id":"attested-wording-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What evidence supports its author, compiler or traditional attribution?","id":"attested-wording-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"translations-and-adaptations","name":"Translations and adaptations","description":"Track changes between related expressions without prematurely declaring them identical or separate works.","findings":[{"id":"meaningful-variation","name":"Meaningful variation","description":"Record the antecedent and substantive wording changes of a translation, adaptation or variant.","questions":[{"text":"Which earlier text is this version claimed to translate or adapt, and what supports that relationship?","id":"meaningful-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Do changes alter the addressee, belief commitments, meal placement or participant response enough to require a distinct identity?","id":"meaningful-variation-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"meal-use-and-reuse","name":"Meal use and reuse","description":"Support appropriate delivery and authorised reproduction or adaptation.","layers":[{"id":"delivery-and-participation","name":"Delivery and participation","description":"Describe intended timing, speaker roles and participant actions.","findings":[{"id":"meal-delivery-plan","name":"Meal delivery plan","description":"Record delivery expectations while separating documented practice from choices made for the present occasion.","questions":[{"text":"When in relation to the meal is this grace intended to be delivered, and what evidence supports that placement?","id":"meal-delivery-plan-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Who speaks or responds, and how can the planned delivery accommodate participants who choose not to recite?","id":"meal-delivery-plan-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"reproduction-and-change","name":"Reproduction and change","description":"Record permissions and attribution requirements for the specific wording being used.","findings":[{"id":"supported-reuse","name":"Supported reuse","description":"Assess proposed printing, sharing, translation or adaptation against evidence for the selected version.","questions":[{"text":"What rights statement or permission evidence covers reproduction and adaptation of this particular version?","id":"supported-reuse-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What attribution and adaptation labels are required or appropriate for the intended reuse?","id":"supported-reuse-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of grace this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of grace this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of grace this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of grace this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of grace this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Explain the tradition of saying grace in different faiths, citing sources.","Provide the text of a grace when a user asks for one from a stated tradition."],"mustNot":["Mock people who say grace or those who do not.","Attribute a prayer to the wrong tradition.","Pressure anyone to join or skip a prayer.","Alter a traditional text and present it as original."],"requiresHuman":["Choosing a prayer for a mixed or public gathering."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Religious practice at meals is personal and should be respected.","Public prayer can exclude people of other or no faith."],"affectedParties":["Religious communities","Guests of other beliefs"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns it; each faith tradition keeps its prayers.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q1406161","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q40953","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.grace","Wikidata: Q1668249 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1668249)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["Interpretation confidence: provisional meal-associated utterance; source-confirmed interpretation; conflicting evidence","Communicative function: thanksgiving; blessing; petition; remembrance; reflection; combination; unresolved","Meal placement: before the meal; during the meal; after the meal; unspecified","Addressee: named divine addressee; participants; food 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wording when permissions and contextual requirements support doing so, labelling the result.","Flag uncertain attribution, unsuitable participation demands or unresolved rights before reuse."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Compulsory participation can pressure people to express religious beliefs they do not hold.","Selecting an inappropriate prayer can exclude participants or misrepresent their traditions.","Recording or sharing participation without consent can expose private religious beliefs."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Grace is spoken or sung before or after meals in homes, religious communities and communal gatherings.","It expresses thanksgiving or requests a blessing in language shaped by the participants' tradition.","In art, a scene of grace can represent meal-associated prayer, devotion or family custom."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q1668249: 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registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q1668249/spec.json"],"providers":["Codex"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-12T10:03:48Z","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":"not-applicable","interaction.recognition":"not-applicable","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"not-applicable","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-07T10:10:26+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass","interaction.properties":"Plane INF: no invented physical 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