{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.moscow-river-cup","code":"thing-q47487929","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q47487929/","name":"Moscow River Cup","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Activities and processes","entryKind":"thing","plane":"ACT","domain":["ACT.ACT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"The Moscow River Cup was a women's professional tennis tournament held in Moscow, Russia, on outdoor clay courts in 2018 as part of the WTA International tournament category.","purpose":"Enable an AI agent to identify Moscow River Cup, reconstruct its tennis competition and historical status, and judge which records and actions properly belong to it.","scope":{"in":["Tournament names, authoritative identifiers and boundaries","The documented 2018 Moscow edition and its playing conditions","Singles, doubles, qualifying and participant admission","Tournament-specific organization, scheduling and award obligations","Results, historical status and evidenced successor relationships"],"out":["The Moscow River as a geographic feature","The Kremlin Cup and other independently identified Moscow tournaments","Players' complete biographies and career records","General tennis rules and the entire WTA ranking system","Venue ownership and operations unrelated to this tournament"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Match the name to the WTA archive's Moscow River Cup presented by Ingrad, associated with tournament identifier 1105 and the 2018 edition. [WTA archive](https://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/1105/moscow-international/2018/past-winners)","Check the combination of Moscow, 23-29 July 2018 and outdoor clay against the ITF event record; the city alone is insufficient. [ITF event record](https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/moscow/rus/2018/w-int-rus-01a-2018/)","Identify a women's professional tennis tournament with singles, doubles and qualifying records, rather than a river race or physical trophy. [WTA draws](https://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/1105/moscow-international/2018/draws)","Preserve its historical WTA International classification and verify separate identifiers before associating it with another Moscow tennis event. [WTA archive](https://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/1105/moscow-international/2018/past-winners)"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"tournament-identity","name":"Tournament identity","description":"Establish what Moscow River Cup names and which records identify it.","layers":[{"id":"names-and-identifiers","name":"Names and identifiers","description":"Connect the registry entry to authoritative tournament and edition records.","findings":[{"id":"sponsored-name-resolution","name":"Sponsored name resolution","description":"Record the relationship between Moscow River Cup, its sponsored title and archive identifiers without creating separate things for branding variants.","questions":[{"text":"Which official records connect Moscow River Cup presented by Ingrad to registry entry vr.tr.moscow-river-cup?","id":"sponsored-name-resolution-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which identifiers name the tournament, and which identify only its 2018 edition or individual draws?","id":"sponsored-name-resolution-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"moscow-event-boundaries","name":"Moscow event boundaries","description":"Separate this event from other Moscow competitions and from its namesake river.","findings":[{"id":"distinct-tennis-event","name":"Distinct tennis event","description":"Use dates, tour records, competition category and surface together to distinguish records labeled merely Moscow.","questions":[{"text":"Which combination of identifiers, dates and conditions distinguishes Moscow River Cup from the Kremlin Cup?","id":"distinct-tennis-event-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What corroboration is required before assigning a result labeled only Moscow 2018 to this tournament?","id":"distinct-tennis-event-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"edition-and-playing-site","name":"Edition and playing site","description":"Locate the documented competition in time and in its outdoor clay setting.","layers":[{"id":"competition-dates","name":"Competition dates","description":"Distinguish the advertised tournament week from actual activity dates.","findings":[{"id":"edition-date-boundary","name":"Edition date boundary","description":"Record qualifying, main-draw and final dates separately where official schedules support them.","questions":[{"text":"Did qualifying begin before the archived 23-29 July 2018 tournament week?","id":"edition-date-boundary-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which final orders of play and results establish the actual first and last competition dates?","id":"edition-date-boundary-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"venue-and-court-conditions","name":"Venue and court conditions","description":"Identify the precise Moscow facility and courts used by the event.","findings":[{"id":"verified-playing-site","name":"Verified playing site","description":"Separate verified outdoor clay conditions from venue-name variants and unverified assumptions about individual courts.","questions":[{"text":"Which contemporary official source confirms the facility name and its relationship to the Juan Antonio Samaranch National Tennis Center?","id":"verified-playing-site-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which courts hosted qualifying, singles and doubles, and were any matches moved or delayed?","id":"verified-playing-site-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]}]},{"id":"draws-and-entry-pathways","name":"Draws and entry pathways","description":"Represent entry, pairing and progression through the Moscow River Cup competition branches.","layers":[{"id":"draw-architecture","name":"Draw architecture","description":"Separate singles qualifying, singles main draw and doubles structures.","findings":[{"id":"branch-specific-progression","name":"Branch-specific progression","description":"Recover draw capacities, seeds, byes and round progression from the applicable official sheets.","questions":[{"text":"What were the actual draw sizes and seeded positions in each 2018 competition branch?","id":"branch-specific-progression-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which historical scoring and progression rules applied to singles and doubles at this edition?","id":"branch-specific-progression-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"admission-and-replacements","name":"Admission and replacements","description":"Track entry status and changes between acceptance lists and completed draws.","findings":[{"id":"participant-entry-evidence","name":"Participant entry evidence","description":"Tie each entry designation to a dated official record, including qualifying outcomes and replacement decisions.","questions":[{"text":"What do the qualifying and main-draw sheets establish about Olga Danilović's route into the main draw?","id":"participant-entry-evidence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which withdrawals, wild cards or replacement decisions changed the final field, and when?","id":"participant-entry-evidence-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]}]},{"id":"event-authority-and-awards","name":"Event authority and awards","description":"Identify responsibility for staging the tournament and defining its sporting and financial awards.","layers":[{"id":"responsible-parties","name":"Responsible parties","description":"Distinguish sanctioning, organizing, sponsorship and venue responsibilities.","findings":[{"id":"authority-to-change-event","name":"Authority to change the event","description":"Establish who could approve draw changes, scheduling decisions and official corrections.","questions":[{"text":"Which organizations operated and sanctioned Moscow River Cup, and what role did Ingrad hold?","id":"authority-to-change-event-q01","kind":"relation"},{"text":"Whose official notice would authorize a schedule change or correction to a published result?","id":"authority-to-change-event-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"prize-money-and-ranking-points","name":"Prize money and ranking points","description":"Attach awards to the historical category, draw branch and achieved round.","findings":[{"id":"award-basis","name":"Award basis","description":"Keep announced prize money, financial commitment, round allocations and ranking points separately evidenced.","questions":[{"text":"What currency and accounting basis underlie the event's announced purse and official draw-sheet amounts?","id":"award-basis-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which 2018 WTA provisions determine points and awards for qualifying, main-draw singles and doubles?","id":"award-basis-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"results-and-historical-continuity","name":"Results and historical continuity","description":"Validate tournament outcomes and establish what happened to the event identity afterward.","layers":[{"id":"title-and-match-records","name":"Title and match records","description":"Connect champions and finalists to completed draw evidence.","findings":[{"id":"verified-title-outcomes","name":"Verified title outcomes","description":"The WTA honor roll names Olga Danilović as singles champion and Vera Zvonareva with Anastasia Potapova as doubles champions. [WTA honor roll](https://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/1105/moscow-international/2018/past-winners)","questions":[{"text":"Do final scorecards and completed draw sheets agree on champions, finalists and scores?","id":"verified-title-outcomes-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"How should conflicting archive displays be resolved before an agent updates the tournament record?","id":"verified-title-outcomes-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"cessation-and-successor-links","name":"Cessation and successor links","description":"Evaluate recurrence, discontinuation and possible relationships to later tournaments.","findings":[{"id":"continuity-evidence","name":"Continuity evidence","description":"Require explicit evidence before treating a later calendar replacement as a continuation of Moscow River Cup.","questions":[{"text":"Which official records establish whether 2018 was the only edition and whether the tournament formally ceased?","id":"continuity-evidence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Was the reported relationship to the Baltic Open a calendar replacement, sanction transfer, organizational continuation or another arrangement?","id":"continuity-evidence-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"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 Moscow River Cup 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 Moscow River Cup this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation","name":"Standards and regulation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Moscow River Cup this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation-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 Moscow River Cup this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-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 Moscow River Cup this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Report the 2018 edition's results and champions from tour records.","Note that the tournament was held only in 2018."],"mustNot":["Present the tournament as a continuing event.","Link players to political positions because of where it was held.","Make demeaning comments about players."],"requiresHuman":["Publishing claims about named players' conduct at the event."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Players should not be blamed for the politics of host countries.","Accurate records preserve players' achievements."],"affectedParties":["Players","Tennis historians"]},"owners":{"steward":"The professional women's tour that sanctioned it keeps its records.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q26836193","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.moscow-river-cup","Wikidata: Q47487929 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47487929)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["Tournament identity: Registry id vr.tr.moscow-river-cup linked to dated WTA and ITF records","Edition period: Calendar dates; distinguish advertised tournament week from actual qualifying and match dates","Historical tour category: WTA International for the documented 2018 edition","Playing environment: Outdoor clay; exact venue and court assignments require evidence","Competition branch: Singles main draw, singles qualifying, doubles","Participant admission: Direct acceptance, qualifier, wild card, lucky loser, alternate, other documented status","Lifecycle evidence: Edition completed; subsequent recurrence, cessation or replacement supported, disputed or unresolved","Financial commitment: Amount, currency, year and basis: announced purse, total commitment, allocation or payment"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Resolve abbreviated or sponsored names to the registered tournament using corroborating identifiers.","Associate draw sheets, schedules and match records with the correct 2018 competition branch.","Trace admission and match progression to validate recorded title outcomes.","Compare announced schedules and awards with documented execution.","Determine whether a later event warrants a successor link, a separate identity or an unresolved relationship."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Confusing the tournament with another Moscow tennis event can misattribute results and player records.","Treating its historical listing as a current scheduled event can cause booking and travel errors.","Participation in outdoor tennis can involve physical injury and heat illness."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["The Rules of Tennis issued by the International Tennis Federation governed the sport played at the tournament.","The International tournament classification assigned by the Women's Tennis Association identifies the event's historical tour category."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["The Moscow River Cup provided professional women's singles and doubles competition on outdoor clay courts in Moscow in 2018.","It appears in historical tournament calendars, player results and ranking records."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q47487929: Moscow River Cup","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47487929","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Moscow River Cup","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_River_Cup","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Does authoritative evidence establish a single-edition tournament, and what terminology was used for its cessation?","What precisely connects Moscow River Cup to the Baltic Open, and does that support a successor relationship without merging their identities?","Which contemporary records settle the exact venue name, qualifying dates and court assignments?","How should discrepancies between announced prize money, total financial commitment and draw-sheet allocations be reconciled?","Which organizations held operating and sanction rights, and where are their event-specific decisions preserved?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q47487929/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q47487929/spec.json"],"providers":["Codex"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-12T11:24:34Z","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":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-07T10:10:31+00:00: completeness 1.00; 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