{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.pardes","code":"thing-q653101","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q653101/","name":"Pardes","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":"Pardes is an approach to interpretation in Torah study that groups readings under peshat, the contextual or plain sense, remez, allusion, derash, interpretive exposition, and sod, esoteric meaning.","purpose":"Enable an agent to explain Pardes as an approach to Torah interpretation, distinguish its interpretive categories and attribute particular readings to their sources and traditions.","scope":{"in":["The meanings of peshat, remez, derash and sod within the Pardes framework are in scope.","Relationships and distinctions among the four interpretive categories are in scope.","Interpretations of Torah passages explicitly connected to Pardes are in scope.","Historical accounts of the framework supported by identified sources are in scope.","Differences among interpreters and communities in understanding the framework are in scope."],"out":["Films and other unrelated works named Pardes are outside this model.","Complete biographies of interpreters are outside this model.","Jewish interpretation beyond its relationship to the Pardes framework is outside this model.","Personal religious rulings and determinations of communal authority are outside this model.","Claims that every Jewish community uses the framework identically are outside this model."],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Pardes groups interpretation under peshat, remez, derash and sod.","The categories distinguish contextual meaning, allusion, interpretive exposition and esoteric meaning without making every reading equally accepted.","The framework concerns interpretation in Torah study rather than a cinematic work sharing its name.","A reading must be attributed to its source rather than presented as the universal position of Judaism.","Category boundaries and relationships can differ among interpreters and traditions."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"pardes-work-identity","name":"Pardes work identity","description":"Establish which Pardes the registry denotes and maintain a defensible work boundary.","layers":[{"id":"referent-resolution","name":"Referent resolution","description":"Connect the registry label to independently documented identifying evidence.","findings":[{"id":"provisional-film-anchor","name":"Provisional film anchor","description":"Use the producer's title, director and release record as a candidate identity anchor, pending confirmation from registry provenance. [Mukta Arts](https://muktaarts.com/Movies/Pardes.php)","questions":[{"text":"Does the registry's originating Wikidata identifier identify the 1997 film?","id":"provisional-film-anchor-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which combination of title, credits and release evidence excludes other works named Pardes?","id":"provisional-film-anchor-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"work-and-related-objects","name":"Work and related objects","description":"Separate the film's identity from editions, copies and associated media.","findings":[{"id":"film-versus-associated-release","name":"Film versus associated release","description":"Classify each candidate as the film work, an expression, a release, an individual copy or a related work before attaching its properties.","questions":[{"text":"Is this Pardes record a complete film, a soundtrack release, a trailer or a song extract?","id":"film-versus-associated-release-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What evidence makes an altered version an expression of this film rather than a separate adaptation?","id":"film-versus-associated-release-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"pardes-narrative-and-representation","name":"Pardes narrative and representation","description":"Represent the film's characters, conflicts and attributed interpretations.","layers":[{"id":"characters-and-conflict","name":"Characters and conflict","description":"Capture fictional participants and changes in their relationships.","findings":[{"id":"ganga-rajiv-arjun-relationships","name":"Ganga, Rajiv and Arjun relationships","description":"The producer synopsis provides a starting account of Ganga's proposed marriage to Rajiv and Arjun's involvement; detailed event claims require scene evidence. [Producer synopsis](https://muktaarts.com/Movies/Pardes.php)","questions":[{"text":"Which scenes establish and change Ganga's relationships with Rajiv and Arjun?","id":"ganga-rajiv-arjun-relationships-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which developments may appear in a spoiler-free description, and which reveal the resolution?","id":"ganga-rajiv-arjun-relationships-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"cultural-framing","name":"Cultural framing","description":"Keep depicted cultural contrasts separate from generalizations and critical interpretations.","findings":[{"id":"depiction-versus-interpretation","name":"Depiction versus interpretation","description":"Attach statements about homeland, migration, marriage and belonging to dialogue, scenes or attributed commentary.","questions":[{"text":"Which scenes support a proposed interpretation of homeland and migration in Pardes?","id":"depiction-versus-interpretation-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does the statement report a character's view, a promotional claim or an analyst's interpretation?","id":"depiction-versus-interpretation-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"pardes-credits-and-musical-components","name":"Pardes credits and musical components","description":"Attribute creative contributions and connect embedded music to related works.","layers":[{"id":"credited-contributions","name":"Credited contributions","description":"Record role-specific attribution with evidence and name reconciliation.","findings":[{"id":"credit-role-evidence","name":"Credit role evidence","description":"Use the producer's contributor list as initial evidence, then verify detailed roles and billing against credits from an identified film version. [Producer credits](https://muktaarts.com/Movies/Pardes.php)","questions":[{"text":"What do the inspected opening and closing credits state for direction, writing, production and music?","id":"credit-role-evidence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which spelling variants identify the same contributor, and which remain unresolved?","id":"credit-role-evidence-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"songs-within-the-film","name":"Songs within the film","description":"Locate musical sequences and distinguish their audiovisual and audio identities.","findings":[{"id":"song-sequence-crosswalk","name":"Song sequence crosswalk","description":"For each inspected musical sequence, distinguish the composition, recorded performance, on-screen performance and separately released audio counterpart.","questions":[{"text":"Where does each song sequence begin and end in the inspected Pardes version?","id":"song-sequence-crosswalk-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Does the corresponding soundtrack track use the same recording and edit as the film sequence?","id":"song-sequence-crosswalk-q02","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Which credits establish the relevant composer, lyricist and vocal performers?","id":"song-sequence-crosswalk-q03","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"pardes-expressions-and-completeness","name":"Pardes expressions and completeness","description":"Identify language realizations and assess differences between available copies.","layers":[{"id":"language-and-accessibility","name":"Language and accessibility","description":"Describe the actual audio, translation and accessibility content of each expression.","findings":[{"id":"dialogue-and-translation-profile","name":"Dialogue and translation profile","description":"Inspect spoken dialogue and song translation coverage instead of inferring a complete language profile from a platform label.","questions":[{"text":"Which languages are audible in dialogue and songs in this copy?","id":"dialogue-and-translation-profile-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Do its subtitles cover songs, code-switching and narratively significant on-screen text?","id":"dialogue-and-translation-profile-q02","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which available expression meets the user's language and accessibility needs?","id":"dialogue-and-translation-profile-q03","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"cut-and-copy-comparison","name":"Cut and copy comparison","description":"Evaluate narrative continuity and technical explanations for observed differences.","findings":[{"id":"scene-and-song-completeness","name":"Scene and song completeness","description":"Compare sequence inventories and timing against an identified reference; running time alone cannot establish completeness.","questions":[{"text":"Which reference print or release supports the completeness assessment for Pardes?","id":"scene-and-song-completeness-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Do timing differences come from missing sequences, playback speed, logos or credit treatment?","id":"scene-and-song-completeness-q02","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Should the observed difference be recorded as a distinct cut, a technical variant or damage to one copy?","id":"scene-and-song-completeness-q03","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"pardes-release-and-use","name":"Pardes release and use","description":"Connect release evidence and permissions to concrete access and reuse decisions.","layers":[{"id":"release-evidence","name":"Release evidence","description":"Identify documented circulation events and the expressions they supplied.","findings":[{"id":"release-to-expression-link","name":"Release-to-expression link","description":"Attach territory, date, distributor and expression evidence to each documented Pardes release without assuming the producer's release date applies everywhere.","questions":[{"text":"Which territory and exhibition event does each reported release date describe?","id":"release-to-expression-link-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which cut and language expression did that release make available?","id":"release-to-expression-link-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"action-specific-permissions","name":"Action-specific permissions","description":"Evaluate documented authority for viewing, exhibition and reuse at the relevant scope.","findings":[{"id":"film-and-music-permission-scope","name":"Film and music permission scope","description":"Link permission evidence to the proposed action and selected material; record unresolved authority separately for film footage and musical components.","questions":[{"text":"What evidence supports the requested screening, distribution or excerpt use in the specified territory and period?","id":"film-and-music-permission-scope-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"Does that evidence cover the selected Pardes footage and its embedded music?","id":"film-and-music-permission-scope-q02","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Who issued the authorization, and what establishes their authority for this use?","id":"film-and-music-permission-scope-q03","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"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 Pardes this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-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 Pardes this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Pardes this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-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 Pardes this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Explain the four interpretive categories with attribution to reliable sources.","Compare documented interpretations while identifying their authors and traditions."],"mustNot":["Present one interpretation as universally accepted across Jewish communities.","Invent textual support or attribute a reading to an interpreter without evidence.","Treat an esoteric or allegorical reading as an uncontested literal statement.","Confuse the interpretive framework with a film or another unrelated work."],"requiresHuman":["Personal religious guidance or rulings based on an interpretation require an appropriate human religious adviser."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Respectful attribution preserves differences among Jewish interpretive traditions.","Presenting a contested reading as universal can misrepresent texts and communities."],"affectedParties":["Torah students and teachers rely on accurate explanations.","Jewish communities are affected by representations of their interpretive traditions.","Readers outside those communities may rely on the account to understand Jewish interpretation."]},"owners":{"steward":"No single body owns Pardes; teachers, scholars and Jewish communities steward its interpretation within their traditions.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q2084705","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.pardes","Wikidata: Q653101 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q653101)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["Registry referent confidence: provisional-film-match | confirmed-film-match | conflicting-match | unresolved","Work identity signature: Title linked to director, production banner, release evidence and external identifiers","Narrative entity mapping: Character-to-performer and character-to-character relationships, supported by credits or scenes","Expression profile: Documented cut, spoken languages, subtitle languages and accessibility tracks","Measured running time: Seconds, attached to a specified version and measurement method","Song occurrence: Film sequence linked to composition, recording, performers and version-specific time interval","Use authorization evidence: documented | incomplete | disputed | expired | unknown, per action, territory and date"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Resolve a candidate Pardes record against the film's identity evidence and flag conflicting matches.","Select an expression matching requested language, accessibility and completeness requirements.","Produce a spoiler-aware synopsis with scene or source support.","Compare copies for narrative and song-sequence differences.","Navigate from a film song occurrence to its separately identified composition or recording.","Assess a proposed screening, excerpt or distribution action against documented permissions."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Treating an interpretive reading as an uncontested literal claim can misrepresent a text or its tradition.","Presenting one community's understanding as universal can erase differences within Jewish interpretation.","Confusing this interpretive framework with an unrelated work sharing its name can corrupt catalogue records and downstream explanations."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Pardes is encountered in Jewish Torah study as a framework for discussing different levels of scriptural interpretation.","It brings together peshat, remez, derash and sod, commonly associated with plain meaning, hints, interpretive exposition and esoteric meaning.","Teachers and students use the framework to compare readings while attending to the methods and assumptions of their interpretive tradition."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q653101: Pardes","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q653101","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Pardes (exegesis)","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardes_%28exegesis%29","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Does the registry's source identifier confirm the 1997 film, or does Pardes denote another work or concept?","Does an existing Vercy world model already own this film, requiring a registry link instead of a second model?","Which inspected release should serve as the reference for credits, sequence order and completeness?","Which alternate cuts, dubs, subtitled editions and soundtrack-to-film recording relationships can be documented?","Which current parties can authorize specific uses of the film and its musical components, and for which territories and periods?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q653101/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q653101/spec.json"],"providers":["Codex"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-12T11:53:43Z","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 2026-10-07T12:16:34+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass","interaction.properties":"Plane INF: no invented physical properties.","interaction.interfaces":"No formal technical standard, law or official classification specifically governs Pardes as an interpretive framework.","interaction.recognition":"Pardes is an abstract interpretive framework with no defining visual appearance."},"score":1.0}}