{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.tollhouse","code":"thing-q7814332","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q7814332/","name":"tollhouse","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.4","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.BLT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A tollhouse is a building beside a road, bridge or canal from which tolls were collected, historically at turnpike gates, often a small distinctive house with a bay window to watch the road and boards showing the toll rates; tollhouses were widespread in the turnpike era before public road funding, and many survive as heritage buildings or homes. The term also names, unrelatedly, the origin of the Toll House cookie, a different sense. Modern tolling uses electronic systems rather than tollhouses.","purpose":"Let an agent explain tollhouses, relay their function, form, history and survival from architectural and transport history sources, note the unrelated cookie sense, and distinguish tollhouses from toll booths, toll plazas, turnpikes as roads and modern electronic tolling.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Roadside toll collection","Distinctive bay window","Turnpike era","Often surviving heritage"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What a tollhouse is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is a tollhouse, and how does it differ from toll booths, toll plazas, turnpikes and electronic tolling?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about the building or the unrelated cookie sense?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"kinds","name":"Kinds","description":"Kinds.","findings":[{"id":"kinds-finding","name":"Kinds","description":"Kinds.","questions":[{"text":"What are turnpike, bridge and canal tollhouses?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific kind?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"function","name":"Function","description":"Function and form.","layers":[{"id":"collection","name":"Collection","description":"Toll collection.","findings":[{"id":"collection-finding","name":"Collection","description":"Collection.","questions":[{"text":"How were tolls collected at tollhouses?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"form","name":"Form","description":"Distinctive form.","findings":[{"id":"form-finding","name":"Form","description":"Form.","questions":[{"text":"Why did tollhouses often have a bay window and toll board?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","layers":[{"id":"turnpike","name":"Turnpike","description":"Turnpike era.","findings":[{"id":"turnpike-finding","name":"Turnpike","description":"Turnpike.","questions":[{"text":"How did tollhouses serve the turnpike road system?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits turnpike trust?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"survival","name":"Survival","description":"Surviving buildings.","findings":[{"id":"survival-finding","name":"Survival","description":"Survival.","questions":[{"text":"How do surviving tollhouses become homes or heritage?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the information accurate?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Modern tolling.","layers":[{"id":"electronic","name":"Electronic","description":"Electronic tolling.","findings":[{"id":"electronic-finding","name":"Electronic","description":"Electronic.","questions":[{"text":"How has electronic tolling replaced tollhouses?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits electronic toll collection?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"cookie","name":"Cookie","description":"Toll House cookie.","findings":[{"id":"cookie-finding","name":"Cookie","description":"Cookie.","questions":[{"text":"How is the Toll House cookie name unrelated to the building?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation neutral and attributed?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe tollhouses and their history.","Identify listed tollhouses from heritage records."],"mustNot":["Present a tollhouse as public when it is a private home.","Recommend altering a listed tollhouse without consent.","Confuse historical tolls with current charges.","Direct visitors onto private land."],"requiresHuman":["Changes to a listed building."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Many tollhouses are now private homes.","Toll history is tied to protest and access to roads."],"affectedParties":["Occupants","Heritage communities","Visitors"]},"owners":{"steward":"The owner of the building; heritage bodies record protected tollhouses.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Heritage listing registers"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q41176","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"building","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"toll booth","type":"related"},{"target":"turnpike","type":"related"},{"target":"electronic toll collection","type":"related"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.tollhouse","Wikidata: Q7814332 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7814332)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["era: turnpike era note - 18th-19th century in Britain","feature: bay window and toll board note","registry parent: building note"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Building for collecting road tolls","Tollhouse, toll house","Toll booths are small kiosks; toll plazas are modern collection points; turnpikes are the toll roads; electronic tolling uses no house","A small roadside house, often with a bay window facing the road and a toll board."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain function and form","relay history and survival","note the unrelated cookie sense","distinguish related structures"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Confusing tollhouses and toll booths","Confusing with the cookie sense","Loss of heritage buildings"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Heritage protection for surviving tollhouses"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Historical building for collecting road tolls.","turnpike tollhouses","bridge and canal tollhouses"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q7814332: tollhouse","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7814332","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Tollhouse","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tollhouse","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should the cookie sense be disambiguated?","How should surviving tollhouses be documented?","How should turnpike history be linked?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q7814332/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q7814332/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-14T02:52:00Z","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 2026-10-06T19:52:02+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}