{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.stalk","code":"thing-stalk","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/stalk/","name":"stalk","alternateNames":["water chestnut","groundnut","potato bean","wild bean","gynophore","carpophore","cornstalk","corn stalk","filament","funicle","funiculus","petiolule"],"kind":"thing","status":"research-draft","version":"0.2.0-wave.3","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"noun.plant","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.LIV"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":["natural-object"],"facets":{"substance":"living","origin":"natural","agency":"inert","mobility":"not-applicable","scale":"not-applicable","affordances":["observable"]}},"whatItIs":"A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant, a fungus or a plant part such as a leaf, flower or fruit, including stems, petioles, peduncles, pedicels, the stipe of a mushroom and specialised stalks such as the gynophore and carpophore that bear reproductive organs; the word also names edible stalks in cooking and, by extension, similar structures in animals such as eye stalks.","purpose":"Let an agent explain what stalks are and their botanical kinds, identify the correct term for a given supporting structure, relay uses in food and craft, and separate the botanical sense from plants that merely carry stalk in their names.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Support and connection","Conducts water and nutrients","Many specialised terms","Edible in some plants"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"identify","name":"Identify","description":"What stalk this is.","layers":[{"id":"kind","name":"Kind","description":"Kind and term.","findings":[{"id":"kind-finding","name":"Kind","description":"Kind.","questions":[{"text":"What kind of stalk is the structure, and what is its botanical term?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the structure a stalk or another organ such as a root or tendril?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"function","name":"Function","description":"Function.","findings":[{"id":"function-finding","name":"Function","description":"Function.","questions":[{"text":"What does the stalk do for the part it bears?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specialised term?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"botany","name":"Botany","description":"Structure and growth.","layers":[{"id":"anatomy","name":"Anatomy","description":"Anatomy.","findings":[{"id":"anatomy-finding","name":"Anatomy","description":"Anatomy.","questions":[{"text":"How are stalks built internally, and how do they conduct and support?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits plant anatomy?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"fungi","name":"Fungi","description":"Fungal stalks.","findings":[{"id":"fungi-finding","name":"Fungi","description":"Fungi.","questions":[{"text":"How do mushroom stipes differ from plant stalks?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"use","name":"Use","description":"Uses.","layers":[{"id":"food","name":"Food","description":"Edible stalks.","findings":[{"id":"food-finding","name":"Food","description":"Food.","questions":[{"text":"Which stalks are eaten, and how are they prepared, with safety notes?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the user asking about a plant that may be toxic, which needs a reliable identification?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"craft","name":"Craft","description":"Craft and agriculture.","findings":[{"id":"craft-finding","name":"Craft","description":"Craft.","questions":[{"text":"How are stalks used in fibre, fodder and craft?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific use?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"language","name":"Language","description":"Words and senses.","layers":[{"id":"senses","name":"Senses","description":"Senses.","findings":[{"id":"senses-finding","name":"Senses","description":"Senses.","questions":[{"text":"What other senses does stalk have, including animal structures and plant names?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the other sense?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"teach","name":"Teach","description":"Teaching.","findings":[{"id":"teach-finding","name":"Teach","description":"Teaching.","questions":[{"text":"How are stalk terms taught in botany, and which are confused?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits botanical terminology?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Identify and describe stalks, stems, petioles and stipes in plants and fungi.","Report the condition of crop or plant stalks for disease or lodging to a grower."],"mustNot":["Identify a mushroom as edible from its stalk or any single feature.","Collect protected plants or fungi in the wild against local rules.","Apply treatments to crops the grower has not approved."],"requiresHuman":["Deciding that a wild fungus or plant is safe to eat."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Misidentified fungi can poison people.","Crop stalks left as residue matter for soil health and burning causes smoke harm."],"affectedParties":["Foragers","Growers","Protected species"]},"owners":{"steward":"The person who grows or holds the plant; wild plants are protected by law where listed.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"oewn-13108385-n","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"plant organ","type":"related","note":"a supporting structure"},{"target":"petiole","type":"related","note":"the leaf stalk"},{"target":"peduncle","type":"related","note":"the flower stalk"},{"target":"stem","type":"related","note":"the main axis"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.stalk","Open English WordNet: oewn-13149924-n"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":[]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Elongated supporting structure","Named by what it bears: petiole, peduncle, pedicel, stipe","Roots and tendrils are different organs","A slender, usually cylindrical structure connecting a part to the main body of a plant or fungus."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain kinds of stalk","identify the correct term for a structure","relay culinary and craft uses","separate senses"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Confusing stalk terms","Toxic stalks such as rhubarb leaves mistaken for edible parts","Sense confusion with plant names such as water chestnut and groundnut"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["No regulation; botanical terminology follows standard glossaries"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Supporting and connecting plant and fungal parts.","stems and stalks of whole plants","petioles of leaves","peduncles and pedicels of flowers and fruits","stipes of mushrooms and seaweeds","gynophores and carpophores bearing reproductive organs","edible stalks such as celery and rhubarb"]}},"sources":[],"openQuestions":["Should each specialised stalk be a separate entry?","How should botanical glossaries be linked?","The registry entry has merged aliases naming unrelated plants and specialised stalks; should they be split off?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-stalk/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-stalk/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-12T21:47:58Z","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":"missing","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"missing"},"notes":{"sources":"Written from model knowledge without web access; claims are unverified."},"score":0.882}}