hat-trick
Enable an AI agent to recognise a claimed hat-trick, evaluate it against the applicable achievement rules, and determine whether it may be recorded, confirmed, disputed or revised.
Research draft, second pass
A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.
Researched by: Codex + Grok
Purpose and description
Enable an AI agent to recognise a claimed hat-trick, evaluate it against the applicable achievement rules, and determine whether it may be recorded, confirmed, disputed or revised.
Three qualifying achievements by one person within a single bounded contest under a recognised convention, such as three goals in a football match or three wickets with consecutive deliveries in cricket; the term is also used loosely for any three successes in a row.
It can be Assemble a candidate hat-trick from linked achievement records.; Check attribution, event eligibility, counting boundaries and sequence requirements.; Identify the missing evidence or rule interpretation preventing a determination.; Assess a named variant separately from the base hat-trick.; Record recognition or a dispute with its source and stated grounds.; Reassess the claim when a constituent achievement or its credit changes..
Distinguishing features
A hat-trick claim must identify a convention under which three qualifying achievements form one recognised accomplishment; an arbitrary collection of three successes is insufficient.
The counted achievements must satisfy that convention's attribution rule; three team achievements do not by themselves establish an individual hat-trick.
The counted achievements must satisfy the applicable boundary and ordering rules; a lifetime total of three does not establish qualification under a match-bounded convention.
Three appearances, attempts or opportunities do not substitute for three qualifying achievements.
A named variant requires its additional conditions to be demonstrated independently of the base hat-trick claim.
Scope
+ The sport, activity or convention that gives the hat-trick its meaning
+ The credited achiever and the three qualifying achievements or qualifying threshold
+ The match, innings, sequence or other boundary within which achievements count
+ Requirements concerning consecutiveness, interruptions and eligible event types
+ Evidence, recognition status and consequences of event corrections
+ Additional conditions attached to a named hat-trick variant
- Complete rules and administration of the underlying sport or activity
- Full match, tournament or season records
- The achiever's biography, career statistics or general ability
- Detailed models of individual goals, wickets, wins or other constituent events
- Awards, payments or celebrations associated with the achievement
Characteristics
- Governing hat-trick convention
- Identified rule, statistical convention or documented local usage, with version or effective period where available Determines what must be counted and prevents one activity's meaning from being applied to another.
- Credited achiever
- Participant or collective credited under the selected convention Establishes whose achievement is being assessed.
- Qualifying achievement type
- Convention-specific event class, such as a credited goal, credited wicket or win Separates eligible achievements from attempts and superficially similar events.
- Eligible achievement count
- Non-negative integer count within the selected boundary Supports assessment of the three-achievement requirement and handling of additional achievements.
- Counting boundary
- Identified match, innings, run of opportunities, competition segment or other convention-defined interval Determines which achievements may be considered together.
- Sequence compliance
- Satisfied | violated | unresolved | no ordering condition Makes consecutiveness and interruption requirements explicit.
- Variant designation
- Base hat-trick | identified named variant | unresolved Prevents qualification for the base achievement from automatically establishing a more specific variant.
- Qualification assessment
- Not assessed | qualifies | does not qualify | unresolved Separates the agent's rule-based assessment from external recognition.
- Recognition status
- Claimed | recognised by an identified authority | disputed | withdrawn | unknown Records whether the designation has been accepted and by whom.
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 5 bundles · 9 layers · 9 findings · 17 questions.
Hat-trick meaning Establishes which meaning of hat-trick governs the claim and whether a more specific designation is being asserted.
The name alone does not establish the achievement type, counting rules or variant conditions.
Activity and convention
Anchors the claim to an activity and a documented qualification convention.
Governing meaning
Record the intended activity, the operative meaning of hat-trick and the source supporting that meaning.
- In which sport or activity is this achievement called a hat-trick, and what qualifies under that usage? definition
- Which rule, statistical authority or documented convention supplies that meaning for this event? provenance
Base and variant
Distinguishes the basic designation from additional claims made by a named variant.
Variant conditions
Record any variant label and its additional requirements without treating the label itself as proof.
- Is the claim for a base hat-trick or a named variant, and what extra conditions does that variant impose? definition
- If the variant conditions fail, does the evidence still establish the base hat-trick? boundary
Three qualifying achievements Identifies the counted achievements and establishes whether they belong to the claimed achiever.
A numerical total of three is insufficient unless each event is eligible, distinct and correctly credited.
Event eligibility
Separates qualifying achievements from excluded, duplicated or reversed events.
Counted event set
Link the distinct constituent events and record the eligibility decision for each.
- Which distinct events supply the qualifying count, and what recorded outcome makes each eligible? measurement
- Are any candidate events excluded, duplicated, cancelled or outside the eligible event class? boundary
Achievement credit
Establishes the credited achiever under the selected convention.
Consistent attribution
Record who receives credit for each achievement and whether that attribution satisfies the hat-trick rule.
- Who is credited with each counted achievement in the underlying event records? provenance
- Does the convention require one individual to receive all three credits, or permit the claimed collective or shared attribution? boundary
Counting window and sequence Determines whether the achievements form one qualifying occurrence within the required boundaries and ordering constraints.
Three eligible achievements can fail to constitute a hat-trick when separated by a disallowed boundary or interruption.
Qualification window
Defines the interval within which achievements can be combined.
Shared counting boundary
Identify the governing window and whether every counted achievement falls within it.
- What match, innings, competition segment or other interval bounds this hat-trick claim? boundary
- Does the convention permit the counted sequence to cross any period, innings, match or other boundary present in the evidence? definition
Ordering and occurrence
Assesses consecutiveness and determines how one occurrence is identified when further achievements follow.
Sequence and counting policy
Record the relevant event order, intervening opportunities and treatment of additional or overlapping qualifying triples.
- Must the achievements be consecutive, and which intervening events or opportunities break the required sequence? boundary
- If more than three eligible achievements occur, which events establish this occurrence and how does the convention treat overlapping triples? measurement
Hat-trick determination Connects evidence and external recognition to a revisable qualification decision.
A reported hat-trick, an evidence-supported qualification and an officially recognised achievement may have different states.
Evidence and recognition
Records support for the claim and identifies who recognises or disputes it.
Supported designation
Keep the agent's qualification assessment distinct from reported labels and authority recognition.
- Which scorecard, event log or other record supports the three achievements, their attribution and their order? provenance
- Who has recognised or disputed the hat-trick, and does that position agree with the recorded qualification evidence? provenance
Correction and reassessment
Determines what happens to the designation when its supporting events or interpretation change.
Qualification after change
Record unresolved dependencies and reassess the base designation and variant when relevant evidence changes.
- Which unresolved credit, eligibility or sequence decision could change this hat-trick's qualification? boundary
- If a counted achievement is removed, reassigned or corrected, should the claim be retained, revised, disputed or withdrawn? action
Evidence and external alignment What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.
A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.
Reported evidence
Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.
Kinds and varieties
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- pending
- Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of hat-trick this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Sources
- Workspace README and registry entry for hat-trick - Establishes the intended sense and catalogue rules before web lookups.
What the second pass must settle
- Does the registry intend a cross-sport achievement concept, a particular sport's usage, or a broader meaning that includes non-sporting accomplishments?
- Which authoritative conventions establish the qualifying events, counting boundaries and interruption rules for each intended context?
- Does each relevant convention treat three as an exact total, a threshold or a qualifying sequence, and how does it count overlapping triples?
- Which named variants belong within this entry, and what documented additional conditions distinguish them?
- How should qualification and recognition be represented when event records are corrected or relevant authorities disagree?