{ "model": { "rank": 2971, "code": "thing-q156099", "model_id": "vr.tr.dianthus", "name": "Dianthus", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise a Dianthus plant, assess its condition against its identified species or cultivar, and choose justified care, propagation or observation actions.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.LIV", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q156099/", "tier": 2, "score": 93, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [], "aliasCount": 0, "merged": 0, "knownIn": 93, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": null, "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q156099", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156099", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-07T14:01:32Z", "providers": [ "Codex", "Grok" ], "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "usd": 0.00993378, "turns": 1, "seconds": 155.3, "error": null }, "codex": { "seconds": 91.8, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.3\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a07c28-7c3e-7483-8ed1-546e0722c400\n--------\nuser\nYou are drafting a Vercy meta-model for one registered thing. 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Reference: [Kew genus description](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A6245-1/general-information).", "In a non-double flower, inspect the five petals and their narrow basal claws; record blade margins and markings rather than identifying the genus from pink colour or fragrance alone.", "Check leaf arrangement along the stem for opposite pairs; grasslike foliage alone does not distinguish a Dianthus plant from lookalikes such as thrift.", "Distinguish candidate Dianthus species using the combination of flower clustering, epicalyx scales, leaf dimensions and petal division; names such as carnation, pink and sweet William are identification leads rather than interchangeable species determinations." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Botanical attribution", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Candidate or accepted Dianthus species, hybrid or cultivar; supporting reference and confidence", "why_it_matters": "Care expectations and identification tests depend on which Dianthus is present." }, { "name": "Life-history interpretation", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Annual, biennial, perennial or unresolved; distinguish expected lifespan from cultivation practice", "why_it_matters": "Prevents treating every Dianthus as a persistent perennial or interpreting normal senescence as disease." }, { "name": "Growth habit", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Mat-forming, tufted, upright, mixed or unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Supports identification and distinguishes expected architecture from lodging or loss of vigour." }, { "name": "Plant dimensions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Vegetative height, flowering height and spread in cm; observation date", "why_it_matters": "Separates foliage growth from flower-stem extension and informs spacing or support decisions." }, { "name": "Diagnostic floral characters", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Epicalyx scale count; calyx length in mm; petal count; petal incision as fraction of blade length", "why_it_matters": "Provides repeatable evidence for distinguishing candidate taxa." }, { "name": "Flower presentation", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Solitary or clustered; single or double; observed colour, markings and fragrance", "why_it_matters": "Supports cultivar comparison while recording traits that can obscure botanical identification." }, { "name": "Reproductive stage", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Vegetative, budding, flowering, spent flowers, developing capsules, mature seed or mixed", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether deadheading, seed collection or selection of non-flowering shoots fits the objective." }, { "name": "Crown and root condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Observed firmness, discoloration, decay, root occupancy and inspection limitations", "why_it_matters": "Helps distinguish flowering decline from problems affecting survival." }, { "name": "Root-zone conditions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Substrate pH; moisture with method and units; drainage observation and time since watering", "why_it_matters": "Supports condition assessment without applying an unsupported genus-wide watering prescription." }, { "name": "Exposure history", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Direct sunlight in hours/day; air temperature minima and maxima in °C; observation period", "why_it_matters": "Allows flowering and injury observations to be evaluated against the identified type and local conditions." }, { "name": "Propagation lineage", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Parent plant or seed lot; seed, cutting, division or other documented method; date", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes a documented clone from seedlings whose cultivar identity remains uncertain." } ], "affordances": [ "Inspect and photograph leaves, calyx, epicalyx and petals to refine an uncertain identification.", "Select a planting position or adjust watering using taxon-specific requirements and observed root-zone conditions.", "Deadhead or retain spent flowers according to whether continued display or seed production is intended.", "Select propagation material using a method supported for the identified Dianthus and preserve its lineage.", "Investigate decline through symptom records and targeted inspection before choosing an intervention." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "linnaeus-1753", "title": "Species Plantarum, vol. 1", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Establishes the genus Dianthus L. (p. 409) and the type species D. caryophyllus under Linnaean nomenclature." }, { "id": "powo-kew", "title": "Plants of the World Online: Dianthus L.", "url": "https://powo.science.kew.org", "what_it_supports": "Current accepted generic circumscription, family placement in Caryophyllaceae, and geographic range as compiled by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.", "url_status": "blocked" }, { "id": "upov-tg23", "title": "Guidelines for the Conduct of Tests for Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability: Carnation (Dianthus L.), TG/23", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "How protected cultivars of the genus are formally distinguished (growth type, flower form, stem habit) in plant-variety examination." }, { "id": "unece-carnations", "title": "UNECE Standard concerning the marketing and commercial quality control of carnations", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "Cut-flower commercial grades, sizing and presentation used for Dianthus caryophyllus in international trade." }, { "id": "flora-europaea", "title": "Flora Europaea, vol. 1 (Caryophyllaceae: Dianthus)", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "European species-level taxonomy, diagnostic morphology (epicalyx, calyx, petal margin), and separation from related genera." } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "dianthus-identity", "name": "Dianthus identity", "description": "Establish what the plant can defensibly be called and which traits support that attribution.", "rationale": "A nursery label or common name does not establish the species, cultivar or requirements of a Dianthus.", "layers": [ { "id": "genus-recognition", "name": "Genus recognition", "description": "Evaluate the observable character combination supporting Dianthus membership.", "findings": [ { "id": "diagnostic-character-evidence", "name": "Diagnostic character evidence", "description": "Record leaves, calyx, epicalyx and petals together, including missing organs or double flowers that limit identification.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which observed leaf and floral characters support Dianthus, and which contradict the proposed identification?", "kind": "definition", "id": "diagnostic-character-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which similar genera remain plausible because diagnostic structures are absent or obscured?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "diagnostic-character-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "species-and-cultivar-attribution", "name": "Species and cultivar attribution", "description": "Separate botanical determination, cultivar denomination and seller wording.", "findings": [ { "id": "attribution-and-lineage", "name": "Attribution and lineage", "description": "Preserve label wording, acquisition evidence and determination history without upgrading a trade description into a verified identity.", "questions": [ { "text": "What label, supplier record, parentage record or botanical determination supports the claimed species or cultivar?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "attribution-and-lineage-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence distinguishes the leading identification from other Dianthus species or hybrids with similar flowers?", "kind": "definition", "id": "attribution-and-lineage-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "habit-and-flowering", "name": "Habit and flowering", "description": "Describe the plant's vegetative architecture and reproductive progression.", "rationale": "Dianthus identity and care decisions require distinguishing foliage growth, flowering stems and life-history stage.", "layers": [ { "id": "vegetative-architecture", "name": "Vegetative architecture", "description": "Assess basal growth, shoot extension and the distribution of living foliage.", "findings": [ { "id": "habit-and-persistence", "name": "Habit and persistence", "description": "Record plant dimensions, basal renewal and bare or woody areas against the expected habit of the identified type.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the foliage height, flowering-stem height and spread, and where are new basal shoots present?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "habit-and-persistence-q01" }, { "text": "Is the observed loss of foliage consistent with this Dianthus's documented life history, or does it require investigation?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "habit-and-persistence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "flowering-and-seed-stage", "name": "Flowering and seed stage", "description": "Track buds, open flowers, spent flowers and capsules separately.", "findings": [ { "id": "reproductive-progression", "name": "Reproductive progression", "description": "Use dated observations to distinguish a normal flowering transition from bud failure or an unsupported expectation of repeat bloom.", "questions": [ { "text": "How many stems carry buds, open flowers, spent flowers or developing capsules at each observation?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "reproductive-progression-q01" }, { "text": "Should spent flowers be removed or retained given the display, breeding or seed-collection objective?", "kind": "action", "id": "reproductive-progression-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "growing-site-fit", "name": "Growing-site fit", "description": "Relate the plant's root environment and exposure to requirements supported for its identity.", "rationale": "Advice for one carnation or pink must not become an automatic prescription for every Dianthus.", "layers": [ { "id": "root-zone-and-crown-setting", "name": "Root zone and crown setting", "description": "Record drainage, moisture, substrate and planting position around the crown.", "findings": [ { "id": "root-environment-compatibility", "name": "Root environment compatibility", "description": "Evaluate measured conditions against a named reference. For example, sunny conditions and well-drained soil are recommended for D. caryophyllus by the [RHS](https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/5707/dianthus-caryophyllus/details); applicability to other identities requires checking.", "questions": [ { "text": "How wet is the root zone after watering or rain, how quickly does it drain, and is substrate covering the crown?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "root-environment-compatibility-q01" }, { "text": "Which substrate or watering adjustment is supported for this identified Dianthus and its observed condition?", "kind": "action", "id": "root-environment-compatibility-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "light-and-seasonal-exposure", "name": "Light and seasonal exposure", "description": "Connect actual sunlight and temperature history to growth and flowering observations.", "findings": [ { "id": "exposure-fit", "name": "Exposure fit", "description": "Keep measured exposure distinct from cultivar-specific tolerance claims and regional growing guidance.", "questions": [ { "text": "What sunlight duration and temperature extremes did the plant experience during the period of poor growth, flowering or injury?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "exposure-fit-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence supports moving, shading or protecting this particular Dianthus under these conditions?", "kind": "action", "id": "exposure-fit-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "decline-and-damage", "name": "Decline and damage", "description": "Locate damage and assess competing explanations before intervention.", "rationale": "A Dianthus with spent flowers, wilting shoots or crown deterioration presents different decisions even when all appear as general decline.", "layers": [ { "id": "crown-root-and-shoot-integrity", "name": "Crown, root and shoot integrity", "description": "Examine whether deterioration is local to flowering stems or affects basal renewal and the root system.", "findings": [ { "id": "decline-distribution", "name": "Decline distribution", "description": "Record affected organs, symptom progression and inspection evidence without treating wilting as a confirmed diagnosis.", "questions": [ { "text": "Are symptoms confined to old flower stems, or do they include basal shoots, crown tissue and roots?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "decline-distribution-q01" }, { "text": "What additional inspection would distinguish water stress, physical damage, senescence and suspected disease?", "kind": "action", "id": "decline-distribution-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "foliage-and-flower-damage", "name": "Foliage and flower damage", "description": "Assess visible lesions, feeding damage, distortion and failed buds.", "findings": [ { "id": "symptom-and-cause-separation", "name": "Symptom and cause separation", "description": "Keep photographs and symptom descriptions separate from pest or pathogen attribution and record the evidence needed for treatment decisions.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which leaves, buds or flowers are affected, what fraction is damaged, and is the damage spreading?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "symptom-and-cause-separation-q01" }, { "text": "What organism observation, diagnostic result or expert assessment supports the suspected cause?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "symptom-and-cause-separation-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "care-and-propagation-decisions", "name": "Care and propagation decisions", "description": "Connect interventions to plant identity, current condition and the desired outcome.", "rationale": "Maintaining a flowering display, renewing a plant and preserving a named cultivar require different choices.", "layers": [ { "id": "flowering-and-shoot-management", "name": "Flowering and shoot management", "description": "Choose deadheading, trimming or support according to the Dianthus type and retained growth.", "findings": [ { "id": "intervention-purpose-and-response", "name": "Intervention purpose and response", "description": "Record the intended effect, shoots affected and subsequent response so repeated intervention depends on evidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the proposed intervention intended to remove spent flowers, address damaged stems, support flowering shoots or manage plant shape?", "kind": "action", "id": "intervention-purpose-and-response-q01" }, { "text": "After the intervention, what changed in basal growth, bud production or stem stability, and over what interval?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "intervention-purpose-and-response-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "propagation-and-identity-continuity", "name": "Propagation and identity continuity", "description": "Select suitable plant material and preserve the distinction between clonal and seed-derived offspring.", "findings": [ { "id": "propagation-readiness-and-lineage", "name": "Propagation readiness and lineage", "description": "Record parent identity, health, shoot or seed maturity, method suitability and the evidence required before assigning offspring a cultivar name.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which propagation method is supported for this Dianthus, and does the available material meet its stage and health requirements?", "kind": "action", "id": "propagation-readiness-and-lineage-q01" }, { "text": "Which parent or seed lot produced the new plant, and what supports carrying forward the claimed cultivar identity?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "propagation-readiness-and-lineage-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "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.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Florist and perpetual-flowering carnations (mainly D. caryophyllus hybrids), split in trade into standard (one terminal bloom) and spray (many blooms) stems", "Border and exhibition carnations, the older once-flowering garden/show group", "Garden pinks (D. plumarius and D. × allwoodii and allied hybrids)", "Sweet William (D. barbatus), usually grown as a biennial bedding plant", "China or annual/rainbow pinks (D. chinensis and bedding hybrids)", "Alpine and rock-garden pinks (D. alpinus, D. gratianopolitanus, D. deltoides and related cushion or mat species)", "Fringed pink / nadeshiko (D. superbus and its regional variants)", "Wild Mediterranean, Balkan and steppe species used as conservation targets and as breeding parents" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Dianthus this 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Pl. 1: 409 (1753)", "note": "Conserved generic name; nomenclatural type Dianthus caryophyllus L." }, { "scheme": "Harmonized System (WCO)", "value_or_pattern": "0603.12", "note": "Cut carnations; other cut Dianthus may be classified under residual cut-flower headings such as 0603.19." }, { "scheme": "UPOV taxon code", "value_or_pattern": "DIANT", "note": "Code used in plant breeders' rights filings for Dianthus." }, { "scheme": "IPNI / WFO", "value_or_pattern": "genus name Dianthus L.", "note": "Authoritative name records; numeric LSID/WFO-id should be taken from those databases, not guessed." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Dianthus this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "IAPT - International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, governing scientific names of the genus and its species.", "UPOV - Test Guidelines TG/23 for Carnation (Dianthus L.), the DUS protocol for granting plant breeders' rights.", "UNECE - Standard on marketing and commercial quality control of carnations (cut-flower grade, size, packaging).", "EPPO and national plant-protection organisations - phytosanitary controls on Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. dianthi and other pathogens of carnation production and trade.", "CPVO and national PVR offices - examination and grant of protection for Dianthus cultivars as ornamental varieties." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Dianthus this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Cut-flower crop: standard and spray carnations are a staple of floristry, bouquets, and auction clocks (especially Colombia, Kenya, the Netherlands, and Spain).", "Garden and landscape plants: border carnations, pinks, and Sweet William in temperate beds, cottage gardens, and rock gardens.", "Bedding and pot plants: D. chinensis hybrids and dwarf pot carnations sold through garden centres.", "Breeding and seed trade: F1 bedding series and protected florist clones propagated by cuttings.", "Cultural and ceremonial use: carnations as boutonnières and political/seasonal emblems; D. superbus (nadeshiko) as a Japanese literary and garden plant.", "Conservation: narrowly endemic taxa (e.g. Cheddar pink) are monitored and translocated in western Europe." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Dianthus this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "Plant height (wild alpine pinks to tall florist carnations)", "typical_range": "5-90", "unit": "cm" }, { "quantity": "Flower diameter", "typical_range": "15-80", "unit": "mm" }, { "quantity": "Cut-stem length (standard florist carnation)", "typical_range": "40-70", "unit": "cm" }, { "quantity": "Vase life of cut carnations after harvest (with or without ethylene inhibitors)", "typical_range": "7-21", "unit": "days" }, { "quantity": "Somatic chromosome number (common diploid counts in the genus)", "typical_range": "2n = 30 (x = 15)", "unit": "chromosomes" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of Dianthus this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. dianthi) historically collapsing greenhouse carnation stocks.", "Bacterial wilt and related vascular bacterioses of florist Dianthus.", "Ethylene-induced petal in-rolling (\"sleepiness\") that ruins cut-flower quality in mixed loads or polluted stores.", "Botrytis petal blight in cool, humid packing and vase conditions.", "Crown and root rots, and winter wet, killing alpine pinks on poorly drained garden soils.", "Mild gastrointestinal upset if foliage or flowers are eaten (saponin-bearing Caryophyllaceae); not a major human poison.", "Naturalisation of garden taxa outside the native Mediterranean-Eurasian range." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Dianthus this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "English horticulture treats carnation, pink, and Sweet William as separate garden classes; many other languages use one vernacular for the whole genus.", "Japan distinguishes nadeshiko (D. superbus and close variants) as a native cultural plant from imported florist carnations.", "Species diversity is centred on the Mediterranean, Balkans and south-west Asia; most North American garden Dianthus are introduced.", "Cheddar pink (D. gratianopolitanus) is a named conservation and garden entity in Britain and neighbouring western Europe, not a global trade class.", "Commercial cut-carnation production shifted from traditional European glasshouses to high-altitude equatorial farms, which changed cultivar choice and postharvest practice." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Dianthus this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Silene (campions and catchflies)", "difference": "Silene lacks the short epicalyx bracts clasping a five-toothed Dianthus calyx; the capsule typically opens by teeth or more than four valves, and petals are not the classic clawed, pinked Dianthus limb." }, { "name": "Petrorhagia", "difference": "Generally smaller flowers with scarious involucral bracts and a different calyx/epicalyx construction; not the fleshy florist or garden-pink habit." }, { "name": "Gypsophila (baby's-breath)", "difference": "Much-branched panicles of small flowers without a Dianthus-style tubular calyx plus epicalyx; used as a filler, not as a carnation analogue." }, { "name": "Saponaria (soapwort)", "difference": "Calyx tubular but without Dianthus epicalyx bracts; petals usually entire rather than toothed or fringed, and plants are typically coarser." }, { "name": "Other cut \"pinks\" in floristry slang", "difference": "Trade \"pink\" or dyed non-Dianthus stems are separated by the epicalyx-plus-tubular calyx and the swollen ovary/capsule of true Dianthus." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Dianthus this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does the registry intend Dianthus to cover the botanical genus and its living cultivated representatives, or a narrower horticultural concept?", "Does an existing Vercy world model already own this concept, and how should overlapping carnation, pink or sweet William entries link to it?", "Which authoritative identification keys and cultivar records are needed for the geographic regions and cultivated material this model will encounter?", "Which species- or cultivar-specific evidence establishes appropriate substrate, exposure, seasonal care and propagation guidance?", "Which diagnostic evidence and local conservation or propagation restrictions must be checked before treatment, collection or multiplication of a particular plant?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 18, "questions": 28 } }, "draft": { "generator": "vr.draft.v3", "status": "draft-generated", "researched": false, "archetype": "organism", "method": "Written from the archetype playbook - what this kind of thing needs beyond identity and provenance - and from the structure that recurred across 6,333 models already researched by two engines. Applied to this entry by rule. No source was read for this thing and no claim here is researched. This entry carries no facets of its own, so they were inferred from its domain - a guess about a whole domain applied to one thing.", "facetsInferred": true, "nextPass": "A researcher replaces this draft with a sourced specification. Treat every sentence below as a proposal to argue with.", "purpose": "Give an agent a durable, checkable way to recognise a Dianthus, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to recognise a Dianthus plant, assess its condition against its identified species or cultivar, and choose justified care, propagation or observation actions.", "characteristics": { "substance": "living", "origin": "natural", "agency": "autonomous", "mobility": "self-moving" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "observed and measured" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Described in 93 Wikipedia languages, which is a measure of how widely the thing is known, not of how important it is." ], "openQuestionsForResearch": [ "Which of the bundles below does a real task actually need, and which are ceremony?", "What does this thing have that the facets do not capture at all?", "Which neighbouring kind is most often confused with a Dianthus, and on what evidence are they told apart?" ], "whatItIsMadeOf": "a living thing", "physicalCharacter": [ "Moves under its own power or of its own accord.", "Acts on its own behalf.", "These come from the domain this entry sits in rather than from the entry itself, so treat them as a first guess about the whole domain applied to one thing." ], "whatCanBeDoneWithIt": [ "observe it, measure it, record its state" ], "howItIsRecognised": [ "Recognised by diagnostic characters, and those differ by life stage - the young of many kinds are mistaken for other kinds entirely. A sighting is settled by characters, a photograph and a place, not by a name alone." ], "relatedModels": [], "standing": "Described in 93 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is.", "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "identity-and-classification", "name": "Identity, naming and classification", "description": "How an agent tells one Dianthus from another, and a Dianthus from things that resemble it.", "rationale": "Recognition comes before every other claim. Without stable identity nothing else in the model can be trusted to be about the same thing twice.", "layers": [ { "id": "naming-and-identifiers", "name": "Names and identifiers", "description": "The names this thing goes by and the identifiers that survive translation and time.", "findings": [ { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases", "name": "Preferred name, aliases and local names", "description": "Which name to use, which names mean the same thing, and which merely sound similar.", "questions": [ { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the name of a Dianthus, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the name of a Dianthus, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the name of a Dianthus is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] }, { "id": "stable-identifiers", "name": "Stable identifiers and external keys", "description": "Identifiers that keep pointing at this kind of thing across systems and languages.", "questions": [ { "id": "stable-identifiers-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes an identifier for a Dianthus, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "stable-identifiers-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about an identifier for a Dianthus, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "stable-identifiers-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once an identifier for a Dianthus is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "classification-and-granularity", "name": "Classification and granularity", "description": "Where a Dianthus sits among kinds, and how finely a task needs to cut it.", "findings": [ { "id": "kind-and-parents", "name": "Kind, parents and neighbouring kinds", "description": "The classes this thing belongs to and the ones it is next to.", "questions": [ { "id": "kind-and-parents-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the kind of a Dianthus, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "kind-and-parents-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the kind of a Dianthus, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "kind-and-parents-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the kind of a Dianthus is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] }, { "id": "distinguishing-features", "name": "Distinguishing features", "description": "What separates a Dianthus from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a Dianthus, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "distinguishing-features-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about what distinguishes a Dianthus, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "distinguishing-features-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once what distinguishes a Dianthus is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "form-and-composition", "name": "Form, composition and condition", "description": "What a Dianthus is made of, what shape and size it takes, and what state it is in.", "rationale": "A physical thing can be measured, and a model that cannot record its measurements cannot support any decision that depends on them.", "layers": [ { "id": "form-and-dimensions", "name": "Form and dimensions", "description": "Shape, size, mass and the ranges these take across examples.", "findings": [ { "id": "measurable-dimensions", "name": "Measurable dimensions and their units", "description": "The quantities worth recording and the units they are recorded in.", "questions": [ { "id": "measurable-dimensions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the dimensions of a Dianthus, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "measurable-dimensions-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the dimensions of a Dianthus, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "measurable-dimensions-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the dimensions of a Dianthus is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "material-and-composition", "name": "Material and composition", "description": "Anatomy, parts and life stage.", "findings": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials", "name": "Parts and life stages", "description": "The parts of a Dianthus and the stages it passes through.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a Dianthus, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "parts-and-materials-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the composition of a Dianthus, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "parts-and-materials-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the composition of a Dianthus is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-integrity", "name": "Condition and integrity", "description": "Wear, damage, health and the difference between working and broken.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-assessment", "name": "Condition, damage and health", "description": "How the condition of a Dianthus is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a Dianthus, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "condition-assessment-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the condition of a Dianthus, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "condition-assessment-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the condition of a Dianthus is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "place-and-movement", "name": "Place and movement", "description": "Where a Dianthus is, how it got there and where it may go (self-moving).", "rationale": "A thing that can move needs its position recorded with a time, or every later claim about it is about a place it has left.", "layers": [ { "id": "location-and-placement", "name": "Location and placement", "description": "Position, containment and the reference frame the position is given in.", "findings": [ { "id": "position-and-frame", "name": "Position, container and reference frame", "description": "Where a Dianthus is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a Dianthus, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "position-and-frame-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the location of a Dianthus, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "position-and-frame-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the location of a Dianthus is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "movement-and-transfer", "name": "Movement and transfer", "description": "How a Dianthus moves on its own.", "findings": [ { "id": "movement-events", "name": "Movement events and constraints", "description": "What counts as a movement, what records it and what limits it.", "questions": [ { "id": "movement-events-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the movement of a Dianthus, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "movement-events-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the movement of a Dianthus, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "movement-events-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the movement of a Dianthus is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "state-and-lifecycle", "name": "State and lifecycle", "description": "The states a Dianthus passes through and the events that move it between them.", "rationale": "Most decisions about a thing depend on what state it is in now, which is a claim with a time on it, not a property.", "layers": [ { "id": "lifecycle-stages", "name": "Lifecycle stages", "description": "From coming into existence to ceasing to be one of these.", "findings": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions", "name": "Stages and transitions", "description": "The stages worth naming and what moves a Dianthus between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a Dianthus, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the lifecycle of a Dianthus, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the lifecycle of a Dianthus is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "observations-and-status", "name": "Observations and current status", "description": "What is observed about a Dianthus, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a Dianthus is recorded so that it can be superseded rather than overwritten.", "questions": [ { "id": "observation-record-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes an observation of a Dianthus, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "observation-record-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about an observation of a Dianthus, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "observation-record-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once an observation of a Dianthus is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "taxonomic-placement", "name": "Taxonomic placement and identification", "description": "What Dianthus is called scientifically, by whose authority, and how a specimen is recognised.", "rationale": "Names change with revisions while the organism does not, so a name without its authority and date cannot be reconciled later.", "layers": [ { "id": "accepted-name", "name": "Accepted name and synonymy", "description": "The current binomial, its author and date, and the names it replaced.", "findings": [ { "id": "name-and-authority", "name": "Accepted name, authority and synonyms", "description": "What to record so a later revision can be applied without losing the old data.", "questions": [ { "id": "name-and-authority-q01", "text": "What is the accepted scientific name of Dianthus, with its author and year, and which synonyms does it absorb?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "name-and-authority-q02", "text": "Which taxonomic authority is being followed, and what would a competing authority say?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "field-identification", "name": "Field identification", "description": "The characters that separate Dianthus from what it is confused with.", "findings": [ { "id": "diagnostic-characters", "name": "Diagnostic characters and confusable kinds", "description": "Features that settle an identification, and those that only suggest it.", "questions": [ { "id": "diagnostic-characters-q01", "text": "Which observable characters distinguish Dianthus from its closest look-alikes, and at which life stage are they visible?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "id": "diagnostic-characters-q02", "text": "What evidence is enough to record an identification as confirmed rather than provisional?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "life-cycle-and-condition", "name": "Life stages, condition and behaviour", "description": "What Dianthus does over its life and how its state is judged.", "rationale": "Stage and condition change what may be done - handled, treated, harvested, left alone - and both are observations with a time.", "layers": [ { "id": "stages-and-reproduction", "name": "Stages and reproduction", "description": "Development from origin to death, including forms that look like different animals.", "findings": [ { "id": "life-stages", "name": "Life stages and their marks", "description": "The stages worth recording and what tells them apart.", "questions": [ { "id": "life-stages-q01", "text": "What stages does Dianthus pass through, and what observable change marks each transition?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "life-stages-q02", "text": "Which stages are so unlike the adult that they are mistaken for another kind?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "health-and-condition", "name": "Health and condition", "description": "How condition is assessed and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-assessment", "name": "Condition assessment", "description": "Signs of health, injury and stress, and who is competent to judge them.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "How is the condition of Dianthus judged, on what scale, and by whom?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "condition-assessment-q02", "text": "What condition obliges an agent to act, and what act is permitted to whom?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "range-and-status", "name": "Habitat, range and conservation status", "description": "Where Dianthus lives and how threatened it is.", "rationale": "Range and status govern what is lawful, and both are assessments with an assessor and a year rather than facts of nature.", "layers": [ { "id": "habitat-and-range", "name": "Habitat and range", "description": "Native range, introductions and the habitat it needs.", "findings": [ { "id": "range-record", "name": "Range, introductions and habitat", "description": "What to record about where it is found and how it got there.", "questions": [ { "id": "range-record-q01", "text": "What is the native range of Dianthus, where has it been introduced, and what habitat does it require?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "range-record-q02", "text": "What distinguishes a native record from an introduced or vagrant one?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "protection-status", "name": "Protection and legal status", "description": "Conservation assessments and the rules that follow from them.", "findings": [ { "id": "status-and-rules", "name": "Conservation status and legal consequence", "description": "The assessment, its date, and what it forbids or requires where.", "questions": [ { "id": "status-and-rules-q01", "text": "What conservation status does Dianthus hold, under which assessment and year?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "status-and-rules-q02", "text": "What does that status forbid or require of an agent, and in which jurisdiction?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a Dianthus came from and when it held.", "rationale": "A claim without a source and a time cannot be superseded, only overwritten, and an agent that overwrites loses the ability to explain itself.", "layers": [ { "id": "source-and-authority", "name": "Source and authority", "description": "Who said it, on what evidence, and how strongly.", "findings": [ { "id": "claim-provenance", "name": "Claim provenance and confidence", "description": "The authority behind each claim about a Dianthus and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a Dianthus, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "claim-provenance-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about a claim about a Dianthus, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "claim-provenance-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once a claim about a Dianthus is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "time-and-versions", "name": "Time, versions and supersession", "description": "When a claim was true, when it was learnt, and what replaced it.", "findings": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession", "name": "Validity period and supersession", "description": "How an old claim about a Dianthus is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a Dianthus, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the validity of a claim about a Dianthus, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the validity of a claim about a Dianthus is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 8, "layers": 17, "findings": 19, "questions": 51 } } } }