switch
Let an agent describe the switch as a historical punishment implement, explain current law and child protection standards, route abuse concerns to help, and separate the electrical and other senses of switch.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Protection Safety first.
Concern
Abuse concerns.
Concern
Abuse concerns.
- Does the conversation disclose that a child or person is being hit or at risk? boundary
- Which child protection or emergency services should be contacted? action
Limits
Agent conduct.
Limits
Limits.
- Does the request seek guidance on physically punishing someone? boundary
- How should the agent decline and offer positive parenting resources? action
Law Legal status.
Status
Current law.
Status
Current law.
- Is corporal punishment of children prohibited in this country, according to official and monitoring sources? provenance
- Which settings does the ban cover? provenance
Rights
Children rights.
Rights
Children rights.
- What do the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its committee say about corporal punishment? provenance
- Which organisations campaign for bans? provenance
History Historical use.
Past
Historical practice.
Past
Historical practice.
- How were switches used historically in homes, schools and courts, according to historians? provenance
- How and why did the practice decline? provenance
Folklore
Customs.
Folklore
Customs.
- Which folk customs involve switches, such as Easter or midwinter traditions, as described by their communities? provenance
- Are they described neutrally? boundary
Senses Disambiguation.
Electrical
Electrical switch.
Electrical
Electrical sense.
- Is an electrical or network switch meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Other
Other senses.
Other
Other senses.
- Is a railway switch, a change or a game console meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.OBJ
What it is Filled
A thin flexible rod or twig, historically cut from trees such as birch, hazel or willow, used as an implement of corporal punishment in homes, schools and judicial systems; corporal punishment with switches is now prohibited in many countries and the object is described here at a historical, legal and child protection level.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent describe the switch as a historical punishment implement, explain current law and child protection standards, route abuse concerns to help, and separate the electrical and other senses of switch.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Flexible rod
- Historical punishment implement
- Prohibited in many jurisdictions
- Homonym with other senses
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Encourage or advise anyone on using a switch or any implement to punish a person.
- Present corporal punishment as harmless or as recommended discipline.
- Help hide physical punishment from authorities, teachers or doctors.
- Produce content that glorifies the beating of children.
Only with a human decision
- Reporting a suspected case of a child being harmed.
May
- Describe the switch historically and the law on corporal punishment in a stated jurisdiction.
- Point people to child protection services and support when they ask about physical punishment.
Moral aspects Filled
- Corporal punishment harms children physically and psychologically and is banned in many countries.
- Historical accounts must not trivialize the suffering of those punished.
Who is affected
- Children
- People in institutions and prisons
- Survivors of past punishment
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns it; child protection authorities enforce the law on physical punishment.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1435416 - registry parent class
- Q56147998 - registry parent class
related
- rod - category
- human rights - children rights framework
- etiquette - historical norms
- electrical switch - other sense
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.switch
- Wikidata: Q17013150 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17013150)
Direct properties required Filled
- Length: cm - Length is measured from end to end and varies with the plant material and surviving artifact.
- Diameter: mm - Diameter is measured at recorded positions because a natural stem commonly tapers.
- Moisture content: % - Moisture content is measured using a documented wood-testing method and affects flexibility and brittleness.
Recognition required Filled
- Historical illustrations and museum objects
- Distinct from canes and other implements
- Electrical switches are unrelated devices
- A thin, flexible rod cut from a tree.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- describe historical use and its decline
- explain current legal status of corporal punishment
- route child protection concerns to help
- separate other senses of switch
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Content that normalises or facilitates abuse
- Missing a child protection disclosure
- Confusing senses
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
- National bans on corporal punishment
- Child protection law
Context of use required Filled
- A historical implement now addressed by law and child protection.
- birch and hazel switches
- switches in folklore and custom
- judicial and school corporal punishment (historical)
- electrical switch (separate sense)
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q17013150: switch - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Switch (corporal punishment) - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should corporal punishment be a separate entry?
- How should legal status by country be linked?
- How should folklore uses be described?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q17013150/spec.json