{ "model": { "rank": 4285, "code": "thing-q170167", "model_id": "vr.tr.tnt", "name": "TNT", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise TNT as a chemical substance, assess the condition and evidence attached to a particular sample, and determine which uses or interventions require specialist authority.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.MAT", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q170167/", "tier": 2, "score": 77, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [ "NTNT" ], "aliasCount": 1, "merged": 1, "knownIn": 77, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": null, "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q170167", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170167", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-09T19:52:44Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 24.5, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\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: 01a087b9-dd1c-7fd1-987f-275e30936e91\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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the sense of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene within PHY.MAT, including chemical identity, grade, physical condition, hazards and substance-level constraints; it distinguishes the substance from mixtures, explosive articles and TNT-equivalent measurements.", "in_scope": [ "Chemical identity, molecular composition and distinctions from other trinitrotoluene isomers", "Grade, purity, impurities and provenance of a particular sample or lot", "Physical phase, measured properties and the conditions under which measurements apply", "Substance hazards, exposure evidence and environmental contamination", "Jurisdiction-specific identity, classification and authorised handling or disposition" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Manufacturing routes, synthesis procedures and production equipment", "Explosive formulations containing TNT and their formulation-specific performance", "Munition, demolition charge and initiation-system design or operation", "TNT-equivalent energy units and explosive-yield calculations", "Clinical diagnosis and treatment of exposed people", "Site-wide remediation engineering and waste-treatment procedures" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Identity evidence must establish 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene; a molecular formula alone cannot distinguish positional isomers.", "A TNT-containing formulation is related to this substance through its measured TNT content and is not identified as pure TNT.", "An explosive article containing TNT has a separate identity from its chemical contents.", "A quantity expressed as TNT equivalent describes an energy comparison and does not establish the presence of TNT.", "A label, appearance or historical inventory entry is supporting evidence rather than sufficient chemical confirmation." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Confirmed substance identity", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "2,4,6-trinitrotoluene confirmed | provisionally identified | unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Prevents abbreviation matches or unverified labels from establishing chemical identity." }, { "name": "Chemical identifiers", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Verified CAS, PubChem and EC records with source and retrieval date", "why_it_matters": "Connects the substance to authoritative identity and classification records." }, { "name": "TNT mass fraction", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "% by mass, with analytical method, uncertainty and reporting basis", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes substance purity from TNT content in a mixture or environmental sample." }, { "name": "Grade and specification", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Declared grade, governing specification and conformity status", "why_it_matters": "A grade claim needs evidence before it can support a suitability decision." }, { "name": "Impurity and additive profile", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Identified constituents in mg/kg or mass %, with detection limits", "why_it_matters": "Non-TNT constituents can affect classification, material behaviour and permitted disposition." }, { "name": "Physical condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Observed phase and form, temperature in °C, observation date and method", "why_it_matters": "State assessments must refer to the actual material and its observation conditions." }, { "name": "Thermal-property evidence", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Transition or decomposition observations in °C, with method, pressure and sample composition", "why_it_matters": "Keeps measured transitions distinct from decomposition and prevents unsupported boiling-point entries." }, { "name": "Density", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "kg/m³, distinguishing material density from bulk density and recording temperature", "why_it_matters": "Different density measurements describe different aspects of a TNT sample." }, { "name": "Hazard classification", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Applicable explosive, health and environmental classifications with jurisdiction, source and date", "why_it_matters": "Classification must match both the material presented and the applicable rules." }, { "name": "Exposure or environmental concentration", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Air in mg/m³, water in µg/L, or soil in mg/kg, with sampling basis and detection limits", "why_it_matters": "A concentration is interpretable only with its medium, sampling context and applicable comparison criterion." }, { "name": "Custody and assessment status", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Documented custody | incomplete custody; specialist assessed | assessment pending", "why_it_matters": "Unknown history or unresolved condition constrains what an agent may authorise." } ], "affordances": [ "Reconcile labels and analytical evidence with a verified TNT identity.", "Compare a lot's documented composition with a named grade specification.", "Assess whether physical-property evidence applies to the sample under review.", "Flag missing classification, exposure or custody evidence for specialist review.", "Link TNT detections to environmental samples without treating the entire sample as TNT.", "Route handling, transfer or disposition decisions to appropriately authorised specialists." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "tnt-identity-and-boundaries", "name": "TNT identity and boundaries", "description": "Establishes the chemical sense of TNT and separates it from adjacent entities.", "rationale": "The acronym, related isomers, TNT-containing products and TNT-equivalent quantities can otherwise be conflated.", "layers": [ { "id": "chemical-identity", "name": "Chemical identity", "description": "Connects the registered thing to the specific chemical substance.", "findings": [ { "id": "isomer-specific-identification", "name": "Isomer-specific identification", "description": "Recognition requires evidence specific to 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene and identifiers that resolve to that substance.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which authoritative chemical records establish the identifiers and accepted names for 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene?", "kind": "definition", "id": "isomer-specific-identification-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence distinguishes the sample from other trinitrotoluene isomers or an incorrectly labelled material?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "isomer-specific-identification-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "substance-and-related-entities", "name": "Substance and related entities", "description": "Defines when a record describes TNT itself or a neighbouring thing.", "findings": [ { "id": "substance-content-and-equivalence", "name": "Substance, content and equivalence", "description": "Mixture composition, article contents and energy equivalence require separate relations to the substance.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this record describe TNT, a mixture containing TNT, an article containing it, or an energy expressed as TNT equivalent?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "substance-content-and-equivalence-q01" }, { "text": "Which neighbouring record owns the formulation, article or energy quantity when TNT is only a component or reference?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "substance-content-and-equivalence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "tnt-composition-and-grade", "name": "TNT composition and grade", "description": "Makes purity and lot-specific composition part of the substance assessment.", "rationale": "A TNT name alone does not establish the composition or conformity of the material actually present.", "layers": [ { "id": "assay-and-constituents", "name": "Assay and constituents", "description": "Records measured TNT content and identified non-TNT constituents.", "findings": [ { "id": "composition-with-analytical-basis", "name": "Composition with analytical basis", "description": "Composition claims require a reporting basis, analytical provenance and explicit limits on what was measured.", "questions": [ { "text": "What TNT mass fraction was measured, on what reporting basis, and with what uncertainty?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "composition-with-analytical-basis-q01" }, { "text": "Which isomers, residues, additives or contaminants were investigated, and which remain uncharacterised?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "composition-with-analytical-basis-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "grade-and-lot-history", "name": "Grade and lot history", "description": "Connects declared quality to a specification and the particular lot.", "findings": [ { "id": "grade-claim-traceability", "name": "Grade-claim traceability", "description": "Declared grade, analytical conformity and material history are separate pieces of evidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which specification defines the claimed TNT grade, and does the available certificate apply to this lot?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "grade-claim-traceability-q01" }, { "text": "Does the lot have documented original, recovered or otherwise uncertain provenance that changes the evidence required for acceptance?", "kind": "action", "id": "grade-claim-traceability-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "tnt-physical-state-and-properties", "name": "TNT physical state and properties", "description": "Describes the observed material and the applicability of physical-property evidence.", "rationale": "Reference constants cannot substitute for the condition and composition of a particular TNT sample.", "layers": [ { "id": "observed-material-condition", "name": "Observed material condition", "description": "Captures phase, form and recorded changes without treating appearance as chemical identification.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-evidence", "name": "Condition evidence", "description": "Physical condition is time-dependent evidence tied to observation conditions and sample history.", "questions": [ { "text": "What phase and physical form were documented, at what temperature and date?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "condition-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which observed changes or gaps in storage history require specialist reassessment of the material?", "kind": "action", "id": "condition-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "qualified-property-records", "name": "Qualified property records", "description": "Qualifies density, phase transitions and other constants by method and material basis.", "findings": [ { "id": "property-applicability", "name": "Property applicability", "description": "A property record must identify what was measured and whether it applies to this grade and state.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which sourced density and melting observations apply to this TNT composition, and under which measurement conditions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "property-applicability-q01" }, { "text": "Does a reported high-temperature value represent boiling, decomposition or another observation, and what evidence supports that interpretation?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "property-applicability-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "tnt-hazards-and-authority", "name": "TNT hazards and authority", "description": "Connects applicable hazard evidence to limits on agent action.", "rationale": "TNT decisions require attention to explosive hazards alongside health hazards and the authority governing the actual material.", "layers": [ { "id": "hazard-evidence", "name": "Hazard evidence", "description": "Maintains classification and exposure criteria with their applicability conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "classification-and-exposure-basis", "name": "Classification and exposure basis", "description": "Hazard statements and exposure criteria must retain their source, jurisdiction and material scope.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which current authoritative sources establish the explosive and health classifications applicable to this TNT material?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "classification-and-exposure-basis-q01" }, { "text": "Which occupational exposure criteria and route-specific annotations apply, with what units and averaging periods?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "classification-and-exposure-basis-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "authorised-material-decisions", "name": "Authorised material decisions", "description": "Identifies who may decide on possession, movement, assessment and disposition.", "findings": [ { "id": "decision-authority-and-evidence", "name": "Decision authority and evidence", "description": "A substance identity or safety data sheet alone does not establish authorisation for a particular activity.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which jurisdiction, material presentation and intended activity determine the required specialist authority and documentation?", "kind": "action", "id": "decision-authority-and-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What unresolved identity, condition or custody evidence prevents an agent from approving the requested action?", "kind": "action", "id": "decision-authority-and-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "tnt-environmental-presence-and-disposition", "name": "TNT environmental presence and disposition", "description": "Tracks TNT in environmental media and its relationship to authorised disposition records.", "rationale": "TNT detected in soil, water or waste requires concentration and transformation evidence distinct from a bulk-substance record.", "layers": [ { "id": "environmental-detection", "name": "Environmental detection", "description": "Relates analytical detections to sampled media and separately identified transformation products.", "findings": [ { "id": "parent-substance-and-transformation-products", "name": "Parent substance and transformation products", "description": "TNT and its transformation products need separate identities and analytical results.", "questions": [ { "text": "What TNT concentration was reported for which medium, sampling location, date and detection limit?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "parent-substance-and-transformation-products-q01" }, { "text": "Were transformation products measured separately, and which linked substance records describe them?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "parent-substance-and-transformation-products-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "disposition-and-closure", "name": "Disposition and closure", "description": "Connects the material record to specialist decisions and documented outcomes.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-for-disposition-status", "name": "Evidence for disposition status", "description": "Transfer, treatment or closure status requires evidence appropriate to the material and jurisdiction.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which authorised assessment determines the disposition route for this TNT-bearing material?", "kind": "action", "id": "evidence-for-disposition-status-q01" }, { "text": "What custody, acceptance or analytical records support the claimed disposition outcome and any remaining uncertainty?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "evidence-for-disposition-status-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about 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complicates its interpretation." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of TNT this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "CAS Registry Number", "value_or_pattern": "118-96-7", "note": "Identifies 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene." }, { "scheme": "PubChem CID", "value_or_pattern": "8376", "note": "Compound record for 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene." }, { "scheme": "Chemical nomenclature", "value_or_pattern": "2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene", "note": "An alternative systematic name for the compound commonly called 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of TNT this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals provides the framework for communicating explosive, health and environmental hazards.", "United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods provide transport classification provisions for TNT; the applicable entry depends on its physical condition and formulation." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of TNT this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Explosive fillings in military 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this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Can explode following sufficiently strong initiation or severe thermal exposure; relative insensitivity does not make it safe to handle.", "Toxic exposure can occur through skin contact, inhalation or ingestion and can damage blood and liver.", "Heating or burning can produce hazardous decomposition products, including nitrogen oxides.", "Residues can contaminate soil and water and harm aquatic organisms.", "Impurities, formulation and physical condition can alter material behaviour and hazard classification." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of TNT this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Explosives licensing, storage and transport requirements depend on jurisdiction.", "Occupational exposure limits and required hazard statements must be checked against the applicable national system." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of TNT this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Other trinitrotoluene isomers", "difference": "They share the molecular formula but differ in nitro-group positions; ordinary usage of TNT denotes the 2,4,6-isomer." }, { "name": "Dinitrotoluene", "difference": "Contains two nitro groups on the toluene ring rather than three." }, { "name": "Dynamite", "difference": "An explosive formulation traditionally based on nitroglycerin, rather than the chemical substance TNT." }, { "name": "Composition B", "difference": "An explosive mixture containing RDX and TNT, rather than pure TNT." }, { "name": "TNT equivalent", "difference": "A conventional measure of energy, rather than a substance or a claim that TNT was physically present." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of TNT this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does an existing Vercy world model already cover 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, requiring this registry entry to link to it?", "Which authoritative records should establish the CAS number, PubChem CID, EC number and accepted identity boundaries?", "Which grade specifications and impurity evidence are relevant to the registry's intended TNT use cases?", "Which sources provide defensible physical constants and distinguish thermal transitions from decomposition?", "Which jurisdictions and material presentations must the researched model cover for classification, exposure criteria and authorised disposition?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 18, "questions": 28 } }, "draft": { "generator": "vr.draft.v3", "status": "draft-generated", "researched": false, "archetype": "chemical substance or material", "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 TNT, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an AI agent to recognise TNT as a chemical substance, assess the condition and evidence attached to a particular sample, and determine which uses or interventions require specialist authority.", "characteristics": { "substance": "material", "origin": "natural", "agency": "inert", "mobility": "varies" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "observed and measured", "consumed or used up" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Names folded into this entry, which a task may need to split apart again: NTNT.", "1 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.", "Described in 77 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 TNT, and on what evidence are they told apart?" ], "whatItIsMadeOf": "matter you can touch", "physicalCharacter": [ "Mobility varies between examples.", "Does nothing on its own; everything it does, something else did to it.", "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", "use it up, and then need more of it" ], "howItIsRecognised": [ "Not recognisable by sight in any reliable way. Appearance varies with grade, form and additives; identification is by label, by documentation, or by assay." ], "relatedModels": [ { "relation": "covers", "note": "Finer kinds folded into this entry because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it. Each is a model waiting to be split out when one does.", "targets": [ "NTNT" ] } ], "standing": "Described in 77 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 1 finer distinctions are held inside this entry as names rather than as separate models.", "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "identity-and-classification", "name": "Identity, naming and classification", "description": "How an agent tells one TNT from another, and a TNT 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 TNT, 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 TNT, 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 TNT 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 TNT, 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 TNT, 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 TNT 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 TNT 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 TNT, 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 TNT, 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 TNT 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 TNT from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a TNT, 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 TNT, 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 TNT 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 TNT 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 TNT, 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 TNT, 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 TNT 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": "Materials, parts and how they are put together.", "findings": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials", "name": "Parts and materials", "description": "What a TNT is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a TNT, 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 TNT, 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 TNT 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 TNT is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a TNT, 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 TNT, 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 TNT 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 TNT is, how it got there and where it may go (varies).", "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 TNT is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a TNT, 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 TNT, 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 TNT 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 TNT is carried, installed or relocated.", "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 TNT, 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 TNT, 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 TNT 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 TNT 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 TNT between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a TNT, 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 TNT, 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 TNT 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 TNT, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a TNT 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 TNT, 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 TNT, 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 TNT is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "use-and-operation", "name": "Use and operation", "description": "What can be done with a TNT and what it takes to do it.", "rationale": "An agent that can recognise a thing but not act on it has only half a model.", "layers": [ { "id": "intended-use", "name": "Intended use and function", "description": "What a TNT is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a TNT performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a TNT, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "function-and-purpose-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the use of a TNT, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "function-and-purpose-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the use of a TNT is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "handling-and-procedure", "name": "Handling and procedure", "description": "The steps, skills and tools involved in using a TNT.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a TNT at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a TNT, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about handling a TNT, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once handling a TNT is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "supply-and-consumption", "name": "Supply and consumption", "description": "Quantities, rates and what running out means.", "findings": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock", "name": "Consumption, stock and replenishment", "description": "How much of a TNT there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a TNT, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the supply of a TNT, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the supply of a TNT is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "composition-and-identity", "name": "Composition, grade and chemical identity", "description": "What TNT is made of and how pure the thing in hand is.", "rationale": "Grade decides what a substance may be used for, so a model that records only the name cannot support any decision about use.", "layers": [ { "id": "chemical-identity", "name": "Chemical identity", "description": "Formula, structure and the registry numbers that name it unambiguously.", "findings": [ { "id": "identity-record", "name": "Identity and registry numbers", "description": "What identifies this substance across suppliers and regulators.", "questions": [ { "id": "identity-record-q01", "text": "What formula, structure and registry identifiers name TNT unambiguously?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "identity-record-q02", "text": "Which related substances share a name in common use but not an identifier?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "grade-and-impurities", "name": "Grade, purity and impurities", "description": "The specification a batch meets and what else is in it.", "findings": [ { "id": "specification", "name": "Specification and assay", "description": "How purity is stated and measured, and which impurities matter.", "questions": [ { "id": "specification-q01", "text": "What grades of TNT exist, how is purity assayed, and which impurities are limited?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "specification-q02", "text": "Which use requires which grade, and what happens when a lower grade is substituted?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "properties-and-behaviour", "name": "Properties and behaviour", "description": "How TNT behaves under conditions an agent can measure or change.", "rationale": "Physical constants are the part of a substance model that transfers between contexts, and each needs its unit and its conditions.", "layers": [ { "id": "physical-constants", "name": "Physical constants", "description": "Values that hold for the pure substance, with their conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "constants-record", "name": "Constants and conditions", "description": "The quantities worth recording and the state they apply in.", "questions": [ { "id": "constants-record-q01", "text": "What are the defining physical constants of TNT, in what units and under what conditions?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "constants-record-q02", "text": "Which of these values change with grade or form rather than being fixed?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "stability-and-reactivity", "name": "Stability and reactivity", "description": "What it reacts with, degrades into, and how it is stored.", "findings": [ { "id": "incompatibilities", "name": "Incompatibilities and degradation", "description": "What must not meet it, and what it becomes over time.", "questions": [ { "id": "incompatibilities-q01", "text": "What is TNT incompatible with, and what does it degrade into under storage?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "incompatibilities-q02", "text": "What storage and handling does that require, and who is competent to do it?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "hazard-and-regulation", "name": "Hazard classification and regulation", "description": "How TNT can harm, and what the law says about holding and moving it.", "rationale": "A substance model without its hazard class and its regulatory identity is unusable in exactly the situations that matter.", "layers": [ { "id": "hazard-class", "name": "Hazard classification", "description": "Classified hazards, exposure limits and protective measures.", "findings": [ { "id": "classified-hazards", "name": "Classified hazards and limits", "description": "The classification, the scheme it belongs to, and the limits set.", "questions": [ { "id": "classified-hazards-q01", "text": "How is TNT classified for hazard, under which scheme, and what exposure limits apply?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "classified-hazards-q02", "text": "What protection does handling require, and what must an agent refuse to do without it?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "regulatory-identity", "name": "Regulatory identity and control", "description": "Registration, restriction and transport rules by jurisdiction.", "findings": [ { "id": "controls", "name": "Controls and jurisdiction", "description": "Where it is restricted and what the restriction attaches to.", "questions": [ { "id": "controls-q01", "text": "Which registrations, restrictions or transport rules cover TNT, and where?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "controls-q02", "text": "Does the control attach to the substance, its concentration, or its intended use?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a TNT 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 TNT and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a TNT, 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 TNT, 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 TNT 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 TNT is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a TNT, 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 TNT, 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 TNT is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 9, "layers": 20, "findings": 22, "questions": 60 } } } }