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"text": "Who or what asserted this about the lifecycle of a South Africa men's national association football team, 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 South Africa men's national association football team 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 South Africa men's national association football team, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a South Africa men's national association football team is recorded so that it can be superseded rather than 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