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"element kind | individual element | set inventory | loose collection | subassembly | assembly", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether the agent should assess identity, quantity, completeness or structural state." }, { "name": "Construction family", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "System | Technic | DUPLO | other identified family | mixed | unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Guides connector interpretation without treating family membership as proof of pairwise compatibility." }, { "name": "Element identification", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Links to identified design, colour or decoration variant, and catalogue records, with confidence", "why_it_matters": "Supports replacement and inventory matching while preserving uncertainty about similar-looking parts." }, { "name": "Connector configuration", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Observed connector types, counts, positions and orientations, such as studs, tubes, pins, axle interfaces, clips and bars", "why_it_matters": "Determines what can connect and which motions a connection permits." }, { "name": "Physical envelope", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Millimetres; stud-grid footprint and plate-height count where applicable", "why_it_matters": "Supports clearance and alignment checks without imposing brick geometry on every element." }, { "name": "Connection condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "untested | holds as intended | loose | unusually tight | cracked | obstructed", "why_it_matters": "Separates nominal compatibility from the behaviour of the actual pieces." }, { "name": "Inventory completeness", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Required, present, missing and substituted element counts against a named inventory revision", "why_it_matters": "Makes completeness relative to a specific build or set reference." }, { "name": "Assembly topology", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Element-to-element connections, subassembly membership and permitted 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"questions": [ { "text": "Does Lego here denote an element kind, one piece, a set inventory or an assembled construction?", "kind": "definition", "id": "physical-lego-sense-q01" }, { "text": "Which observed features or product records establish its construction family?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "physical-lego-sense-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "design-and-variant", "name": "Design and variant", "description": "Distinguish part geometry from colour, decoration and production variants.", "findings": [ { "id": "identification-evidence", "name": "Identification evidence", "description": "Retain identifiers and visible evidence without treating an ambiguous marking or appearance as conclusive.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which moulded markings, packaging records or catalogue matches support the proposed element identity?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "identification-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Do similar designs differ in connector geometry, decoration or another feature relevant to this 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"mating-interface-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "fit-and-motion", "name": "Fit and motion", "description": "Evaluate retention, permitted movement and unintended deformation.", "findings": [ { "id": "connection-behaviour", "name": "Connection behaviour", "description": "Distinguish a secure fixed connection from an intended moving joint or a forced fit.", "questions": [ { "text": "Should this interface hold rigidly, rotate, slide or release during the intended use?", "kind": "definition", "id": "connection-behaviour-q01" }, { "text": "Does engagement produce visible bending, connector damage, unexpected looseness or restricted intended motion?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "connection-behaviour-q02" }, { "text": "What evidence supports joining these particular elements across construction families?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "connection-behaviour-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "inventory-and-build", "name": "Inventory and build", "description": "Relate available elements to a target 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"assembly-dependencies", "name": "Assembly dependencies", "description": "Track subassemblies, access constraints and reversible construction steps.", "findings": [ { "id": "build-and-release-sequence", "name": "Build and release sequence", "description": "Represent the order needed to install or remove elements without trapping connectors or forcing pieces.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which subassemblies must be completed or positioned before this connection becomes inaccessible?", "kind": "action", "id": "build-and-release-sequence-q01" }, { "text": "Which surrounding elements must be removed to release this piece, and can a suitable separator reach it?", "kind": "action", "id": "build-and-release-sequence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "mechanisms-and-powered-elements", "name": "Mechanisms and powered elements", "description": "Capture functional LEGO assemblies beyond static stacking when such elements are present.", "rationale": "Axles, gears, motors and hubs introduce motion and 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"name": "Damage and alteration", "description": "Inspect areas that determine connection performance and reversibility.", "findings": [ { "id": "reuse-suitability", "name": "Reuse suitability", "description": "Record damage or modification at studs, tubes, clips, sockets and other functional surfaces.", "questions": [ { "text": "Are any connectors cracked, distorted, worn, obstructed or bonded with adhesive?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "reuse-suitability-q01" }, { "text": "Should the element be reused, assigned a less demanding role or excluded from the proposed assembly?", "kind": "action", "id": "reuse-suitability-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "care-and-user-suitability", "name": "Care and user suitability", "description": "Tie cleaning and handling decisions to the actual element and intended users.", "findings": [ { "id": "part-specific-handling", "name": "Part-specific handling", "description": "Check applicable guidance for decorated, electrical and small elements before choosing 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"knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the name of a Lego 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 Lego, 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 Lego, 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 Lego 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 Lego 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 Lego, 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 Lego, 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 Lego 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 Lego from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a Lego, 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 Lego, 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 Lego 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 Lego 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 Lego, 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 Lego, 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 Lego 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 Lego is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a Lego, 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 Lego, 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 Lego 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.", 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"description": "Where a Lego 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 Lego is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a Lego, 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 Lego, 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 Lego 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 Lego 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 Lego, 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 Lego, 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 Lego 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 Lego 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 Lego between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a Lego, 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 Lego, 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 Lego 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 Lego, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a Lego 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 Lego, 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 Lego, 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 Lego 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 Lego 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 Lego is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a Lego performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a Lego, 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 Lego, 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 Lego 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 Lego.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a Lego at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a Lego, 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 Lego, 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 Lego is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a Lego 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 Lego and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a 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{ "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a Lego, 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 Lego, 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 Lego is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 13, "findings": 15, "questions": 45 } } } }