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"Inspect string and course arrangement: three single strings are characteristic, while paired courses or other arrangements require variant evidence.", "Distinguish from a domra by body construction and outline rather than assuming every Russian fretted string instrument is a balalaika.", "Distinguish from a mandolin using the combined evidence of body outline, course arrangement and tuning rather than plucking technique alone.", "Treat prima and larger family members as balalaika variants; size, register and support arrangements do not by themselves establish a different instrument kind." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Family member", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "prima | secunda | alto | bass | contrabass | other documented variant | unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Determines the relevant register, string selection, handling and technique questions." }, { "name": "Vibrating string length", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mm, measured between nut and bridge 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"unit_or_values": "mm clearance above a specified fret for each string", "why_it_matters": "Helps assess fretting effort and diagnose buzzing without assuming one setup suits every family member." }, { "name": "Body and neck construction", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "observed body outline, soundboard and back construction, neck attachment and identified materials", "why_it_matters": "Supports identification and locates structures that carry string tension." }, { "name": "Structural and playing condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "observations of cracks, open joints, deformation, fret wear, bridge stability, tuning stability and buzzing", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether playing, restringing or professional inspection is appropriate." }, { "name": "Sound-output configuration", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "acoustic | acoustic with pickup | other documented electric configuration | unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Separates resonant-body behaviour from faults in an attached pickup or signal connection." }, { "name": "Configuration evidence", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "instrument linked to maker instructions, labels, repair records or documented comparison examples", "why_it_matters": "Allows an agent to distinguish observed features from assumptions about the balalaika family." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify the probable balalaika family member from construction, scale and documented configuration.", "Record actual tuning and compare it with a supported target for that family member.", "Select replacement strings when scale, pitch and construction compatibility are established.", "Assess playability through controlled open-string and fretted-note checks.", "Choose a supported playing position and finger or plectrum technique appropriate to the instrument.", "Recommend routine care or refer structural and setup problems to a qualified repairer." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "balalaika-identity", "name": "Balalaika identity", "description": "Establishes whether the instrument belongs to the balalaika family and which family member it represents.", "rationale": "Triangular appearance is useful evidence but does not resolve variants, replicas or register.", "layers": [ { "id": "recognition-and-boundaries", "name": "Recognition and boundaries", "description": "Combines body, neck and string evidence to distinguish neighbouring instrument kinds.", "findings": [ { "id": "diagnostic-feature-combination", "name": "Diagnostic feature combination", "description": "Recognition should consider triangular body form, fretted neck and string arrangement together, with explicit evidence for departures.", "questions": [ { "text": "What combination of body outline, neck construction and string arrangement supports identifying this instrument as a balalaika?", "kind": "definition", "id": "diagnostic-feature-combination-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence excludes a domra, mandolin, decorative 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geometry that supports its strings.", "rationale": "Soundboard condition, neck geometry and bridge placement jointly determine whether the instrument can function under tension.", "layers": [ { "id": "triangular-resonating-body", "name": "Triangular resonating body", "description": "Examines the soundboard, back, joints and string-load support within the characteristic body form.", "findings": [ { "id": "body-construction-and-integrity", "name": "Body construction and integrity", "description": "The model records actual construction and visible defects rather than inferring materials or structural health from appearance.", "questions": [ { "text": "How are the triangular soundboard, back and body edges constructed, and which materials are actually identified?", "kind": "definition", "id": "body-construction-and-integrity-q01" }, { "text": "Are cracks, open joints or deformation visible near the bridge, neck attachment or string anchorage?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "body-construction-and-integrity-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "fretted-string-geometry", "name": "Fretted string geometry", "description": "Relates nut, frets, neck and bridge to scale length, action and intonation.", "findings": [ { "id": "scale-action-and-bridge-position", "name": "Scale, action and bridge position", "description": "Measurements must identify their reference points and distinguish bridge placement problems from neck or fret defects.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the vibrating string length and each string's clearance above specified frets?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "scale-action-and-bridge-position-q01" }, { "text": "Does fretted-note intonation indicate a bridge-position issue, and is this bridge designed to be repositioned?", "kind": "action", "id": "scale-action-and-bridge-position-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "strings-tuning-and-register", "name": "Strings, tuning and register", "description": "Connects string arrangement and specification to supported pitches for the identified balalaika.", "rationale": "Applying an assumed tuning or string set across the whole family can produce an unusable or damaging configuration.", "layers": [ { "id": "string-set-compatibility", "name": "String-set compatibility", "description": "Identifies each string and whether its construction suits the instrument and intended tuning.", "findings": [ { "id": "position-specific-string-specification", "name": "Position-specific string specification", "description": "String material, gauge, winding and position require explicit recording because a set need not use identical strings.", "questions": [ { "text": "What material, gauge and winding are installed at each clearly identified string position?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "position-specific-string-specification-q01" }, { "text": "What maker guidance or other documented specification supports this set at the measured scale and intended pitches?", "kind": "provenance", "id": 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"kind": "action", "id": "supported-target-and-observed-pitch-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "playing-and-sound", "name": "Playing and sound", "description": "Relates instrument size and configuration to support, excitation and usable musical response.", "rationale": "Playing methods and handling requirements vary within the balalaika family and cannot be inferred from the prima alone.", "layers": [ { "id": "support-and-excitation", "name": "Support and excitation", "description": "Establishes how the instrument is held and how its strings are set vibrating.", "findings": [ { "id": "variant-appropriate-playing-method", "name": "Variant-appropriate playing method", "description": "The model records suitable finger or plectrum use and any support fittings for the identified instrument.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which finger or plectrum techniques are documented for this family member and string configuration?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "variant-appropriate-playing-method-q01" }, { "text": "What seated, standing or floor-supported position allows stable playing without loading vulnerable body edges or fittings?", "kind": "action", "id": "variant-appropriate-playing-method-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "musical-response", "name": "Musical response", "description": "Evaluates accessible notes, unwanted noises and acoustic or pickup output.", "findings": [ { "id": "usable-register-and-response", "name": "Usable register and response", "description": "A nominal family register does not establish the actual playable range or the absence of buzzing and muted notes.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which open and fretted sounding pitches are accessible and clear on the present setup?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "usable-register-and-response-q01" }, { "text": "Where do buzzing, rattling, weak notes or uneven response occur under a stated plucking method?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "usable-register-and-response-q02" }, { "text": "If a pickup is fitted, does the problem occur acoustically, through the pickup, or in both outputs?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "usable-register-and-response-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "care-and-intervention", "name": "Care and intervention", "description": "Determines appropriate restringing, storage and repair decisions for the instrument's construction and condition.", "rationale": "String tension, bridge configuration and vulnerable wooden surfaces make apparently routine handling consequential.", "layers": [ { "id": "restringing-and-setup", "name": "Restringing and setup", "description": "Defines the evidence and observations needed before replacing strings or changing setup.", "findings": [ { "id": "controlled-string-replacement", "name": "Controlled string replacement", "description": "Restringing must preserve relevant setup information and account for the actual bridge and anchorage design.", "questions": [ { "text": "What string order, bridge position and anchorage details should be recorded before removing strings?", "kind": "action", "id": "controlled-string-replacement-q01" }, { "text": "Do bridge instability, neck movement, cracking or uncertain string compatibility require repair advice before retensioning?", "kind": "action", "id": "controlled-string-replacement-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "storage-and-conservation", "name": "Storage and conservation", "description": "Addresses environmental exposure, case support and the limits of routine cleaning or adjustment.", "findings": [ { "id": "construction-sensitive-care", "name": "Construction-sensitive care", "description": "Care decisions depend on documented finish, materials, repairs and historical significance rather than universal treatment assumptions.", "questions": [ { "text": "What maker or conservation guidance establishes suitable environmental conditions and cleaning methods for this instrument?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "construction-sensitive-care-q01" }, { "text": "Does the case support the triangular body and neck without pressure on the bridge, tuners or projecting support fittings?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "construction-sensitive-care-q02" }, { "text": "Which proposed adjustments could alter original parts or previous repairs and therefore require specialist assessment?", "kind": "action", "id": "construction-sensitive-care-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "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-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead 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"stable-identifiers-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once an identifier for a balalaika 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 balalaika 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 balalaika, 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 balalaika, 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 balalaika 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 balalaika from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a balalaika, 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 balalaika, 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 balalaika 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 balalaika 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 balalaika, 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 balalaika, 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 balalaika 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 balalaika is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a balalaika, 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 balalaika, 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 balalaika 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 balalaika is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a balalaika, 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 balalaika, 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 balalaika 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 balalaika 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 balalaika is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a balalaika, 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 balalaika, 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 balalaika 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 balalaika 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 balalaika, 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 balalaika, 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 balalaika 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 balalaika 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 balalaika between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a balalaika, 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 balalaika, 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 balalaika 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 balalaika, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a balalaika 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 balalaika, 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 balalaika, 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 balalaika is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "function-and-principle", "name": "Function and operating principle", "description": "What balalaika is for and how it achieves it.", "rationale": "Two devices with the same name can work on different principles, and the principle is what predicts failure and constrains use.", "layers": [ { "id": "intended-function", "name": "Intended function", "description": "The job it does, and the jobs it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-record", "name": "Function, principle and variants", "description": "What it does, how, and which variants do it differently.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-record-q01", "text": "What function does balalaika perform, on what operating principle, and which variants differ in that principle?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "function-record-q02", "text": "What use falls outside the intended function but happens in practice?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "capacity-and-rating", "name": "Capacity and rating", "description": "The numbers that say what it can do and where it stops.", "findings": [ { "id": "ratings", "name": "Ratings and their conditions", "description": "Rated capacity, power, throughput and the conditions each assumes.", "questions": [ { "id": "ratings-q01", "text": "What ratings characterise balalaika, in what units, and under what stated conditions?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "ratings-q02", "text": "What happens beyond the rating - degradation, refusal, damage - and how is that detected?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "operation-and-state", "name": "Operation, controls and state", "description": "How balalaika is operated and what state it is in right now.", "rationale": "An agent acting on a device needs its current state and the controls that change it, not just its specification.", "layers": [ { "id": "controls-and-modes", "name": "Controls and modes", "description": "What can be set, what that changes, and what is interlocked.", "findings": [ { "id": "control-surface", "name": "Control surface and interlocks", "description": "The settings available and the conditions that block them.", "questions": [ { "id": "control-surface-q01", "text": "What controls and modes does balalaika have, and what does each change?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "control-surface-q02", "text": "Which actions are interlocked or forbidden in which state, and what must be true before acting?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-maintenance", "name": "Condition and maintenance", "description": "Wear, service intervals, consumables and the line between working and broken.", "findings": [ { "id": "service-record", "name": "Condition, service and consumables", "description": "What is consumed, what is serviced, and how condition is judged.", "questions": [ { "id": "service-record-q01", "text": "What consumables and service does balalaika need, at what interval, and on whose authority?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "service-record-q02", "text": "What evidence separates a unit that is working from one that is out of service?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "kind-model-unit", "name": "Kind, model and unit", "description": "Whether a claim about balalaika is about the kind, a product line, or one physical unit.", "rationale": "This is the boundary most often got wrong for made things, and getting it wrong mixes a catalogue entry with the machine in the yard.", "layers": [ { "id": "level-of-reference", "name": "Level of reference", "description": "The three levels and what belongs at each.", "findings": [ { "id": "level-rules", "name": "What belongs to kind, model and unit", "description": "Which properties are shared by all of them and which are not.", "questions": [ { "id": "level-rules-q01", "text": "Which facts about balalaika hold for every one of them, which for a model, and which only for one unit?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "id": "level-rules-q02", "text": "What identifies an individual unit, and what should an agent do when it has only the kind?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "standards-and-conformity", "name": "Standards and conformity", "description": "The standards a working example must meet and who attests it.", "findings": [ { "id": "conformity", "name": "Standards, marks and attestation", "description": "Which standard applies, who certifies, and what the mark means.", "questions": [ { "id": "conformity-q01", "text": "Which standards govern balalaika, issued by whom, and what does conformity actually assert?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "conformity-q02", "text": "What may an agent conclude from a certification mark, and what may it not?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a balalaika 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 balalaika and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a balalaika, 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 balalaika, 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 balalaika 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 balalaika is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a balalaika, 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 balalaika, 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 balalaika 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 } } } }