Dalai Lama
Enable an AI agent to identify whom a Dalai Lama reference denotes, assess the evidence and limits of attributed authority, and determine appropriate actions involving that person or title.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
5 bundles · 10 layers · 10 findings · 23 questions
Title and person resolution Distinguish the Dalai Lama title, its lineage, and the individual intended by a reference.
Reference granularity
Determine what a particular use of Dalai Lama denotes.
Intended Dalai Lama referent
Record the evidence needed to resolve an individual, collective, or ambiguous reference.
- Does this reference denote a named individual, a numbered titleholder, or the title and lineage collectively? definition
- What contextual evidence supports that resolution, and what ambiguity remains? provenance
Names and titleholder identity
Connect attested names and title forms to the intended person.
Attested titleholder identification
Keep personal names, honorifics, transliterations, and ordinals distinguishable.
- Which sources connect the recorded names and any ordinal to this person as Dalai Lama? provenance
- Which similar names or honorifics could instead identify another teacher or titleholder? boundary
Recognition and succession Represent recognition evidence and succession positions without silently adjudicating contested authority.
Recognition evidence
Identify who recognizes a titleholder and on what stated basis.
Actor-specific recognition
Preserve each recognition or objection as an attributable position.
- Which religious, institutional, community, or state actors recognize or contest this person's identification as Dalai Lama? provenance
- What procedure or authority does each actor cite, and what limits does its claim have? boundary
Succession positions
Track attributable positions about continuation of the title and identification of a successor.
Succession instructions and claims
Separate authenticated instructions, interpretations, proposed procedures, and claims about candidates.
- What authenticated statements address whether and how the Dalai Lama succession should proceed, and when were they issued? provenance
- Which actors claim a role in identifying or recognizing a successor, and where do their positions conflict? boundary
- How should an agent describe an unresolved succession claim without presenting it as settled recognition? action
Religious and public authority Bound religious roles, public influence, and political responsibilities by evidence and period.
Religious role boundaries
Establish the communities, practices, and institutions relevant to an attributed religious role.
Community-specific religious standing
Record what standing is attributed to the titleholder and by whom.
- How do the relevant Buddhist communities describe this titleholder's teaching, ritual, or leadership role? definition
- Which decisions or institutions fall outside that role, despite public assumptions about the Dalai Lama? boundary
Political role over time
Distinguish formal office, delegated responsibility, advocacy, and symbolic influence.
Dated public authority
Require dated evidence before assigning governmental or representative powers.
- What formal political responsibilities, if any, did this titleholder hold during the period being assessed? provenance
- What evidence establishes a transfer, ending, or limitation of those responsibilities? provenance
- Does the proposed action require formal authority, or does it concern an attributable expression of opinion or advocacy? action
Teachings and public presence Connect teachings, statements, and appearances to the correct titleholder and context.
Teaching and statement attribution
Establish what was said, by whom, and through which recording or publication.
Contextualized Dalai Lama statement
Preserve the distinction between an original statement, translation, edited publication, and paraphrase.
- What recording, transcript, or authorized publication supports attribution to this titleholder? provenance
- What date, audience, language, translator, and editorial context affect interpretation? boundary
- May the agent present this wording as a direct quotation, or only as an attributed translation or summary? action
Appearances and access
Assess the status and participation conditions of a particular public engagement.
Verified titleholder engagement
Distinguish announced participation from completed appearances and events merely using the titleholder's name.
- Which source confirms the titleholder's participation, event status, and date of the latest update? provenance
- What registration, audience, location, or remote-access conditions govern participation? action
Representation and permitted interaction Identify valid intermediaries and boundaries around contact, endorsement, and acting on behalf of the titleholder.
Offices and intermediaries
Connect contact channels and representatives to evidenced responsibilities.
Authorized titleholder channel
Assess whether a channel or intermediary is appropriate for the intended request.
- What evidence connects this office, website, account, or spokesperson to the titleholder? provenance
- Which requests is this channel authorized to handle, and what evidence shows that authorization remains applicable? boundary
Endorsement and agency boundaries
Separate documented involvement from inferred approval or permission.
Evidenced endorsement or mandate
Require specific evidence for claims that the titleholder supports an initiative or authorizes an action.
- Does the evidence establish endorsement of this particular initiative, or only attendance, correspondence, quotation, or association? boundary
- What explicit mandate would be needed before the agent could communicate or make a commitment on the titleholder's behalf? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
What it is Filled
This model owns the connection between a person and the Dalai Lama title, including recognition, attributed religious and public roles, succession claims, attributable activities, and representation boundaries; the registry's intended person-versus-title granularity remains unresolved.
In scope
- Resolution of references to a particular titleholder, the title, or its succession lineage
- Evidence supporting recognition of a person as Dalai Lama
- Religious and public authority attributed to a titleholder, bounded by community and period
- Teachings, appearances, statements, and commitments attributable to a titleholder
- Succession positions and claims, including disagreements about recognition procedures
- Authorization to speak, communicate, or act on a titleholder's behalf
Out of scope
- General Tibetan Buddhist doctrine and practice
- The Panchen Lama and other religious titles as independent entities
- Governance and operations of Tibetan political institutions
- Administration of monasteries, foundations, and affiliated organizations
- Tibetan sovereignty and territorial disputes as standalone subjects
- Full biographies of people beyond facts needed to identify and contextualize a titleholder
Why it exists Filled
Enable an AI agent to identify whom a Dalai Lama reference denotes, assess the evidence and limits of attributed authority, and determine appropriate actions involving that person or title.
Distinguishing features Filled
- A person reference requires evidence explicitly connecting that individual to the Dalai Lama title; being a Tibetan Buddhist teacher or being addressed as lama is insufficient.
- A titleholder reference must distinguish the named individual and any stated ordinal from references to the lineage collectively.
- A Dalai Lama attribution cannot be substituted with an attribution to the Panchen Lama, another religious leader, or an associated institution.
- Religious recognition, public influence, and formal political office must be established separately; evidence of one does not establish the others.
- An associated office, foundation, or spokesperson is distinguishable from the titleholder and requires evidence of authority for the particular representation.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Fabricate statements or teachings and attribute them to the Dalai Lama.
- Present one side's succession claim as settled.
- Mock or disrespect Tibetan Buddhist beliefs about recognition and reincarnation.
- Impersonate the holder or his office.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing content on the succession on behalf of an organization.
May
- Describe the Dalai Lama title, its history and recognised holders from reliable sources.
- Report the positions of the parties in succession disputes without endorsing one.
Moral aspects Filled
- The title is sacred to Tibetan Buddhists and politically contested.
- False quotations spread widely and misrepresent a religious leader.
Who is affected
- Tibetan Buddhists
- The holder of the title
- Tibetan communities
Owners Filled
Steward
The Tibetan Buddhist tradition and its institutions recognise the holder.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q2285706 - registry parent class
- Q64711780 - registry parent class
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.dalai-lama
- Wikidata: Q37349 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37349)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- Referent type: individual titleholder | title or lineage | succession claimant | unresolved reference
- Titleholder identification: Person linked to attested names, any stated ordinal, and identifying sources
- Recognition position: Recognizing or contesting actor, identified person, stated position, date, and supporting evidence
- Role and authority scope: Role, relevant community or institution, claimed powers, limitations, and applicable period
- Titleholder lifecycle: Reported lifecycle event or condition, effective date, source, and uncertainty
- Public engagement status: announced | confirmed | rescheduled | cancelled | completed | unverified, for a specified engagement
- Statement attribution: direct authenticated record | authorized publication | attributed report | disputed attribution | unresolved
- Representative mandate: Representative, authorizing evidence, permitted actions, communication channel, and validity period
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Maroon and yellow monastic robes of the Gelug tradition.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- Resolve a Dalai Lama mention to a specific titleholder or flag ambiguity.
- Compare recognition claims while preserving their sources and disagreements.
- Retrieve and summarize attributable teachings or statements with their audience, date, and translation context.
- Assess whether an attributed role supports a proposed inference about religious or political authority.
- Check a public engagement or contact channel before helping a user attend or make an inquiry.
- Identify when a request implies endorsement, representation, or succession adjudication beyond the agent's authority.
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Fabricated quotations.
- Political manipulation of succession.
Standards and interfaces not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
No universal technical standard, law or official classification defines the spiritual teaching role denoted by this title.
Context of use required Filled
- Dalai Lama is a title associated with a lineage of Tibetan Buddhist spiritual teachers.
- It appears in religious teachings, historical accounts, public addresses and discussions of Tibetan cultural life.
- Interpretation requires identifying the particular titleholder and distinguishing spiritual teaching from historical or political roles.
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q37349: Dalai Lama - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Dalai Lama - general description of the item
Open questions
- Does vr.tr.dalai-lama denote a particular individual, the Dalai Lama title, or the succession lineage, and what registry evidence resolves that scope?
- Does an existing Vercy world model already cover the intended concept, requiring a link instead of a separate publication?
- Which primary sources establish recognition procedures and disagreements, and whose perspectives remain insufficiently documented?
- What dated evidence establishes the intended titleholder's religious roles, political responsibilities, and changes in those responsibilities?
- Which succession statements, representative mandates, and official communication channels are authenticated and applicable at the time of use?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q37349/spec.json