{ "model": { "rank": 4817, "code": "thing-q374727", "model_id": "vr.tr.nape", "name": "nape", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise the nape as the posterior neck region, record its boundaries and observable state, and assess whether a proposed observation or contact concerns that region.", "family": "Thing Registry", "category": "Physical world and living systems", "status": "research-draft", "kind": "thing", "plane": "PHY", "domain": "PHY.OBJ", "industry": "", "version": "", "url": "/models/thing/q374727/", "tier": 2, "score": 72, "payload": { "layer": "wikidata", "aliases": [], "aliasCount": 0, "merged": 0, "knownIn": 72, "facets": null, "markers": [], "lexicalClass": "", "senseRank": null, "alsoRegisteredAs": null, "source": { "dataset": "wikidata", "item": "Q374727", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q374727", "license": "CC0 1.0" } }, "research": { "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-09T21:03:03Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 11.9, "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: 01a087fa-6773-72a3-bd28-14b77a5fc9a1\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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or unrelated uses of the word nape" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "The candidate region is on the posterior aspect of the neck, rather than the throat or side of the neck.", "The candidate is a region of a body, rather than a detachable object or a single anatomical structure.", "Its stated extent lies between the back of the head and the transition toward the upper back, with the boundary convention recorded.", "A hairline may help describe its appearance, but hair coverage alone does not determine whether a location belongs to the nape.", "References to underlying cervical structures count as relationships to the region, rather than making those structures synonymous with the nape." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Bearing organism", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Reference to the individual organism and its species", "why_it_matters": "Anchors the region to a body and makes any extension beyond human usage explicit." }, { "name": "Regional boundary convention", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Named anatomical convention or explicitly described upper, lower and lateral limits; unspecified", "why_it_matters": "Prevents observations made with different regional extents from being treated as directly comparable." }, { "name": "Relationship to adjacent regions", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Connections to posterior head, lateral neck, shoulders and upper back", "why_it_matters": "Supports localisation and detects observations that cross into neighbouring regions." }, { "name": "Head and neck position", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Neutral, flexed, extended, rotated, combined or unrecorded", "why_it_matters": "Provides context for the visibility of folds, landmarks and the exposed surface." }, { "name": "Hair coverage", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Uncovered, partly covered, fully obscured or indeterminate; hairline description", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes the anatomical region from the portion visible below or 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"Compare observations across time with head position, lighting and hair coverage documented.", "Associate collars, straps or other items with their contact locations on the nape.", "Route observations extending into the scalp, lateral neck or upper back to the corresponding regional models.", "Determine the location, access and consent requirements for a proposed non-invasive observation or personal-care action." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "regional-identity-and-boundaries", "name": "Regional identity and boundaries", "description": "Establishes what the word nape identifies and how its extent is represented.", "rationale": "The nape is a named body region whose practical boundaries must be stated rather than inferred from an object outline.", "layers": [ { "id": "anatomical-sense", "name": "Anatomical sense", "description": "Anchors the entry to the posterior neck sense and its bearing organism.", "findings": [ { "id": "posterior-neck-region", "name": "Posterior neck region", "description": "Treat the nape as a region at the back of the neck; retain the species and terminology context with each application.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this use of nape identify the back of the neck, and which organism bears the region?", "kind": "definition", "id": "posterior-neck-region-q01" }, { "text": "Which anatomical or terminology source supports applying this name to the recorded species?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "posterior-neck-region-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "regional-limits", "name": "Regional limits", "description": "Separates the nape from neighbouring head, neck and back regions.", "findings": [ { "id": "explicit-boundary-landmarks", "name": "Explicit boundary landmarks", "description": "Record the landmarks or descriptive limits used for the region, including uncertainty where adjacent regions merge.", "questions": [ { "text": "What landmarks define the upper, lower and lateral limits in this application?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "explicit-boundary-landmarks-q01" }, { "text": "Does the observation remain within those limits or extend onto the scalp, lateral neck, shoulders or upper back?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "explicit-boundary-landmarks-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "surface-and-hairline", "name": "Surface and hairline", "description": "Describes the nape's visible surface and the hair coverage that affects its interpretation.", "rationale": "The visible area below the hairline can differ from the anatomical region, making coverage and surface localisation essential.", "layers": [ { "id": "hairline-and-visibility", "name": "Hairline and visibility", "description": "Records how hair exposes or obscures the posterior neck.", "findings": [ { "id": "coverage-independent-of-boundary", "name": "Coverage independent of boundary", "description": "Represent hairline position and hair coverage as surface descriptors, rather than substituting them for regional limits.", "questions": [ { "text": "Where is the visible hairline relative to the selected nape landmarks?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "coverage-independent-of-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "Which parts of the nape are obscured by hair or hairstyle rather than absent from the region?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "coverage-independent-of-boundary-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "local-surface-description", "name": "Local surface description", "description": "Localises visible features within the posterior neck region.", "findings": [ { "id": "mapped-surface-features", "name": "Mapped surface features", "description": "Describe folds, markings and surface changes by location, extent and observation conditions without inferring their cause.", "questions": [ { "text": "Where is each feature relative to the posterior midline, hairline and selected lower boundary?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "mapped-surface-features-q01" }, { "text": "What feature extent is observable, in millimetres when a valid scale is available?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "mapped-surface-features-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "posture-and-local-observation", "name": "Posture and local observation", "description": "Places observations of the nape in their positional and temporal context.", "rationale": "Head position affects the presentation of the posterior neck, while local sensations require attribution to the person reporting them.", "layers": [ { "id": "position-dependent-appearance", "name": "Position-dependent appearance", "description": "Records posture when interpreting visible contours and access to the nape.", "findings": [ { "id": "comparable-observation-position", "name": "Comparable observation position", "description": "Attach head position and viewing direction to observations so apparent differences can be assessed in context.", "questions": [ { "text": "Was the head neutral, flexed, extended or rotated when the nape was observed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "comparable-observation-position-q01" }, { "text": "Were viewing direction and head position sufficiently consistent to compare the recorded folds or contours?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "comparable-observation-position-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "local-reports-and-changes", "name": "Local reports and changes", "description": "Distinguishes reported sensations from observed changes at the nape.", "findings": [ { "id": "attributed-regional-observations", "name": "Attributed regional observations", "description": "Record what was seen or reported, by whom and when, without treating regional localisation as evidence of an underlying cause.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the recorded feature directly observed, reported by the person or copied from another account?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "attributed-regional-observations-q01" }, { "text": "Is the reported sensation confined to the nape or described as extending into adjacent regions?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "attributed-regional-observations-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "contact-and-care-context", "name": "Contact and care context", "description": "Represents items and permitted activities that touch, cover or expose the nape.", "rationale": "Collars, rear straps, hair and personal-care activities interact with this specific region and affect its accessibility.", "layers": [ { "id": "wearable-contact", "name": "Wearable contact", "description": "Maps clothing and equipment contact onto the posterior neck.", "findings": [ { "id": "nape-contact-footprint", "name": "Nape contact footprint", "description": "Identify where an item touches or covers the nape and whether that relationship changes with position.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which part of the collar, strap or other item contacts the nape, and where is that contact located?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "nape-contact-footprint-q01" }, { "text": "Does the contact location or coverage change during the person's observed head movement?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "nape-contact-footprint-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "observation-and-personal-care", "name": "Observation and personal care", "description": "Defines the regional access and permission context for non-invasive activities.", "findings": [ { "id": "permitted-nape-access", "name": "Permitted nape access", "description": "Represent the intended observation or care activity, its target area and the person's permission before exposing or touching the region.", "questions": [ { "text": "What observation, washing, grooming or other non-invasive activity is intended at the nape?", "kind": "action", "id": "permitted-nape-access-q01" }, { "text": "What consent and movement of hair, clothing or equipment are needed to access the intended area?", "kind": "action", "id": "permitted-nape-access-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "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 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"evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Anatomical descriptions use the nape to locate features on the back of the neck.", "Hairdressing uses the nape as a reference area for hairlines and haircut shaping.", "Garment fitting uses the nape as a reference point for some back-length measurements.", "Bird identification uses nape plumage colour and markings as distinguishing features." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of nape 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": "neck", "difference": "The neck includes the entire region connecting the head to the trunk; 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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 nape 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 nape, 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 nape, 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 nape 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 nape 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 nape, 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 nape, 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 nape 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 nape from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a nape, 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 nape, 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 nape 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 nape 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": 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nape is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a nape, 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 nape, 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 nape 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 nape is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a nape, 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 nape, 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 nape 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 nape 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 nape is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a nape, 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 nape, 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 nape 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 nape 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 nape, 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 nape, 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 nape 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 nape 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 nape between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a nape, 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 nape, 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 nape 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 nape, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a nape 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 nape, 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 nape, 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 nape 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 nape 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 nape 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 nape, 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 nape 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 nape 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 nape 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 nape 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 nape 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 nape, 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 nape 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 nape and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a nape, 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 nape, 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 nape 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 nape is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a nape, 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 nape, 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 nape 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 } } } }