Eurolaul
Enable an agent to identify Eurolaul editions, assess evidence for their selection decisions, and trace how selected songs and performers became Estonia's Eurovision entries.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
5 bundles · 9 layers · 12 findings · 23 questions
Series and edition boundaries Establish Eurolaul's identity and which selection activities belong to it.
Historical identity
Record the documented name and institutional meaning of Eurolaul.
Attested series name
Distinguish contemporary Eurolaul branding from retrospective archive labels and generic references to Eurovision songs.
- Which contemporary broadcaster material identifies this selection as Eurolaul? provenance
- Does the name here identify the competition series, an edition, a programme or merely a Eurovision song? definition
Edition membership
Connect documented editions to the series and delimit successor activity.
Edition and successor boundary
Record edition membership explicitly rather than generating an uninterrupted annual sequence or merging Eesti Laul into Eurolaul.
- What evidence establishes that this year's selection belongs to Eurolaul? boundary
- Which dated announcement or programme record establishes the transition to Eesti Laul? provenance
Authority and competing entries Identify who governed an edition and which song-performer entries were admitted.
Edition governance
Locate responsibility for rules, admission decisions and official results.
Organiser and applicable rules
Attach organising responsibilities and the applicable rule version to each edition without assuming institutional continuity.
- Which body issued this edition's rules and had authority to confirm its result? provenance
- Which documented rule changes affected admission, voting or nomination during this edition? boundary
Submission and admission
Distinguish submitted, accepted, rejected and withdrawn entries.
Eligible song-performer entry
Associate each entry with its song, performer lineup, credited creators and evidence of admission under that edition's requirements.
- Which eligibility conditions applied to the song, creators and performers in this edition? definition
- What official shortlist or decision confirms this entry's admission, rejection, replacement or withdrawal? provenance
Rounds, voting and result Reconstruct how an edition reduced its field and selected its winner.
Selection sequence
Represent the edition's actual screening, performances and decision rounds.
Documented round progression
Record the admitted field, performance order and advancement decisions for each documented round, including any further deciding round.
- Which screening and televised rounds actually occurred, and which entries participated in each? provenance
- What rule determined advancement or elimination at each stage? definition
Decision accounting
Interpret the electorate, scoring method and announced result together.
Winner reconstruction
Keep raw votes, jury allocations, transformed scores and final ranks distinct, with evidence for aggregation and tie resolution.
- What did each published number measure, and which jury or public electorate produced it? measurement
- Can the announced winner be reproduced from the available scores and documented aggregation and tie rules? action
- Which authoritative result resolves any discrepancy between the broadcast, archive table and later account? provenance
Nomination and archival evidence Trace the selected entry into Eurovision and preserve evidence of Eurolaul's own proceedings.
Eurovision handoff
Track the relationship between the domestic winner and the international nomination.
Selected versus nominated entry
Link the winning Eurolaul entry to the nomination and record any change of performer lineup, title or song version.
- What broadcaster or Eurovision record confirms that the selected entry was nominated and accepted? provenance
- Did the nominated entry differ from the Eurolaul winner, and what evidence explains the change? boundary
- Which handoff status can an agent assert from the evidence currently available? action
Broadcast and record integrity
Assess what surviving programmes, rules and result records can establish.
Archival evidence coverage
Identify whether an artefact contains the full competition, a performance extract, a results segment or a retrospective account, and retain unresolved conflicts.
- Which edition, round and broadcast segment does this archival artefact document? provenance
- Which claims remain unsupported because rules, voting details or parts of the broadcast are missing? boundary
- What additional record would allow an agent to resolve the outstanding discrepancy? action
Evidence and external alignment What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.
Reported evidence
Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.
Check these first
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Eurolaul this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Standards and regulation
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Eurolaul this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Real-world use
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Eurolaul this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Eurolaul this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
What it is Filled
Eurolaul was Estonia's televised national song competition used to select the country's song and performer for the Eurovision Song Contest, preceding Eesti Laul.
In scope
- Eurolaul series identity, edition membership and historical naming
- Edition-specific organising authority, eligibility and submission procedures
- Competing song-performer entries and their progression through selection rounds
- Jury and public voting procedures, results and decision evidence
- Handoff of the selected entry to Estonia's Eurovision participation
Out of scope
- Eesti Laul editions and their independently established rules
- Eurovision's international competition and scoring
- Complete biographies and careers of participating performers
- Musical works and recordings beyond their role in Eurolaul entries
- Broadcaster operations unrelated to organising or transmitting Eurolaul
Why it exists Filled
Enable an agent to identify Eurolaul editions, assess evidence for their selection decisions, and trace how selected songs and performers became Estonia's Eurovision entries.
Distinguishing features Filled
- An instance must be documented as an edition or activity of Eurolaul; selecting Estonia's Eurovision entry alone does not establish membership.
- Eurolaul selects a song-performer entry for a specific Eurovision cycle, distinguishing its decision from a general music award.
- The series is distinct from any single annual final, broadcast recording or winning song.
- Eesti Laul's succession does not make its editions Eurolaul editions or justify applying its rules retrospectively.
- A domestic selection win and subsequent Eurovision participation are separate outcomes requiring separate evidence.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present unofficial vote counts as official results.
- Reproduce song lyrics or broadcasts without the rights holders' permission.
- Publish personal information about performers beyond what they made public.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing claims of vote manipulation against named people.
May
- Report entries, results and history of the contest from reliable sources.
- Explain its relation to the later Estonian selection show.
Moral aspects Filled
- Performers deserve accurate credit and fair reporting.
- National selections stir strong feeling, which can spill into harassment of artists.
Who is affected
- Performers and songwriters
- Viewers
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody now: the contest was replaced; the national broadcaster that ran it keeps its records.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q62584801 - registry parent class
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.eurolaul
- Wikidata: Q520388 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q520388)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- Edition identity: Documented edition title and target Eurovision year
- Organising authority: Edition → responsible broadcaster or organising body, with dated evidence
- Selection stage: Submissions open; screening; competing; result announced; nomination confirmed; cancelled; unknown
- Entry identity: Edition entry → song, credited creators, performer lineup and submitted version
- Decision mechanism: Documented jury, public-vote or combined procedure, qualified by edition and round
- Recorded score: Votes, jury points, percentages or rank, with round and electorate identified
- Eurovision handoff: Selected domestically; nominated; accepted; replaced; withdrawn; participation documented; unknown
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- An on-screen Eurolaul title is a useful identifying cue when supported by recording provenance.
- Edition dates and performer captions help distinguish individual broadcasts and competing performances.
- A televised song competition setting alone does not distinguish this series from other national selections.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- Resolve whether an archival item concerns Eurolaul, an individual edition or its successor Eesti Laul.
- Reconstruct an edition's eligible field and progression using its own documented rules.
- Check whether published scores support the announced winner under the applicable decision procedure.
- Trace changes between a Eurolaul performance and the subsequently nominated Eurovision entry.
- Identify missing or conflicting evidence before asserting an edition's rules or outcome.
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Mislabelled recordings can attribute performances or selection results to the wrong edition.
- Confusing a competing performance with the selected entry can corrupt catalogue records.
- Unauthorized reuse of protected music or broadcast footage can infringe rights.
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- The Estonian Copyright Act, adopted by the Riigikogu, governs applicable rights in the programme's music, performances and recordings.
Context of use required Filled
- Eurolaul is encountered in archives of Estonian television, popular music and national song selection.
- Its editions provide evidence about competing performances, selection results and the songs chosen to represent Estonia internationally.
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q520388: Eurolaul - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Eurolaul - general description of the item
Open questions
- Which earliest selections were contemporaneously branded Eurolaul, and which received that label retrospectively?
- What is the authoritative edition list, including years without a selection and any disputed edition numbering?
- How did eligibility, juries, public voting, round structure and tie procedures vary across editions?
- Which editions have surviving official rules and sufficiently complete score records to reconstruct the winner independently?
- What official documentation establishes the institutional transition to Eesti Laul and any changes between Eurolaul winners and their Eurovision nominations?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q520388/spec.json