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vr.tr.result · thing-result

Let an agent find, verify and communicate results from official sources, distinguish provisional and final results, and avoid interpreting personal medical or legal results.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.EVT

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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Find Official sources.

Source

Official results.

Source

Official source.

  1. What is the result, according to the official body responsible? provenance
  2. When was it published? provenance

Status

Provisional or final.

Status

Status.

  1. Is the result provisional, final or under appeal? boundary
  2. When will it be confirmed? provenance
Meaning Interpretation.

Explain

General meaning.

Explain

General meaning.

  1. What does this result mean in general terms, such as a grade boundary or seat count? definition
  2. What happens next? provenance

Personal

Personal results.

Personal

Personal results.

  1. Is the user asking the agent to interpret their own medical or legal result? boundary
  2. How should the agent refer them to a professional? action
Disputes Challenges.

Appeal

Appeals.

Appeal

Appeals.

  1. How can this result be queried or appealed? provenance
  2. What are the deadlines? provenance

Misinformation

False claims.

Misinformation

Misinformation.

  1. Is a claim about this result consistent with official sources? boundary
  2. How should the agent respond calmly with sources? action
Senses Disambiguation.

Outcome

Consequences.

Outcome

Consequences.

  1. Is result meant as a consequence of an action? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Mathematics

Theorems and resultants.

Mathematics

Mathematical sense.

  1. Is a mathematical result or a resultant vector meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
noun.event
Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.EVT
Facets: substance
activity
Facets: origin
conceptual
Facets: agency
inert
Facets: mobility
not-applicable
Facets: scale
not-applicable
Facets: affordances
observable
Other names and narrower kinds
resultant, final result, outcome, termination, denouement, deal, fair deal, square deal, raw deal, decision, split decision, consequence

What it is Filled

Something that follows from an action, process or event, such as an outcome, final result, test result, election result or match result; results should be traced to their source and reported with their status, such as provisional or official.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent find, verify and communicate results from official sources, distinguish provisional and final results, and avoid interpreting personal medical or legal results.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Follows from a process
  • Has a source
  • May be provisional
  • Can be contested or corrected

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Fabricate, alter or cherry-pick results.
  • Present provisional results as final.
  • Disclose a person's test results to anyone not entitled to them.
  • Announce election results before the competent authority.

Only with a human decision

  • Publishing results that affect people's health, rights or elections.

May

  • Report results with their source, date and status such as provisional or official.
  • Distinguish results from predictions, estimates and claims.

Moral aspects Filled

  • False or premature results mislead people and can cause unrest.
  • Personal test results are private and can carry stigma.

Who is affected

  • People whose results are reported
  • The public
  • Decision makers

Owners Filled

Steward

Whoever produces it; official bodies certify results in elections, sport and testing.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • oewn-07306035-n - registry parent class

related

  • event outcome - category
  • report - document
  • prediction - related concept
  • match-event - sports context

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.result
  • Open English WordNet: oewn-07307418-n

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Scores and final tables
  • Official announcements
  • Predictions and polls are not results
  • Not a single object; scores, tables, reports, certificates and announcements.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • find official results
  • distinguish provisional and final results
  • explain what a result means in general terms
  • report results accurately

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Reporting provisional results as final
  • Misinformation about elections
  • Agents interpreting personal medical results

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Electoral law on official results
  • Exam board rules on results and appeals

Context of use required Filled

  • Knowing and communicating outcomes.
  • sports results
  • election results
  • examination results
  • test and laboratory results
  • research findings

Sources Filled

  1. Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-07307418-n - sense and gloss of the concept
  2. Wiktionary: result - word senses and usage

Open questions

  • Should result types be separate entries?
  • How should official sources be linked?
  • How should corrections be tracked?

Machine files

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-result/spec.json