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vr.tr.score-quantity · thing-score-quantity

Let an agent handle scores by game, scoring system, recording, verification and meaning.

Thing Registry Cross-cutting context XCT.QTY
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

System How scoring works.

Rules

Scoring rules.

Rules

Scoring system.

  1. How is scoring done in this game? provenance
  2. Is a lower or higher score better? definition

Terms

Vocabulary.

Terms

Scoring terms.

  1. What do terms such as birdie or innings mean? definition
  2. How do they convert to numbers? measurement
Recording Accuracy.

Keeping

Score sheets.

Keeping

Scorekeeping.

  1. How is the score recorded and verified? provenance
  2. Who signs off? provenance

Official

Results.

Official

Official results.

  1. What is the official final score? provenance
  2. Were any scores changed on review? provenance
Interpretation Meaning.

Comparison

Performance.

Comparison

Comparison.

  1. How does this score compare with typical performance? measurement
  2. Are conditions comparable? boundary

Handicap

Adjustments.

Handicap

Handicaps.

  1. Is a handicap or adjustment applied? definition
  2. How is it calculated? definition
Senses Disambiguation.

Other senses

Music, twenty.

Senses

Other senses.

  1. Is a musical score or score as twenty meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Tests

Test scores.

Tests

Test scores.

  1. Is a test or credit score meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Cross-cutting context
Entry kind
noun.quantity
Plane
XCT
Domain
XCT.QTY
Facets: substance
abstract
Facets: origin
conceptual
Facets: agency
inert
Facets: mobility
not-applicable
Facets: scale
not-applicable
Facets: affordances
observable
Other names and narrower kinds
bowling score, football score, baseball score, basketball score, stroke, birdie, bogey, deficit, double-bogey, duck, duck's egg, eagle

What it is Filled

A number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or individual in a game or contest, such as goals, points, runs or strokes, including golf terms such as birdie; also test and rating scores.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle scores by game, scoring system, recording, verification and meaning.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Numerical measure of performance
  • Rules differ by game
  • Official records need verification
  • Higher is not always better (golf)

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Alter, fabricate or manipulate a score.
  • Help fix a match or a result for betting or other gain.
  • Publish an individual's test scores without consent or legal basis.
  • Rank or judge people by a score used for a purpose it was not designed for.

Only with a human decision

  • Correcting an official result.
  • Using a test score to decide admission, hiring or grading.

May

  • Record and report scores from the official scorer or results service.
  • Explain scoring rules for a game or test.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Scores decide prizes, careers and admissions, so integrity matters.
  • Test scores can stigmatise people and reflect unequal opportunity.

Who is affected

  • Players and competitors
  • Test takers
  • People who bet on results

Owners Filled

Steward

The official scorer or the body that runs the contest or test.

Master systems

  • Official results databases of sports bodies
  • Examination records

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • oewn-13603216-n - registry parent class

related

  • measure - category
  • competition and sport - context
  • result - outcome
  • musical score - another sense

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.score-quantity
  • Open English WordNet: oewn-13615828-n

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Scores such as 2-1 or 72 strokes
  • Sport-specific terms
  • Musical score is another sense
  • Numbers on scoreboards, cards and result sheets.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • record scores accurately
  • explain scoring systems
  • verify official results
  • compare performances

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Recording errors
  • Misunderstanding scoring direction
  • Unofficial results

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Sport governing body scoring rules

Context of use required Filled

  • Deciding winners and measuring performance.
  • goal and point scores
  • run and innings scores
  • stroke scores in golf
  • judged scores
  • test and rating scores

Sources Filled

  1. Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-13615828-n - sense and gloss of the concept
  2. Wiktionary: score - word senses and usage

Open questions

  • Should scoring systems be separate entries?
  • How should official results be linked?
  • How should the musical sense be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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