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    "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed",
    "publishableCanonical": false,
    "generatedAt": "2026-09-11T05:00:01Z",
    "providers": [
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    ],
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    "pass": 2,
    "wave": 1,
    "engine": "claude",
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      "engine": "claude",
      "producedAt": "2026-10-05T16:30:00Z",
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      "fields": [
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        "ethics",
        "owners"
      ]
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        "completeness 1.00",
        "sense: WordNet gloss",
        "2 live sources",
        "review by codex: pass"
      ]
    }
  },
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    "id": "THING-CONSEQUENCE",
    "registryId": "vr.tr.consequence",
    "name": "consequence",
    "version": "0.2.0-wave.1",
    "entryKind": "thing",
    "family": "Thing Registry",
    "domain": [
      "PHY.FLW"
    ],
    "status": "research-draft"
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    "registry_id": "vr.tr.consequence",
    "name": "consequence",
    "purpose": "Let an agent record consequences with their cause, likelihood, timing and severity, and keep predicted and actual consequences apart.",
    "definition": "A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; a result, outcome or effect.",
    "what_it_is_for": "Reasoning about what follows from actions and events, for decisions and accountability.",
    "affordances": [
      "predict it, before acting",
      "observe and record it, after the fact",
      "attribute it, to a cause",
      "mitigate it, when harmful"
    ],
    "distinguishing_features": [
      "Follows from a cause",
      "Can be intended or unintended",
      "Predicted and actual consequences differ",
      "Severity and likelihood are separate"
    ],
    "appearance": "Not a thing to see; described as outcomes in reports, assessments and narratives.",
    "visual_identification": [
      "Words such as result, outcome, effect, impact",
      "Outcome measures in evaluations",
      "Consequence ratings in risk matrices"
    ],
    "physical_properties": [],
    "families_and_kinds": [
      "intended and unintended consequences",
      "direct and indirect effects",
      "short- and long-term outcomes",
      "legal consequences"
    ],
    "related_models": [
      {
        "relation": "is produced by",
        "target": "causality",
        "why": "cause and effect"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is rated in",
        "target": "risk",
        "why": "consequence and likelihood"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is measured in",
        "target": "evaluation",
        "why": "outcomes"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is confused with",
        "target": "correlation",
        "why": "following is not causing"
      }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "standards_and_regulation": [
      "ISO 31000 on consequences in risk assessment",
      "Environmental and regulatory impact assessment rules"
    ],
    "failure_modes_and_hazards": [
      "Treating a predicted consequence as certain",
      "Ignoring unintended consequences",
      "Attributing outcomes to the wrong cause"
    ],
    "in_scope": [],
    "out_of_scope": [],
    "characteristics": [],
    "agent_conduct": {
      "may": [
        "Describe likely consequences of a decision, stating uncertainty and assumptions.",
        "Point out unintended consequences that others may miss."
      ],
      "must_not": [
        "Present a predicted consequence as certain.",
        "Attribute an outcome to the wrong cause.",
        "Hide foreseeable harmful consequences from the people deciding."
      ],
      "requires_human": [
        "Accepting serious consequences on behalf of people who will bear them."
      ]
    },
    "ethics": {
      "considerations": [
        "Those who bear consequences are often not those who decide."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "People affected by decisions",
        "Decision makers"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "Nobody owns the concept; whoever acts answers for the consequences.",
      "master_systems": []
    },
    "facets_not_applicable": {
      "properties": "A consequence is defined by its causal relationship to an earlier phenomenon and has no intrinsic physical properties shared across its instances."
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "oewn",
      "title": "Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-11430739-n",
      "url": "https://en-word.net/id/oewn-11430739-n",
      "what_it_supports": "sense and gloss of the concept",
      "url_status": "live",
      "checked_by": "http 200"
    },
    {
      "id": "wiktionary-en",
      "title": "Wiktionary: consequence",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/consequence",
      "what_it_supports": "word senses and usage",
      "url_status": "live",
      "checked_by": "http 200"
    }
  ],
  "structure": {
    "bundles": [
      {
        "id": "cause-and-link",
        "name": "Cause and link",
        "description": "What it follows from.",
        "rationale": "A consequence is defined by its cause.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "cause",
            "name": "Cause",
            "description": "Originating event.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "cause-finding",
                "name": "Cause",
                "description": "The originating cause.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What caused this consequence?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How strong is the causal link?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "pathway",
            "name": "Pathway",
            "description": "How it came about.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "pathway-finding",
                "name": "Pathway",
                "description": "Intermediate steps.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Through which steps did the cause lead to it?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Could it have been interrupted?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "status",
        "name": "Status",
        "description": "Predicted or actual.",
        "rationale": "Predictions and observations must be kept apart.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "predicted",
            "name": "Predicted",
            "description": "Forecasts.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "predicted-finding",
                "name": "Prediction",
                "description": "Predicted consequences.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is this consequence predicted or observed?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How likely is it?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "actual",
            "name": "Actual",
            "description": "Observed outcomes.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "actual-finding",
                "name": "Observation",
                "description": "Observed outcomes.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What actually happened, according to which source?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How does it compare with the prediction?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "severity",
        "name": "Severity",
        "description": "How much it matters.",
        "rationale": "Severity guides priority.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "scale",
            "name": "Scale",
            "description": "Severity rating.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "scale-finding",
                "name": "Severity",
                "description": "Severity on a scale.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How severe is the consequence, on which scale?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Who is affected?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "duration",
            "name": "Duration",
            "description": "Short or long term.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "duration-finding",
                "name": "Duration",
                "description": "How long it lasts.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How long will the consequence last?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is it reversible?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "response",
        "name": "Response",
        "description": "Dealing with it.",
        "rationale": "Harmful consequences call for mitigation and accountability.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "mitigation",
            "name": "Mitigation",
            "description": "Reducing harm.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "mitigation-finding",
                "name": "Mitigation",
                "description": "Measures taken.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What can reduce this consequence?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Who should act?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "accountability",
            "name": "Accountability",
            "description": "Responsibility.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "accountability-finding",
                "name": "Accountability",
                "description": "Who answers for it.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Who is responsible for this consequence?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What remedies exist?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should intended and unintended consequences be distinguished in records?",
    "How should consequence severity scales be harmonised?",
    "The registry entry has merged aliases such as offspring and event; should they be split off?"
  ],
  "statistics": {
    "bundles": 4,
    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
  }
}