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    "generatedAt": "2026-09-11T13:03:37Z",
    "providers": [
      "Claude"
    ],
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    "pass": 2,
    "wave": 1,
    "engine": "claude",
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      "engine": "claude",
      "producedAt": "2026-10-05T18:00:00Z",
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        "owners"
      ]
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      "evidence": [
        "completeness 1.00",
        "sense: WordNet gloss",
        "2 live sources",
        "review by codex: pass"
      ]
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    "id": "THING-FOUNDATION",
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      "XCT.REL"
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    "name": "foundation",
    "purpose": "Let an agent handle foundation as an abstract basis in reasoning, relationships and organisations, and separate the concrete and institutional senses.",
    "definition": "The basis on which something is grounded or built, such as the premises of an argument, the principles of a theory or the common ground shared by people, as in the foundation of a friendship or grass-roots support; distinct from building foundations, charitable foundations and cosmetic foundation.",
    "what_it_is_for": "Describing what supports or justifies something.",
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      "identify the foundations of an argument or theory",
      "find common ground in discussions",
      "use the word accurately",
      "separate building, charity and cosmetic senses"
    ],
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      "Supports what rests on it",
      "Can be examined or questioned",
      "Many concrete senses exist"
    ],
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      "Phrases such as the foundation of",
      "Premises and principles",
      "A building foundation is a structural element"
    ],
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      "foundations of a discipline",
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      "grass-roots support"
    ],
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        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "relation",
        "why": "category"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is related to",
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      },
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        "relation": "is related to",
        "target": "common ground",
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        "relation": "is confused with",
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      }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "standards_and_regulation": [
      "No specific regulation"
    ],
    "failure_modes_and_hazards": [
      "Unexamined assumptions",
      "Confusing senses in translation"
    ],
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    "out_of_scope": [],
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        "Identify and state the premises or principles an argument or theory rests on.",
        "Point out where a claimed foundation is weak or unsupported."
      ],
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        "Misrepresent the premises of someone else's argument to attack it.",
        "Present contested principles as settled foundations.",
        "Invent common ground between people that they have not agreed to."
      ],
      "requires_human": [
        "Committing people to shared principles in an agreement."
      ]
    },
    "ethics": {
      "considerations": [
        "What a community treats as its foundation decides whose views count.",
        "Arguments that hide their premises can mislead people."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "People in a debate",
        "Communities that share principles"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "Nobody owns the concept; it belongs to whoever reasons from it.",
      "master_systems": []
    }
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    {
      "id": "oewn",
      "title": "Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-13812924-n",
      "url": "https://en-word.net/id/oewn-13812924-n",
      "what_it_supports": "sense and gloss of the concept",
      "url_status": "live",
      "checked_by": "http 200"
    },
    {
      "id": "wiktionary-en",
      "title": "Wiktionary: foundation",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/foundation",
      "what_it_supports": "word senses and usage",
      "url_status": "live",
      "checked_by": "http 200"
    }
  ],
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        "id": "reasoning",
        "name": "Reasoning",
        "description": "Arguments.",
        "rationale": "Foundations can be examined.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "premises",
            "name": "Premises",
            "description": "Basis of claims.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "premises-finding",
                "name": "Premises",
                "description": "Premises.",
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                  {
                    "text": "What are the foundational premises of this argument?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Are they supported by evidence?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "disciplines",
            "name": "Disciplines",
            "description": "Foundations of fields.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "disciplines-finding",
                "name": "Disciplines",
                "description": "Foundations of disciplines.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What are the foundations of this field, such as axioms in mathematics?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Are they debated?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "social",
        "name": "Social",
        "description": "Common ground.",
        "rationale": "Shared basis aids cooperation.",
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          {
            "id": "common",
            "name": "Common ground",
            "description": "Agreement.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "common-finding",
                "name": "Common ground",
                "description": "Common ground.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What common ground do the parties share?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How can it be used to move a discussion forward?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "grassroots",
            "name": "Grass roots",
            "description": "Support.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "grassroots-finding",
                "name": "Grass roots",
                "description": "Grass-roots support.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What is the grass-roots basis of this movement, according to sources?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How is it measured?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "language",
        "name": "Language",
        "description": "Usage.",
        "rationale": "Usage matters.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "usage",
            "name": "Usage",
            "description": "Word choice.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "usage-finding",
                "name": "Usage",
                "description": "Usage.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is foundation, basis or ground the best word here?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Does the register suit the text?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "translation",
            "name": "Translation",
            "description": "Other languages.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "translation-finding",
                "name": "Translation",
                "description": "Translation.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which word conveys this abstract sense in another language?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Could it be confused with a concrete sense?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "senses",
        "name": "Senses",
        "description": "Disambiguation.",
        "rationale": "Foundation has concrete senses.",
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            "name": "Building",
            "description": "Structural foundation.",
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              {
                "id": "building-finding",
                "name": "Building",
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                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is the foundation of a building meant?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "organisation",
            "name": "Organisation",
            "description": "Charitable foundation.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "organisation-finding",
                "name": "Organisation",
                "description": "Organisation and cosmetic senses.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is a charitable foundation or cosmetic foundation meant?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should common ground be a separate entry?",
    "How should foundations of disciplines be linked?",
    "How should concrete senses be split off?"
  ],
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    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
  }
}