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    "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed",
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    "generatedAt": "2026-09-11T15:11:44Z",
    "providers": [
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    "pass": 2,
    "wave": 1,
    "engine": "claude",
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      "engine": "claude",
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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-IRRELEVANCE",
    "registryId": "vr.tr.irrelevance",
    "name": "irrelevance",
    "version": "0.2.0-wave.1",
    "entryKind": "thing",
    "family": "Thing Registry",
    "domain": [
      "XCT.REL"
    ],
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    "name": "irrelevance",
    "purpose": "Let an agent judge relevance in reasoning, research and law in general terms, filter irrelevant information, and explain relevance rules.",
    "definition": "The lack of relation of something to the matter at hand, as when evidence, arguments or information do not bear on the question; in law, irrelevant evidence is inadmissible, and in reasoning, irrelevant premises are a common fallacy source.",
    "what_it_is_for": "Focusing reasoning, evidence and communication.",
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      "test whether information is relevant to a question",
      "identify fallacies of irrelevance",
      "explain relevance rules in evidence law in general terms",
      "filter search results and documents"
    ],
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      "Relative to a matter at hand",
      "Judged by bearing on the question",
      "Legal and logical senses",
      "Depends on framing"
    ],
    "appearance": "Not physical; judgements about connection between items and questions.",
    "visual_identification": [
      "Material that does not bear on the question",
      "Red herrings in arguments",
      "Unconnectedness is a broader absence of relation"
    ],
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    "families_and_kinds": [
      "logical irrelevance",
      "evidential irrelevance",
      "irrelevance in information retrieval",
      "immateriality in law"
    ],
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      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "relation (absence)",
        "why": "category"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is related to",
        "target": "unconnectedness",
        "why": "broader concept"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is judged in",
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        "why": "legal context"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is related to",
        "target": "result",
        "why": "what bears on outcomes"
      }
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    "standards_and_regulation": [
      "Rules of evidence on relevance and admissibility"
    ],
    "failure_modes_and_hazards": [
      "Dismissing relevant evidence too early",
      "Red herring arguments",
      "Agents giving legal advice"
    ],
    "in_scope": [],
    "out_of_scope": [],
    "characteristics": [],
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      "may": [
        "Point out when information does not bear on the question, explaining why.",
        "Explain legal rules on relevance in general terms, citing the jurisdiction."
      ],
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        "Dismiss a person's concerns as irrelevant to avoid addressing them.",
        "Bring in irrelevant personal details to discredit someone.",
        "Advise on admissibility of evidence in a specific case without a qualified lawyer."
      ],
      "requires_human": [
        "Deciding that evidence or testimony should be excluded."
      ]
    },
    "ethics": {
      "considerations": [
        "Calling something irrelevant can silence people; the judgement must be honest.",
        "Irrelevant personal details used against someone are unfair and can be discriminatory."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "People whose concerns are dismissed",
        "Parties to disputes"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "Nobody: an abstract relation; courts decide relevance in law.",
      "master_systems": []
    }
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    {
      "id": "oewn",
      "title": "Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-13818046-n",
      "url": "https://en-word.net/id/oewn-13818046-n",
      "what_it_supports": "sense and gloss of the concept",
      "url_status": "live",
      "checked_by": "http 200"
    },
    {
      "id": "wiktionary-en",
      "title": "Wiktionary: irrelevance",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/irrelevance",
      "what_it_supports": "word senses and usage",
      "url_status": "live",
      "checked_by": "http 200"
    }
  ],
  "structure": {
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      {
        "id": "reasoning",
        "name": "Reasoning",
        "description": "Arguments.",
        "rationale": "Relevance keeps arguments honest.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "test",
            "name": "Test",
            "description": "Relevance test.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "test-finding",
                "name": "Test",
                "description": "Relevance test.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Does this point actually bear on the question at hand?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What would change if it were false?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "fallacies",
            "name": "Fallacies",
            "description": "Red herrings.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "fallacies-finding",
                "name": "Fallacies",
                "description": "Fallacies.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is this a fallacy of irrelevance such as ad hominem or red herring?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How can the discussion be refocused?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "law",
        "name": "Law",
        "description": "Evidence.",
        "rationale": "Rules govern admissibility.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "rules",
            "name": "Rules",
            "description": "Relevance rules.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "rules-finding",
                "name": "Rules",
                "description": "Relevance rules.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How do evidence rules define relevance and materiality here, in general terms?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Who decides admissibility?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "advice",
            "name": "Advice",
            "description": "Limits.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "advice-finding",
                "name": "Advice",
                "description": "Advice limits.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is the user asking about evidence in their own case?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Where can legal help be found?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "information",
        "name": "Information",
        "description": "Filtering.",
        "rationale": "Filtering saves effort.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "search",
            "name": "Search",
            "description": "Search relevance.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "search-finding",
                "name": "Search",
                "description": "Search relevance.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which results are relevant to this query, and why?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How can the query be refined?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "documents",
            "name": "Documents",
            "description": "Editing.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "documents-finding",
                "name": "Documents",
                "description": "Editing.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which parts of this document are irrelevant to its purpose?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Should they be cut or moved?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "framing",
        "name": "Framing",
        "description": "Context.",
        "rationale": "Relevance depends on framing.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "question",
            "name": "Question",
            "description": "Defining the matter.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "question-finding",
                "name": "Question",
                "description": "Defining the question.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What exactly is the matter at hand?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Would a different framing make the item relevant?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "caution",
            "name": "Caution",
            "description": "Premature dismissal.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "caution-finding",
                "name": "Caution",
                "description": "Caution.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Could seemingly irrelevant information become relevant later?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Should it be kept on record?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should fallacies of irrelevance be a separate entry?",
    "How should evidence rules be localised?",
    "How should relevance ranking be linked?"
  ],
  "statistics": {
    "bundles": 4,
    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
  }
}