{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-13T22:21:40Z", "providers": [ "Claude" ], "breadth": "written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify", "pass": 2, "wave": 4, "engine": "claude", "enrichment": { "pass": 3, "engine": "claude", "producedAt": "2026-10-06T11:00:00Z", "ingestedAt": "2026-10-06T07:41:27+00:00", "fields": [ "agent_conduct", "ethics", "owners" ] }, "gate": { "passed": true, "version": "1.0", "at": "2026-10-06T19:51:53+00:00", "evidence": [ "completeness 1.00", "sense: Wikidata description", "2 live sources", "review by codex: pass" ] } }, "metaModel": { "id": "THING-Q101538", "registryId": "vr.tr.trifolium", "name": "Trifolium", "version": "0.2.0-wave.4", "entryKind": "thing", "family": "Thing Registry", "domain": [ "PHY.LIV" ], "status": "research-draft" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q101538/", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.trifolium", "name": "Trifolium", "purpose": "Let an agent explain Trifolium, relay botany, agricultural uses, nitrogen fixation and folklore from botanical and agronomy sources, describe four- and five-leaf clovers, and distinguish Trifolium from wood sorrel Oxalis, sweet clover Melilotus, shamrock as a symbol and medick Medicago.", "definition": "A genus of about 250 to 300 species of plants in the legume family Fabaceae, known as clovers or trefoils, with leaves usually of three leaflets, dense flower heads and root nodules that host nitrogen-fixing Rhizobium bacteria, including white clover Trifolium repens and red clover Trifolium pratense, important forage and green manure crops; four-leaf and rarer five-leaf clovers are mutations or variants of normally three-leaflet leaves, with four-leaf clovers traditionally considered lucky. 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landholders manage the plants on their land.", "master_systems": [ "Plant taxonomic databases" ] } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q101538: Trifolium", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101538", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Clover", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clover", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "understand", "name": "Understand", "description": "What Trifolium is.", "rationale": "Science.", "layers": [ { "id": "definition", "name": "Definition", "description": "Definition.", "findings": [ { "id": "definition-finding", "name": "Definition", "description": "Definition.", "questions": [ { "text": "What is Trifolium, and how does it differ from Oxalis, Melilotus, Medicago and the shamrock symbol?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Is the question about farming, gardening, livestock bloat, which needs a vet, or folklore?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "leaves", "name": "Leaves", "description": "Four- and five-leaf clovers.", "findings": [ { "id": "leaves-finding", "name": "Leaves", "description": "Leaves.", "questions": [ { "text": "Why do four- and five-leaf clovers occur?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Which entry fits four-leaf clover?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "botany", "name": "Botany", "description": "Botany.", "rationale": "Science.", "layers": [ { "id": "nitrogen", "name": "Nitrogen", "description": "Nitrogen fixation.", "findings": [ { "id": "nitrogen-finding", "name": "Nitrogen", "description": "Nitrogen.", "questions": [ { "text": "How do clover root nodules fix nitrogen?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which references are standard?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "species", "name": "Species", "description": "Species.", "findings": [ { "id": "species-finding", "name": "Species", "description": "Species.", "questions": [ { "text": "How do white, red and crimson clover differ?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which sources are cited?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "agriculture", "name": "Agriculture", "description": "Agriculture.", "rationale": "Regulation.", "layers": [ { "id": "forage", "name": "Forage", "description": "Forage.", "findings": [ { "id": "forage-finding", "name": "Forage", "description": "Forage.", "questions": [ { "text": "How is clover used in pastures, and how do farmers manage bloat?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits bloat (livestock)?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "pollinators", "name": "Pollinators", "description": "Pollinators.", "findings": [ { "id": "pollinators-finding", "name": "Pollinators", "description": "Pollinators.", "questions": [ { "text": "Why is clover valuable for bees in lawns and pastures?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits bee lawn?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "context", "name": "Context", "description": "Culture.", "rationale": "Context.", "layers": [ { "id": "luck", "name": "Luck", "description": "Lucky clovers.", "findings": [ { "id": "luck-finding", "name": "Luck", "description": "Luck.", "questions": [ { "text": "Where does the belief in lucky four-leaf clovers come from?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits good luck charm?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "shamrock", "name": "Shamrock", "description": "Shamrock.", "findings": [ { "id": "shamrock-finding", "name": "Shamrock", "description": "Shamrock.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which plants are identified as the shamrock?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits shamrock?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Should four-leaf clover be a separate entry?", "How should agronomy sources be linked?", "Should key species be linked?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 4, "layers": 8, "findings": 8, "questions": 16 } }