{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T10:47:55Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 19.2, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a0953a-367e-7c21-8a6b-e283756bf949\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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"vr.tr.korean-alcoholic-drinks", "name": "Korean alcoholic drinks", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to identify a Korean alcoholic drink, assess its documented composition and condition, and determine appropriate storage, service and handling.", "definition": "Korean alcoholic drinks are a culturally and geographically defined family of ethanol-containing beverages associated with Korea, including fermented grain and fruit drinks and distilled spirits.", "scope_statement": "This model owns Korean alcoholic drinks as a beverage family and its identifiable styles, products and batches, including Korean attribution, ingredients, production distinctions and condition; it does not treat the family as a single chemical substance.", "in_scope": [ "Drink identities, Korean names, transliterations and style relationships", "Evidence supporting Korean origin or affiliation, distinguished from manufacturing location", "Ingredients, fermentation starters, production routes and finishing treatments", "Batch-specific alcohol strength, physical properties and sensory condition", "Packaging, preservation, storage and serving requirements" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Pure ethanol and other individual chemical substances", "Alcoholic beverages without an evidenced Korean affiliation", "Breweries, distilleries and brands as organisations", "Production equipment and complete manufacturing procedures", "Korean drinking customs and ceremonies as social practices", "Individual medical assessments and alcohol-use treatment" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Require evidence of a Korean beverage identity or tradition; sale in Korea alone does not establish membership.", "Distinguish Korean style attribution from country of manufacture so that overseas production and Korean-made foreign styles remain distinguishable.", "Test whether the drink is fermented, distilled, diluted, infused or blended rather than assigning its production route from its Korean name alone.", "Use documented clarification and solids retention to distinguish cloudy and clarified fermented styles; colour alone is insufficient.", "Treat ingredients and alcohol strength as properties of a style, product or batch with explicit applicability, rather than constants shared by all Korean alcoholic drinks." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Korean beverage identity", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Recorded style term, Hangul name, transliteration, aliases and classification authority", "why_it_matters": "Supports recognition while preserving differences between everyday, historical and regulated names." }, { "name": "Korean affiliation", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Drink-to-tradition, region or documented origin relationship, with supporting evidence", "why_it_matters": "Establishes family membership independently of where a particular bottle was made." }, { "name": "Fermentable ingredients and additions", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Declared grains, fruits, other fermentables, sweeteners, flavourings and additions; proportions when documented", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes recipes and supports ingredient-sensitive selection." }, { "name": "Starter and fermentation system", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Named starter such as nuruk, documented culture or enzyme system, mixed system, not applicable or unknown", "why_it_matters": "Records production distinctions without assuming every Korean drink uses the same starter." }, { "name": "Production route", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Fermentation, clarification, distillation, dilution, infusion and blending, recorded in sequence where known", "why_it_matters": "Separates materially different drinks that may share a broad style label." }, { "name": "Alcohol strength", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "% alcohol by volume, with label or measurement source and applicable batch", "why_it_matters": "Supports comparison, serving calculations and applicable handling decisions." }, { "name": "Clarity and retained solids", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Clear, hazy, cloudy or sedimented; observed temperature and handling history", "why_it_matters": "Helps interpret style and distinguish expected settling from an unexplained change." }, { "name": "Preservation treatment", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Documented pasteurisation, filtration, other stabilisation, untreated or unknown", "why_it_matters": "Informs interpretation of storage instructions and potential changes after packaging." }, { "name": "Sweetness and acidity", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Residual sugars in g/L, pH and titratable acidity with method and acid basis; unknown when unmeasured", "why_it_matters": "Supports product comparison without substituting taste impressions for measurements." }, { "name": "Package and opening condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Closure type, seal integrity, opening time, leakage, deformation and documented pressure behaviour", "why_it_matters": "Connects the drink's current condition to appropriate opening, storage and service." } ], "affordances": [ "Resolve Korean names and transliterations to documented beverage styles without merging uncertain synonyms.", "Compare drinks by ingredients, production route, alcohol strength and preservation treatment.", "Trace a bottle or batch to its producer, manufacturing location and claimed regional tradition.", "Apply product-specific storage, opening, mixing and serving instructions.", "Flag unexplained changes in sediment, aroma, package pressure or appearance for further assessment.", "Check whether a proposed description or substitution preserves the drink's documented identity." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Describe Korean alcoholic drinks, their history and ways of making from reliable sources.", "Read and report alcohol content and ingredients from labels." ], "must_not": [ "Serve or sell alcohol to minors or to people who are visibly intoxicated.", "Encourage binge drinking or drinking games.", "Encourage drinking and driving or drinking during pregnancy.", "Misrepresent home-brewed or unlabelled spirits as safe." ], "requires_human": [ "Serving alcohol in a commercial or care setting." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Drinking customs are part of Korean social life but also bring pressure to drink.", "Alcohol harms health and causes violence and road deaths." ], "affected_parties": [ "Drinkers", "Young people", "Families and road users" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The producer and the seller answer for each product; national food and liquor authorities set rules.", "master_systems": [] }, "visual_identification": [ "Clear soju in small green bottles, milky rice wine (makgeolli) in plastic bottles or bowls.", "Often served in small shot glasses or shallow metal bowls." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Alcohol poisoning from rapid drinking.", "Unregulated distilled spirits can contain toxic methanol." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Korean alcoholic beverages are encountered in meals, celebrations, ceremonial offerings and commercial beverage service.", "Their composition, alcohol content and production method help determine suitable storage, service and handling." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "The Liquor Tax Act, enacted by the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, establishes Korean liquor categories and taxation requirements.", "The Food Sanitation Act, enacted by the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, provides food safety requirements relevant to alcoholic beverage production and sale." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q1046016: Korean alcoholic drinks", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1046016", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Korean alcoholic beverages", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_alcoholic_beverages", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "korean-identity-and-style", "name": "Korean identity and style", "description": "Establishes what makes the drink a member of this family and what its names denote.", "rationale": "Korean affiliation, manufacturing location and style terminology answer different identity questions.", "layers": [ { "id": "names-and-style-boundaries", "name": "Names and style boundaries", "description": "Records Korean terms and tests their relationships without assuming exact equivalence.", "findings": [ { "id": "style-name-applicability", "name": "Style name applicability", "description": "Record the evidence and usage context behind names such as makgeolli, takju, yakju, cheongju and soju.", "questions": [ { "text": "What Hangul name, transliterations and producer-declared style identify this drink?", "kind": "definition", "id": "style-name-applicability-q01" }, { "text": "Which names are equivalent, overlapping or distinct in the historical, commercial or regulatory context being used?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "style-name-applicability-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "origin-and-affiliation", "name": "Origin and affiliation", "description": "Separates the drink's Korean identity from the location of a particular production batch.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidenced-korean-membership", "name": "Evidenced Korean membership", "description": "Record the basis for Korean attribution and any narrower regional or traditional claim.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence links this drink to a Korean beverage tradition, origin or recognised style?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "evidenced-korean-membership-q01" }, { "text": "How should an overseas-made Korean-style drink or a Korean-made foreign-style drink be classified within this entry?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "evidenced-korean-membership-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "ingredients-and-transformation", "name": "Ingredients and transformation", "description": "Captures the material and processing distinctions behind Korean drink styles.", "rationale": "A familiar style name alone does not establish the fermentables, starter or route used to produce a particular drink.", "layers": [ { "id": "fermentables-and-starters", "name": "Fermentables and starters", "description": "Records substrates, saccharification inputs and fermentation systems at the appropriate product or batch level.", "findings": [ { "id": "documented-fermentation-inputs", "name": "Documented fermentation inputs", "description": "Identify the actual ingredients and starter system without inferring a recipe from Korean affiliation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which grains, fruits or other fermentables are documented, and are their proportions known?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "documented-fermentation-inputs-q01" }, { "text": "Is nuruk or another starter, culture or enzyme system documented, and what role does it perform?", "kind": "definition", "id": "documented-fermentation-inputs-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "separation-and-finishing", "name": "Separation and finishing", "description": "Tracks transformations that distinguish cloudy fermented drinks, clarified drinks, spirits and compounded products.", "findings": [ { "id": "production-route-evidence", "name": "Production route evidence", "description": "Record clarification, distillation, dilution, infusion and blending as evidenced operations.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which operations connect the fermented base to the packaged drink, including solids removal and post-fermentation additions?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "production-route-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "For a drink labelled soju, what establishes whether it is distilled, diluted from a spirit base, blended or otherwise finished?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "production-route-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "composition-and-style-expression", "name": "Composition and style expression", "description": "Records measurable and observable properties without imposing one profile on the whole family.", "rationale": "Cloudiness, strength, sweetness and acidity help distinguish products and assess changes only when tied to a documented reference.", "layers": [ { "id": "strength-and-taste-measurements", "name": "Strength and taste measurements", "description": "Separates declared values, analytical results and sensory descriptions.", "findings": [ { "id": "batch-composition-profile", "name": "Batch composition profile", "description": "Record alcohol strength and available sweetness and acidity measurements for the actual drink.", "questions": [ { "text": "What alcohol by volume is declared or measured for this product and batch?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "batch-composition-profile-q01" }, { "text": "Which sugar and acidity values are measured, by what methods, and which descriptions are sensory observations only?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "batch-composition-profile-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "cloudiness-sediment-and-carbonation", "name": "Cloudiness, sediment and carbonation", "description": "Interprets physical appearance and gas behaviour against the intended drink style.", "findings": [ { "id": "expected-physical-profile", "name": "Expected physical profile", "description": "Record whether suspended solids, settling and carbonation are expected for this particular product.", "questions": [ { "text": "What clarity, sediment and carbonation does the producer describe as normal for this drink?", "kind": "definition", "id": "expected-physical-profile-q01" }, { "text": "How do observed settling, haze or gas release compare with that reference at the recorded temperature and time since opening?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "expected-physical-profile-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "preservation-and-service", "name": "Preservation and service", "description": "Connects treatment and package condition to storage, opening and serving decisions.", "rationale": "A cloudy fermented drink and a stabilised spirit cannot be assigned the same handling rules merely because both are Korean alcoholic drinks.", "layers": [ { "id": "stabilisation-and-storage", "name": "Stabilisation and storage", "description": "Records preservation evidence and product-specific requirements before and after opening.", "findings": [ { "id": "product-specific-storage-state", "name": "Product-specific storage state", "description": "Assess storage against documented treatment, date marking and temperature instructions.", "questions": [ { "text": "What pasteurisation, filtration or other stabilisation is documented, and what evidence supports any claim of continuing fermentation?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "product-specific-storage-state-q01" }, { "text": "What storage temperatures and unopened or opened-use periods does the producer specify, and has this package followed them?", "kind": "action", "id": "product-specific-storage-state-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "opening-and-serving", "name": "Opening and serving", "description": "Uses the drink's solids, gas behaviour and package instructions to guide service.", "findings": [ { "id": "documented-serving-actions", "name": "Documented serving actions", "description": "Determine whether chilling, sediment redistribution or careful pressure release is appropriate for the particular drink.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the producer instruct the user to redistribute sediment, pour clear, chill or use a particular opening procedure?", "kind": "action", "id": "documented-serving-actions-q01" }, { "text": "Which observed package or drink changes require withholding service and obtaining product-specific guidance?", "kind": "action", "id": "documented-serving-actions-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "This entry denotes a beverage family, not a single chemical substance; it has no single CAS number, purity specification or set of physical constants.", "Yakju and cheongju overlap in everyday descriptions; their precise production and legal boundaries require checking.", "Alcohol ranges are illustrative rather than defining limits; current product strengths, regulatory categories and regional terminology require verification." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Korean alcoholic drinks this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Makgeolli: cloudy fermented grain drink", "Yakju: clarified fermented grain drink", "Cheongju: clear rice-based fermented drink", "Distilled soju: spirit distilled from a fermented base", "Diluted soju: beverage made by diluting neutral alcohol, often with sweeteners", "Fruit wines, including bokbunja-ju" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Korean alcoholic drinks this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Consumption with meals and shared side dishes", "Toasts and social gatherings", "Ancestral rites and ceremonial offerings", "Cooking, including marinades and sauces", "Regional culinary tourism and gifting" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Korean alcoholic drinks this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "Alcohol by volume in common commercial makgeolli", "typical_range": "Approximately 5-8", "unit": "% ABV" }, { "quantity": "Alcohol by volume in common diluted soju", "typical_range": "Approximately 12-25", "unit": "% ABV" }, { "quantity": "Alcohol by volume in distilled soju", "typical_range": "Often 20-45", "unit": "% ABV" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of Korean alcoholic drinks this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Ethanol can cause intoxication, impaired coordination and acute poisoning.", "Repeated consumption can lead to dependence and chronic disease.", "Unpasteurized fermented drinks may continue fermenting during storage, changing flavor and increasing package pressure.", "Poor sanitation or unsuitable storage can cause microbial spoilage.", "Grain ingredients and fermentation starters may introduce allergens, including wheat." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Korean alcoholic drinks this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Local traditions differ in grain selection, fermentation starters, water and maturation practices.", "Andong is associated with a tradition of distilled soju.", "Jeju has a distinctive distilled-drink tradition known as goryangju." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Korean alcoholic drinks this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Alcoholic beverages", "difference": "The broader category 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