{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T10:08:24Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 17.2, "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: 01a09515-de09-7443-a2cf-90588d0ef2c8\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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[Smith's Dictionary entry](https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA%2A/Gymnopaedia.html).", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this occurrence of the name denote the Spartan festival, a performance within it or a later borrowing?", "kind": "definition", "id": "spartan-festival-identification-q01" }, { "text": "Which passage or contextual identifier supports treating this spelling as a name for Gymnopaedia?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "spartan-festival-identification-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "historical-reach", "name": "Historical reach", "description": "Separate dated evidence from traditions about foundation and continuity.", "findings": [ { "id": "period-specific-support", "name": "Period-specific support", "description": "Record the date described separately from the date of the witness, and retain gaps between attestations.", "questions": [ { "text": "What is the earliest securely supported observance, as distinct from a retrospectively assigned foundation 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[ { "scheme": "Ancient Greek name", "value_or_pattern": "Γυμνοπαιδίαι", "note": "Also transliterated as Gymnopaidiai or Gymnopaediae." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Gymnopaedia 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": [ "Collective religious observance in ancient Sparta.", "Public performance of choral song and dance.", "Expression and reinforcement of civic identity through coordinated performance." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Gymnopaedia this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": 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