{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T11:21:35Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 20.3, "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: 01a09558-f166-74e1-8204-1f7abbfd8591\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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"Mitsubishi Ki-1", "purpose": "Enable an agent to recognise the Mitsubishi Ki-1 aircraft family, distinguish its variants, and assess what historical evidence supports claims about its configuration, capabilities and surviving material.", "definition": "The Mitsubishi Ki-1 was a Japanese twin-engine, low-wing heavy bomber developed for the Imperial Japanese Army in the early 1930s and accepted as the Army Type 93 Heavy Bomber.", "scope_statement": "This model owns the type-level identity and variant-dependent characteristics of registry entry vr.tr.mitsubishi-ki-1 in PHY / PHY.OBJ, encompassing the Army Type 93 Heavy Bomber family identified in the [Smithsonian aircraft index](https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/NASM.XXXX.1183.A.pdf).", "in_scope": [ "Ki-1 family identity, military designations and variant boundaries", "Airframe recognition features and documented configuration changes", "Variant-specific propulsion, dimensions, masses and performance evidence", "Crew accommodation and 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identifications using documented configuration evidence rather than treating their suffixes as interchangeable.", "Distinguish design influence or resemblance to Junkers aircraft from identity as the same aircraft type.", "Treat a serial number or unit marking as evidence about an individual airframe, not as a replacement for the Ki-1 family identity." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Designation and variant attribution", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Ki-1 family; Ki-1-I; Ki-1-II; unresolved attribution", "why_it_matters": "Determines which configuration and performance claims may be attached to a record." }, { "name": "Recognition configuration", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Documented wing, tail, undercarriage, nacelle and crew-position arrangement", "why_it_matters": "Supports identification when captions or translated designations are ambiguous." }, { "name": "Airframe dimensions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Wingspan, length and height in m; wing area in m²; variant and source required", "why_it_matters": "Allows comparison with related aircraft without mixing variant specifications." }, { "name": "Mass and useful load", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "kg, distinguishing empty, loaded and maximum permitted mass where documented", "why_it_matters": "Makes performance and payload comparisons interpretable." }, { "name": "Powerplant attribution", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Variant linked to documented engine designation, installation and rating conditions", "why_it_matters": "Prevents conflicting engine names or power figures from being silently combined." }, { "name": "Engine power", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "kW with original unit, per-engine or combined basis, altitude and rating duration", "why_it_matters": "Exposes horsepower-to-kilowatt transcription errors and unlike rating conditions." }, { "name": "Performance envelope", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Speed in km/h; range and ceiling in km or m; load, altitude and variant qualified", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes comparable measurements from unsupported headline values." }, { "name": "Evidence status", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Primary-source supported; secondary-source supported; conflicting; unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Controls whether an agent can assert a Ki-1 characteristic or must preserve uncertainty." } ], "affordances": [ "Match a historical designation or image to the Ki-1 family with explicit confidence.", "Compare Ki-1 variants using configuration and performance claims with matching conditions.", "Flag captions and specifications that may confuse the Ki-1 with another Type 93 aircraft.", "Trace a disputed engine, production or service claim to its underlying evidence.", "Assess whether a claimed surviving component has enough provenance for Ki-1 attribution.", "Identify missing evidence before proposing reconstruction or interpreting historical operating limits." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Describe the bomber's design and service history from reliable sources.", "Support historians and museums in cataloguing records about the type." ], "must_not": [ "Glorify or justify bombing of civilians in describing its service.", "Present uncertain production or combat figures as established fact.", "Use the history to demean a nation or its people." ], "requires_human": [ "Publishing interpretations of disputed wartime events." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Military aircraft histories touch on war and the suffering of those who were bombed.", "Accurate history serves remembrance on all sides." ], "affected_parties": [ "Victims of wartime bombing and their descendants", "Veterans and their families", "Historians" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "Nobody owns the design history; archives and museums hold the surviving records.", "master_systems": [] }, "visual_identification": [ "A large twin-engine monoplane with a low wing and fixed main undercarriage.", "Open or semi-enclosed gun positions in the nose and fuselage." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Historical records of the type are incomplete, so claims about it can easily be wrong." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "This aircraft type was developed for heavy bombing duties with the Japanese army during the 1930s.", "It is encountered today primarily in historical photographs, technical records and studies of interwar military aviation." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "The Army Type 93 Heavy Bomber designation, assigned by the Imperial Japanese Army, identifies the aircraft within its official military aircraft classification system." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q1645610: Mitsubishi Ki-1", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1645610", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Mitsubishi Ki-1", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Ki-1", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "identity-and-variant-boundaries", "name": "Identity and variant boundaries", "description": "Establish what the registered Ki-1 family includes and how its designations map to configurations.", "rationale": "Abbreviated Type 93 names and variant suffixes can cause different aircraft or configurations to be merged.", "layers": [ { "id": "designation-mapping", "name": "Designation mapping", "description": "Resolve military names, manufacturer names and transliterations.", "findings": [ { "id": "complete-type-designation", "name": "Complete type designation", "description": "Require enough designation context to identify the heavy-bomber family unambiguously.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which Japanese designation and translated forms explicitly identify the Ki-1 heavy bomber?", "kind": "definition", "id": "complete-type-designation-q01" }, { "text": "Which shortened Type 93 labels could instead refer to the Ki-2 or another aircraft?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "complete-type-designation-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "variant-membership", "name": "Variant membership", "description": "Keep variant and modification distinctions within the registered family.", "findings": [ { "id": "variant-attribution-rules", "name": "Variant attribution rules", "description": "Establish evidence needed to classify an aircraft or specification as Ki-1-I or Ki-1-II.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which documented changes define the transition between Ki-1-I and Ki-1-II?", "kind": "definition", "id": "variant-attribution-rules-q01" }, { "text": "Were earlier airframes converted, and how should their original and later configurations be represented?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "variant-attribution-rules-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "airframe-and-recognition", "name": "Airframe and recognition", "description": "Describe the structural and visible evidence needed for Ki-1 identification.", "rationale": "Recognition must rest on a configuration match rather than a caption or general resemblance.", "layers": [ { "id": "external-recognition", "name": "External recognition", "description": "Identify discriminating combinations of visible features.", "findings": [ { "id": "recognition-feature-set", "name": "Recognition feature set", "description": "Build a Ki-1 recognition checklist from authenticated visual evidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which wing, tail, undercarriage and nacelle features reliably distinguish Ki-1 photographs from Ki-2 photographs?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "recognition-feature-set-q01" }, { "text": "Which dated drawings or photographs establish those features for each Ki-1 variant?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "recognition-feature-set-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "structure-and-size", "name": "Structure and size", "description": "Associate dimensions and construction evidence with the correct configuration.", "findings": [ { "id": "airframe-baseline", "name": "Airframe baseline", "description": "Record dimensional and structural claims without assuming every Ki-1 shared one specification.", "questions": [ { "text": "What dimensions, wing area and mass definitions are documented for each variant?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "airframe-baseline-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence identifies structural changes between variants and distinguishes original construction from later repair?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "airframe-baseline-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "propulsion-and-flight-limitations", "name": "Propulsion and flight limitations", "description": "Resolve engine specifications and the conditions under which performance claims apply.", "rationale": "Conflicting engine descriptions and power units can distort assessments of the Ki-1's capabilities.", "layers": [ { "id": "engine-installation", "name": "Engine installation", "description": "Connect engine identity, cooling arrangement and power ratings to variants.", "findings": [ { "id": "engine-rating-reconciliation", "name": "Engine rating reconciliation", "description": "Preserve original engine terminology and rating units while reconciling conflicting accounts.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which original records establish engine designation, architecture and cooling arrangement for each Ki-1 variant?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "engine-rating-reconciliation-q01" }, { "text": "What power was rated per engine, in which original units and under what operating conditions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "engine-rating-reconciliation-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "performance-and-degraded-flight", "name": "Performance and degraded flight", "description": "Separate demonstrated performance from design requirements and retrospective assessments.", "findings": [ { "id": "conditional-flight-capability", "name": "Conditional flight capability", "description": "Qualify speed, range, ceiling and engine-out claims by configuration and test conditions.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which recorded speeds, ranges and ceilings are test results, and what variant, mass and altitude apply?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "conditional-flight-capability-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence establishes single-engine limitations and any dependence on aircraft mass or altitude?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "conditional-flight-capability-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "crew-and-bomber-configuration", "name": "Crew and bomber configuration", "description": "Capture the accommodation and equipment that defined the Ki-1's historical bomber role.", "rationale": "Crew positions and equipment affect identification, loading and interpretation of surviving drawings.", "layers": [ { "id": "crew-stations", "name": "Crew stations", "description": "Map documented crew roles to positions and variant-specific accommodation.", "findings": [ { "id": "crew-layout-evidence", "name": "Crew layout evidence", "description": "Distinguish crew capacity, assigned roles and visible station arrangements.", "questions": [ { "text": "What crew complement and station arrangement are documented for each Ki-1 variant?", "kind": "definition", "id": "crew-layout-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which sources establish changes to cockpit enclosure, visibility or communication equipment?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "crew-layout-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "historical-payload", "name": "Historical payload", "description": "Represent bomber equipment as historical configuration evidence.", "findings": [ { "id": "payload-and-equipment-attribution", "name": "Payload and equipment attribution", "description": "Keep bomb-load and defensive-equipment claims attached to documented variants and loading conditions.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which sources distinguish normal and maximum bomb loads, and what fuel or mass assumptions accompany them?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "payload-and-equipment-attribution-q01" }, { "text": "Which defensive stations and equipment installations are documented rather than inferred from indistinct photographs?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "payload-and-equipment-attribution-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "historical-evidence-and-material-status", "name": "Historical evidence and material status", "description": "Establish the production and service context of claims and the limits of material attribution.", "rationale": "A type history cannot establish the identity, completeness or usability of a particular surviving object.", "layers": [ { "id": "production-and-service-context", "name": "Production and service context", "description": "Anchor configuration claims to dated production and service evidence.", "findings": [ { "id": "chronology-and-counting-basis", "name": "Chronology and counting basis", "description": "Distinguish prototypes, new production, conversions and operational records.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which records establish prototype flight, acceptance, production and withdrawal dates?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "chronology-and-counting-basis-q01" }, { "text": "Do published variant totals count converted Ki-1 airframes twice or include prototypes differently?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "chronology-and-counting-basis-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "survival-and-assessment", "name": "Survival and assessment", "description": "Define how material claimed to be Ki-1-related can be assessed.", "findings": [ { "id": "material-attribution-and-action", "name": "Material attribution and action", "description": "Require provenance and object-specific inspection before extending type information to physical material.", "questions": [ { "text": "Are any original Ki-1 airframes or components documented in collection inventories with traceable provenance?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "material-attribution-and-action-q01" }, { "text": "What object-specific evidence would be required before recommending 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"evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Mitsubishi Ki-1 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": "Crew complement", "typical_range": "4", "unit": "people" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of Mitsubishi Ki-1 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": [ "Low speed and limited defensive protection made the aircraft vulnerable to interception.", "Fuel and carried bombs presented fire and explosion hazards following combat damage 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