{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T10:03:48Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 16.6, "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: 01a09511-cdc4-7441-9550-919898915d76\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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grace as a meal-associated prayer or expression of thanks, provisionally interpreting the undefined registry entry in that sense.", "definition": "A grace is a prayer of thanksgiving or blessing said or sung before or after a meal.", "scope_statement": "This model owns grace as a communicative work associated with a meal, including its wording, intended function, variants and conditions of use; this interpretation requires confirmation against the registry source.", "in_scope": [ "Identification of a grace by its text, title, attribution and meal-associated purpose", "Religious, secular or mixed expressions of thanks intended for use around a meal", "Relationships between a grace, its translations, adaptations and versions", "Intended placement, speaker roles and participation in delivery", "Evidence and permissions governing attribution, reproduction and adaptation" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Grace as divine favour or a theological doctrine", "Grace as elegance of movement or conduct", "Grace periods, pardons and other concessions", "People, organisations or unrelated creative works named Grace", "The meal, gathering or religious service as an event", "Physical carriers and individual recordings of a grace, except as linked evidence" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Its intended use explicitly connects the utterance to a meal; thanking someone in an unrelated context is insufficient.", "It functions as prayer, blessing or reflective thanks rather than merely announcing the menu or giving dining instructions.", "An invocation of grace as divine favour is thematic content and does not alone establish that the utterance is a mealtime grace.", "The wording can be identified separately from a particular occasion on which someone delivers it, even when composed for that occasion.", "A shared title or opening line does not establish identical wording, attribution or conditions of use." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Interpretation confidence", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "provisional meal-associated utterance; source-confirmed interpretation; conflicting evidence", "why_it_matters": "The entry has no definition, so the agent must keep the proposed sense distinct from an established registry meaning." }, { "name": "Communicative function", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "thanksgiving; blessing; petition; remembrance; reflection; combination; unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Function helps distinguish a grace from nearby forms such as a toast or announcement." }, { "name": "Meal placement", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "before the meal; during the meal; after the meal; unspecified", "why_it_matters": "Placement determines when the utterance is intended to be used." }, { "name": "Addressee", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "named divine addressee; participants; food providers; no explicit addressee; unresolved", "why_it_matters": "The agent should distinguish thanking participants from addressing a deity without imposing an interpretation." }, { "name": "Tradition or community association", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "evidenced association with a named tradition or community; self-described secular use; unknown", "why_it_matters": "Association informs contextual suitability without treating one community's usage as universal." }, { "name": "Text and expression relationship", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "identified wording linked to original, translation, adaptation, variant or unidentified antecedent", "why_it_matters": "Similar versions may differ in meaning, attribution and permission to adapt." }, { "name": "Participation pattern", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "single speaker; shared recitation; leader and response; silent reflection; unspecified", "why_it_matters": "An agent needs to know what participants would be asked to do." }, { "name": "Permitted use", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "reproduction and adaptation permissions documented; restrictions documented; rights unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Traditional appearance or anonymous attribution does not establish permission for every use." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify a candidate grace from its wording and documented meal-related purpose.", "Compare versions and highlight changes to addressee, belief commitments or participation.", "Select a grace against an explicitly stated meal context and participant preferences.", "Prepare delivery guidance for a speaker or participating group.", "Translate or adapt wording when permissions and contextual requirements support doing so, labelling the result.", "Flag uncertain attribution, unsuitable participation demands or unresolved rights before reuse." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Explain the tradition of saying grace in different faiths, citing sources.", "Provide the text of a grace when a user asks for one from a stated tradition." ], "must_not": [ "Mock people who say grace or those who do not.", "Attribute a prayer to the wrong tradition.", "Pressure anyone to join or skip a prayer.", "Alter a traditional text and present it as original." ], "requires_human": [ "Choosing a prayer for a mixed or public gathering." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Religious practice at meals is personal and should be respected.", "Public prayer can exclude people of other or no faith." ], "affected_parties": [ "Religious communities", "Guests of other beliefs" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "Nobody owns it; each faith tradition keeps its prayers.", "master_systems": [] }, "what_it_is_for": [ "Grace is spoken or sung before or after meals in homes, religious communities and communal gatherings.", "It expresses thanksgiving or requests a blessing in language shaped by the participants' tradition.", "In art, a scene of grace can represent meal-associated prayer, devotion or family custom." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Compulsory participation can pressure people to express religious beliefs they do not hold.", "Selecting an inappropriate prayer can exclude participants or misrepresent their traditions.", "Recording or sharing participation without consent can expose private religious beliefs." ], "facets_not_applicable": { "interfaces": "No generally applicable technical standard or official classification governs grace as a meal-associated prayer.", "recognition": "Grace is a prayer practice whose identity cannot be established from appearance alone." } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q1668249: grace", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1668249", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Grace (meals)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_%28meals%29", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "meal-grace-identity", "name": "Meal grace identity", "description": "Establish which sense of grace is intended and what qualifies an utterance for this model.", "rationale": "The undefined name admits several unrelated meanings, making scope confirmation essential.", "layers": [ { "id": "registry-sense", "name": "Registry sense", "description": "Connect the proposed meal-associated interpretation to evidence about the registered thing.", "findings": [ { "id": "sense-confirmation", "name": "Sense confirmation", "description": "Record whether source evidence supports the proposed interpretation rather than inferring it solely from the name or domain.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the original registry source identify grace as a meal-associated prayer or expression of thanks?", "kind": "definition", "id": "sense-confirmation-q01" }, { "text": "Which source identifier, description or classification establishes the intended sense?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "sense-confirmation-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "utterance-boundary", "name": "Utterance boundary", "description": "Separate a grace from neighbouring kinds of meal speech and from its delivery event.", "findings": [ { "id": "meal-purpose-test", "name": "Meal purpose test", "description": "Assess intended meal use and communicative function without treating every prayer or expression of gratitude as a grace.", "questions": [ { "text": "What wording or usage evidence connects this utterance to a meal?", "kind": "definition", "id": "meal-purpose-test-q01" }, { "text": "What distinguishes this instance from a toast, general prayer, welcome or dining instruction?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "meal-purpose-test-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "thanks-blessing-and-belief", "name": "Thanks, blessing and belief", "description": "Describe what the grace expresses and whom it addresses.", "rationale": "A grace's suitability depends on its actual commitments and requests, not simply its label.", "layers": [ { "id": "address-and-function", "name": "Address and function", "description": "Identify recipients of thanks, addressees of prayer and requested outcomes.", "findings": [ { "id": "spoken-intention", "name": "Spoken intention", "description": "Record thanksgiving, blessing, petition or reflection as supported by the wording and its documented interpretation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Who or what is explicitly addressed, thanked, remembered or asked to act?", "kind": "definition", "id": "spoken-intention-q01" }, { "text": "Does the wording give thanks, request a blessing, make another petition or invite reflection?", "kind": "definition", "id": "spoken-intention-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "belief-and-community", "name": "Belief and community", "description": "Record evidenced associations and the commitments expressed by reciting the text.", "findings": [ { "id": "contextual-commitments", "name": "Contextual commitments", "description": "Make explicit the beliefs or community-specific meanings relevant to selecting and adapting the grace.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which tradition or community association is documented, and by whom?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "contextual-commitments-q01" }, { "text": "Which phrases could require participants to affirm beliefs, and what stated participant preferences affect their use?", "kind": "action", "id": "contextual-commitments-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "wording-and-transmission", "name": "Wording and transmission", "description": "Maintain the identity and lineage of the grace across texts and expressions.", "rationale": "Unlabelled variation can change meaning while preserving a familiar title or opening.", "layers": [ { "id": "textual-identity", "name": "Textual identity", "description": "Identify the wording under consideration and the evidence for its attribution.", "findings": [ { "id": "attested-wording", "name": "Attested wording", "description": "Anchor a version in a readable or audible source and distinguish documented authorship from reported attribution.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which source supplies the complete wording of this version, including any response?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "attested-wording-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence supports its author, compiler or traditional attribution?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "attested-wording-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "translations-and-adaptations", "name": "Translations and adaptations", "description": "Track changes between related expressions without prematurely declaring them identical or separate works.", "findings": [ { "id": "meaningful-variation", "name": "Meaningful variation", "description": "Record the antecedent and substantive wording changes of a translation, adaptation or variant.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which earlier text is this version claimed to translate or adapt, and what supports that relationship?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "meaningful-variation-q01" }, { "text": "Do changes alter the addressee, belief commitments, meal placement or participant response enough to require a distinct identity?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "meaningful-variation-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "meal-use-and-reuse", "name": "Meal use and reuse", "description": "Support appropriate delivery and authorised reproduction or adaptation.", "rationale": "Using a grace requires both practical participation guidance and knowledge of what reuse is supported.", "layers": [ { "id": "delivery-and-participation", "name": "Delivery and participation", "description": "Describe intended timing, speaker roles and participant actions.", "findings": [ { "id": "meal-delivery-plan", "name": "Meal delivery plan", "description": "Record delivery expectations while separating documented practice from choices made for the present occasion.", "questions": [ { "text": "When in relation to the meal is this grace intended to be delivered, and what evidence supports that placement?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "meal-delivery-plan-q01" }, { "text": "Who speaks or responds, and how can the planned delivery accommodate participants who choose not to recite?", "kind": "action", "id": "meal-delivery-plan-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "reproduction-and-change", "name": "Reproduction and change", "description": "Record permissions and attribution requirements for the specific wording being used.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-reuse", "name": "Supported reuse", "description": "Assess proposed printing, sharing, translation or adaptation against evidence for the selected version.", "questions": [ { "text": "What rights statement or permission evidence covers reproduction and adaptation of this particular version?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "supported-reuse-q01" }, { "text": "What attribution and adaptation labels are required or appropriate for the intended reuse?", "kind": "action", "id": "supported-reuse-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": [ "The meal-prayer sense is provisional: the registry supplies no definition, and the name has several unrelated meanings.", "Confirm the originating registry record before treating this as the intended sense.", "A particular grace text and an individual recitation of it should be distinguished from grace as a general prayer form." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of grace 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": [ "Grace before meals", "Grace after meals", "Sung grace" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of grace 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": [ "Giving thanks for food at household meals", "Observing religious customs at communal meals", "Opening formal dinners with a prayer" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of grace 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": [ "Wording, language, timing and performance vary by religious tradition and local custom." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of grace 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": "Prayer", "difference": "Prayer is the broader category; a grace is specifically associated with a meal." }, { "name": "Blessing", "difference": "A blessing invokes or expresses favour or protection; a grace concerns a meal and may principally express thanksgiving." }, { "name": "Divine grace", "difference": "Divine grace denotes divine favour or assistance, rather than a prayer performed around a meal." }, { "name": "Grace note", "difference": "A grace note is a musical ornament, rather than a meal prayer." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of grace this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does vr.tr.grace denote a meal-associated utterance, a particular work titled Grace or another sense entirely?", "Does an existing Vercy world model already own the confirmed concept, requiring this entry to link to it?", "Should the confirmed scope include secular meal reflections, silent observances and improvised graces, or only explicitly identified prayers?", "Which sources and community accounts should establish usage boundaries without imposing one tradition's conventions on others?", "What criteria should distinguish a variant expression from a new grace when adaptation changes its religious commitments or communicative purpose?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 9, "findings": 13, "questions": 21 } }