{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T09:57:09Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 23.0, "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: 01a0950b-955a-7543-8b85-1a484e5a5223\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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"definition": "Garlic (Allium sativum L., described in 1753) is a bulb-forming perennial monocot in the family Amaryllidaceae, widely cultivated for its pungent, edible bulbs composed of cloves.", "scope_statement": "This model owns garlic as a cultivated organism, provisionally interpreted as Allium sativum, including taxon identity, cultivar distinctions, individual plants, growing populations and viable propagules; it distinguishes these from harvested food commodities and processed products.", "in_scope": [ "Taxonomic identity and evidence that a specimen belongs to garlic", "Cultivar or accession identity, including hardneck and softneck distinctions", "Individual plants, growing stands, bulbs, cloves and other viable propagules", "Development, dormancy, establishment and reproductive behaviour", "Growing conditions, plant health and cultivation decisions", "Harvest readiness and selection of material for further planting" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Onions, shallots, leeks and other separately identified Allium taxa", "Elephant garlic treated as a separate botanical identity", "Garlic dishes, seasonings and processed foods", "Extracted compounds, supplements and medicinal efficacy", "Commercial food lots, pricing and culinary storage quality", "Pathogen or pest biology beyond its relationship to garlic condition" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Check a mature specimen for a compound bulb with individually wrapped cloves beneath shared outer wrappers; immature plants require additional evidence.", "Combine flat leaf form, bulb organisation and documented identity to distinguish garlic from onions and other cultivated alliums; smell alone is insufficient.", "Separate ordinary garlic from elephant garlic using botanical or accession evidence rather than bulb size or a seller's common name.", "Treat a central stalk or scape and clove arrangement as evidence for a garlic growth type, not as traits required of every garlic plant.", "Distinguish a living garlic plant or viable planting clove from an edible bulb whose viability and planting suitability are unknown." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Botanical identity", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Accepted taxon name, authority, reference identifier and identification confidence", "why_it_matters": "Prevents common-name substitutions and separates species identity from cultivar identity." }, { "name": "Organism reference level", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Taxon; cultivar or accession; growing population; individual plant; viable propagule; harvested material of unknown viability", "why_it_matters": "Keeps species-level claims separate from observations of plants and planting lots." }, { "name": "Cultivar and growth type", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Documented cultivar or accession; hardneck; softneck; unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Supports interpretation of scaping, environmental response and planting-stock expectations." }, { "name": "Planting-stock lineage", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Source supplier or accession, parent bulb or lot, propagation method and acquisition date", "why_it_matters": "Allows clonal material and shared health risks to be traced." }, { "name": "Developmental condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Dormant propagule; sprouting; vegetative growth; bulbing; scaping when expressed; senescing", "why_it_matters": "Makes observations and interventions meaningful at the current stage." }, { "name": "Bulb and clove organisation", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Observed segmentation, clove arrangement, wrapper condition and presence of a central stalk", "why_it_matters": "Supports identification and assessment without forcing immature or atypical material into a mature-bulb pattern." }, { "name": "Bulb size and clove count", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Bulb diameter in mm, fresh mass in g and clove count per bulb, with sampling date", "why_it_matters": "Supports comparisons of development and planting-stock selection within a known cultivar and growing context." }, { "name": "Cold and day-length exposure", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Temperature history in °C over dated intervals and day length in hours", "why_it_matters": "Helps explain establishment and bulb development using cultivar-specific evidence." }, { "name": "Root-zone condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Drainage, moisture condition, compaction and observed rooting", "why_it_matters": "Guides investigation of poor growth and root or basal-plate damage." }, { "name": "Plant health evidence", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Symptoms, affected organs, incidence, diagnostic results and unresolved causes", "why_it_matters": "Separates visible damage from confirmed causes before treatment or propagation." }, { "name": "Propagule readiness", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Dormancy or sprouting state, physical integrity, viability evidence and health-screening status", "why_it_matters": "Prevents edible appearance from being mistaken for suitability as planting stock." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify garlic material and request additional evidence where common names or morphology are inconclusive.", "Trace and select cloves or other verified propagules for planting.", "Match planting and cultivation decisions to cultivar, climate and observed development.", "Inspect symptoms, isolate suspect planting stock and seek diagnostic confirmation.", "Assess scape-management and harvest options against the intended crop or propagation outcome.", "Record a harvested bulb's transition into retained planting stock or a separate food-commodity model." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Identify garlic plants, bulbs and cloves and their cultivation needs.", "Report crop disease or pest signs to the grower." ], "must_not": [ "Recommend garlic as a substitute for prescribed treatment of infection, heart disease or cancer.", "Advise storing raw garlic in oil at room temperature.", "Present garlic supplements as safe for people on blood thinners or before surgery without clinical advice.", "Feed garlic to dogs or cats." ], "requires_human": [ "Deciding to stop prescribed medicine in favour of garlic." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Health claims about garlic can lead people away from effective treatment.", "Growers depend on clean seed stock to keep diseases out of their fields." ], "affected_parties": [ "Consumers", "Growers", "Pets" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The grower or person who holds the crop.", "master_systems": [ "National plant variety registers" ] }, "visual_identification": [ "A papery-skinned bulb made of several cloves, with flat green leaves above.", "Strong garlic smell when the leaves or bulb are crushed." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Garlic stored in oil can allow botulism toxin to develop.", "It is toxic to dogs and cats.", "Large amounts can increase bleeding risk with some medicines." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Garlic is used as a pungent culinary ingredient in sauces, soups, marinades and other savoury dishes.", "Its cloves are prepared fresh, cooked, dried or powdered, with preparation changing their flavour and texture." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "The General Principles of Food Hygiene, CXC 1-1969, issued by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, apply to hygienic handling and preparation of garlic as food.", "The General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods, CXS 1-1985, issued by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, applies to prepackaged garlic products within its scope." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q21546392: garlic", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21546392", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-ast", "title": "Wikipedia (ast): Ayu", "url": "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayu", "url_status": "live", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "garlic-identity-and-boundaries", "name": "Garlic identity and boundaries", "description": "Establish which organism garlic denotes and what entity an observation concerns.", "rationale": "Garlic names are used for taxa, cultivars, living plants and food bulbs, which require different judgments.", "layers": [ { "id": "botanical-recognition", "name": "Botanical recognition", "description": "Resolve common-name identity through morphology and authoritative identification.", "findings": [ { "id": "garlic-identification-evidence", "name": "Garlic identification evidence", "description": "Record the basis for identifying material as garlic and explicitly test confusing alliums.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which accepted botanical name, authority and taxonomic reference support identifying this material as garlic?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "garlic-identification-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which observed leaf, bulb and clove features distinguish it from onion, shallot or elephant garlic at its current stage?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "garlic-identification-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "taxon-cultivar-and-specimen", "name": "Taxon, cultivar and specimen", "description": "Separate biological identity from cultivar labels and the physical unit being assessed.", "findings": [ { "id": "reference-level-and-growth-type", "name": "Reference level and growth type", "description": "Anchor observations to a taxon, accession, stand, plant or propagule and qualify growth-type claims.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this record describe garlic generally, a named accession, a growing stand, an individual plant or detached planting material?", "kind": "definition", "id": "reference-level-and-growth-type-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence supports the cultivar label and any hardneck or softneck classification?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "reference-level-and-growth-type-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "garlic-propagation-and-lineage", "name": "Garlic propagation and lineage", "description": "Track how garlic material is multiplied and whether it is suitable for establishment.", "rationale": "Planting-stock origin and propagation route affect identity, continuity and health across successive crops.", "layers": [ { "id": "propagule-origin", "name": "Propagule origin", "description": "Identify the structure being planted and its connection to earlier material.", "findings": [ { "id": "clove-bulbil-or-seed", "name": "Clove, bulbil or seed", "description": "Distinguish propagation structures and require evidence for claims about sexual reproduction.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is this planting unit a clove, an aerial bulbil, verified botanical seed or another documented form of propagation material?", "kind": "definition", "id": "clove-bulbil-or-seed-q01" }, { "text": "Which parent bulb, accession or supplier lot establishes its lineage, and is clonal continuity or sexual origin documented?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "clove-bulbil-or-seed-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "planting-stock-readiness", "name": "Planting-stock readiness", "description": "Assess dormancy, integrity and evidence of viability before planting.", "findings": [ { "id": "establishment-suitability", "name": "Establishment suitability", "description": "Evaluate a garlic propagule as living planting material rather than assuming that an edible bulb will establish successfully.", "questions": [ { "text": "What do sprouting state, basal-plate integrity, clove firmness and any viability observations indicate about establishment potential?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "establishment-suitability-q01" }, { "text": "Should this material be planted, held, tested or excluded from propagation given its treatment history and observed condition?", "kind": "action", "id": "establishment-suitability-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "garlic-development-and-growing-context", "name": "Garlic development and growing context", "description": "Interpret growth stages in relation to cultivar and the conditions experienced by the plant.", "rationale": "Garlic bulb development and scaping cannot be judged reliably from calendar dates alone.", "layers": [ { "id": "developmental-expression", "name": "Developmental expression", "description": "Follow establishment, leaf growth, bulb formation and any reproductive structures.", "findings": [ { "id": "bulbing-and-scaping-state", "name": "Bulbing and scaping state", "description": "Describe observed development without assuming that every garlic accession produces the same structures.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence places this plant in establishment, vegetative growth, bulb formation, scaping or senescence?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "bulbing-and-scaping-state-q01" }, { "text": "Is absent scaping or incomplete bulb segmentation expected for this accession and stage, or does it require investigation?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "bulbing-and-scaping-state-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "environmental-fit", "name": "Environmental fit", "description": "Connect development to temperature, day length and root-zone conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "cultivar-specific-growing-response", "name": "Cultivar-specific growing response", "description": "Use recorded growing history and locally applicable evidence to evaluate cultivation choices.", "questions": [ { "text": "What cold exposure, seasonal temperatures, day lengths and drainage conditions has this crop experienced?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "cultivar-specific-growing-response-q01" }, { "text": "Which planting, irrigation or site-management adjustment is supported for this cultivar and location by the observed response?", "kind": "action", "id": "cultivar-specific-growing-response-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "garlic-health-and-stock-protection", "name": "Garlic health and stock protection", "description": "Evaluate damage to garlic and prevent suspect material from entering further propagation.", "rationale": "A garlic crop may supply the next crop's planting cloves, making unresolved health problems relevant beyond the present harvest.", "layers": [ { "id": "symptom-localisation", "name": "Symptom localisation", "description": "Distinguish patterns affecting foliage, roots, basal plates, bulbs and cloves.", "findings": [ { "id": "damage-pattern-and-cause", "name": "Damage pattern and cause", "description": "Record symptoms and their distribution separately from any proposed diagnosis.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which organs show yellowing, distortion, poor rooting, lesions or decay, and how are affected plants distributed through the stand?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "damage-pattern-and-cause-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence distinguishes normal maturation or environmental stress from pest or pathogen damage?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "damage-pattern-and-cause-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "propagation-health-decisions", "name": "Propagation health decisions", "description": "Determine whether a plant or lot can supply planting material and what further evidence is needed.", "findings": [ { "id": "stock-health-confidence", "name": "Stock health confidence", "description": "Keep visual inspection, supplier assurances and diagnostic testing distinct when assessing garlic stock.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which inspection, certification or laboratory results support the health claim for this specific planting lot, and what did they assess?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "stock-health-confidence-q01" }, { "text": "Should the affected plants or related clove lot be separated, tested or excluded from planting while the cause remains unresolved?", "kind": "action", "id": "stock-health-confidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "garlic-harvest-and-biological-handoff", "name": "Garlic harvest and biological handoff", "description": "Evaluate harvest decisions and preserve the distinction between planting material and food material.", "rationale": "Harvest changes the context of a garlic bulb without automatically establishing either planting suitability or food quality.", "layers": [ { "id": "harvest-readiness", "name": "Harvest readiness", "description": "Combine foliage and bulb observations with the intended use of the crop.", "findings": [ { "id": "maturity-evidence", "name": "Maturity evidence", "description": "Assess maturity from representative plants rather than treating a single date or leaf symptom as decisive.", "questions": [ { "text": "What do foliage senescence, sampled bulb development, wrapper integrity and clove separation indicate about maturity?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "maturity-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Should harvest proceed, be staged or be deferred given the crop's condition, weather and intended use?", "kind": "action", "id": "maturity-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "retained-stock-and-food-boundary", "name": "Retained stock and food boundary", "description": "Record the destination of harvested bulbs and carry biological evidence into planting-stock decisions.", "findings": [ { "id": "postharvest-role-assignment", "name": "Postharvest role assignment", "description": "Assign harvested material a documented role while maintaining lineage for bulbs retained for propagation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is this bulb retained as planting stock, transferred to a food lot or held with its intended role unresolved?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "postharvest-role-assignment-q01" }, { "text": "Which identity, health, handling and viability records must accompany bulbs retained for the next planting cycle?", "kind": "action", "id": "postharvest-role-assignment-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 account is recalled knowledge; no sources were consulted.", "Verify native-range claims and any current conservation assessment before publication; no IUCN category or assessment year is asserted here.", "Hardneck and softneck are horticultural groupings; formal infraspecific taxonomy and fertility vary among treatments and cultivated material." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of garlic 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": [ "Hardneck garlic", "Softneck garlic" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of garlic this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "Botanical nomenclature under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants", "value_or_pattern": "Allium sativum L.", "note": "The species name; L. denotes Linnaeus as the naming authority." }, { "scheme": "NCBI Taxonomy", "value_or_pattern": "4682", "note": "Taxonomy identifier for Allium sativum." }, { "scheme": "GBIF taxon key", "value_or_pattern": "Numeric identifier", "note": "Identifies a taxonomic record; the exact key is not supplied from recall." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of garlic 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": [ "Bulbs and cloves used as vegetables, seasonings and ingredients in preserved foods.", "Young leaves and flowering stalks harvested as food.", "Cloves used as vegetative planting material.", "Processed into dried flakes, powders, pastes and extracts." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of garlic 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": "Cloves per mature bulb", "typical_range": "Approximately 4-20, with substantial cultivar and growing-condition variation", "unit": "cloves" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of garlic 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": [ "White rot and other fungal diseases can damage roots and bulbs.", "Vegetative propagation can carry viruses and other pathogens between crop generations.", "Poor curing or unsuitable storage can cause bulb decay, sprouting or desiccation.", "Improperly preserved garlic in oil can support botulinum toxin formation.", "Garlic can cause poisoning in dogs and cats." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of garlic 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": [ "Hardneck cultivars are commonly associated with colder growing regions; softneck cultivars are widely grown in milder climates.", "Planting dates and cultivar suitability vary with winter temperatures, day length and local growing conditions.", "Garlic's long cultivation history complicates reconstruction of its native range; Central Asia is commonly associated with its origin." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of garlic 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": "Elephant garlic", "difference": "Despite its common name and large cloves, elephant garlic belongs to the Allium ampeloprasum complex rather than Allium sativum." }, { "name": "Onion", "difference": "Allium cepa is a different species; ordinary bulb onions form layered bulbs rather than the characteristic cluster of garlic cloves." }, { "name": "Garlic bulb", "difference": "A bulb is an organ and harvested commodity; the species includes whole plants across their life cycle." }, { "name": "Garlic cultivar", "difference": "A cultivar is a selected cultivated lineage within garlic, not the species as a whole." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of garlic this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does the registry intend garlic strictly as Allium sativum, and which accepted authority, GBIF identifier and NCBI taxonomy identifier should anchor that interpretation?", "How should cultivated distribution, proposed native range and domestication history be distinguished using authoritative sources?", "Does an applicable IUCN assessment exist for the intended taxon, and if so, what scope, assessment year and status does it report?", "Which cultivar classification and accession-level evidence adequately describe hardneck or softneck expression, scaping, fertility and propagation options?", "Which local, cultivar-specific evidence should determine cold exposure, planting timing, maturity criteria and planting-stock health requirements?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 18, "questions": 28 } }