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    "purpose": "Let an agent explain storks and their species, relay biology, migration and conservation from ornithological sources, describe folklore and cultural roles, and distinguish storks from herons, cranes and ibises.",
    "definition": "Large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds of the family Ciconiidae, with long stout bills, found on all continents except Antarctica, mostly in warm regions, including the white stork that nests on rooftops in Europe and migrates to Africa, the marabou stork, a scavenger of African savannas, the yellow-billed stork and other Mycteria species, and the adjutants and jabiru; storks are mostly mute, communicate by bill-clattering, and feature in folklore as bringers of babies and good fortune.",
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      "explain species and biology",
      "relay migration and conservation",
      "describe folklore",
      "distinguish from similar birds"
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      "Outstretched neck in flight",
      "Bill-clattering",
      "Soaring migration"
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      "Large wading birds with stout bills",
      "White stork, marabou stork, yellow-billed stork, adjutants, jabiru",
      "Herons fly with necks retracted; cranes have shorter bills; ibises have curved bills"
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        "quantity": "species",
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        "unit": "count",
        "note": ""
      },
      {
        "quantity": "marabou wingspan",
        "typical_range": "up to about 3.2",
        "unit": "m",
        "note": ""
      },
      {
        "quantity": "white stork migration",
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        "unit": "km",
        "note": "annually"
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      "Mycteria storks including the yellow-billed stork",
      "Leptoptilos storks including the marabou and adjutants",
      "the jabiru and saddle-billed stork",
      "openbills"
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        "relation": "is a kind of",
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        "why": "in registry terms"
      },
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        "relation": "is a kind of",
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        "why": "in registry terms"
      },
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        "relation": "includes",
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        "why": "the best-known species"
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        "relation": "is contrasted with",
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      }
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      "Wildlife protection laws and the Bonn Convention on migratory species",
      "IUCN Red List assessments",
      "Nest protection rules in Europe"
    ],
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      "Confusing storks with herons and cranes",
      "Habitat loss and power line collisions",
      "Treating folklore as biology"
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    "out_of_scope": [],
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        "Identify stork species from images or sightings and report them to biodiversity records.",
        "Report injured storks or storks tangled in wires or litter to wildlife rescuers."
      ],
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        "Disturb, remove or destroy an occupied stork nest, including on rooftops and poles, without lawful authority.",
        "Approach nesting storks with drones or vehicles in a way that drives them off.",
        "Capture, feed or keep wild storks.",
        "Present the folk tale that storks deliver babies as fact to children who ask in earnest."
      ],
      "requires_human": [
        "Moving a nest from a power pole or roof for safety."
      ]
    },
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        "Storks depend on wetlands and safe migration routes that people are losing.",
        "Rooftop nests bring storks and people together; both need protection."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "Storks",
        "Householders with nests",
        "Wetland communities"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "Nobody: wild birds protected by law; nature conservation authorities enforce the protection.",
      "master_systems": [
        "National biodiversity and bird ringing databases"
      ]
    }
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      "title": "Wikidata item Q28507: stork",
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    {
      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Stork",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stork",
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      "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink"
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        "id": "understand",
        "name": "Understand",
        "description": "What storks are.",
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            "id": "definition",
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            "description": "Definition and identification.",
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                    "text": "What are storks, and how are they distinguished from herons, cranes and ibises?",
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                  },
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                    "text": "Is the question about storks in general or a specific species?",
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                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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                "id": "species-finding",
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                "description": "Species.",
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                  {
                    "text": "What are the main species, from the white stork to the marabou and yellow-billed stork?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits the specific species?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
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              }
            ]
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        ]
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      {
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                    "text": "How do storks feed, nest, communicate and raise young?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which references are standard?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
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            "id": "migration",
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            "description": "Migration.",
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                "id": "migration-finding",
                "name": "Migration",
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                  {
                    "text": "How do white storks migrate between Europe and Africa, and what has tracking revealed?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which sources are cited?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
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      {
        "id": "conserve",
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        "rationale": "Regulation.",
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                "id": "status-finding",
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                "description": "Status.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which storks are threatened, and what conservation programmes exist?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits the specific programme?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "coexistence",
            "name": "Coexistence",
            "description": "Living with storks.",
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              {
                "id": "coexistence-finding",
                "name": "Coexistence",
                "description": "Coexistence.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How do communities protect nests and manage stork populations?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits wildlife management?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
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      {
        "id": "context",
        "name": "Context",
        "description": "Culture.",
        "rationale": "Context.",
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                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Why do storks bring babies in folklore, and what other beliefs surround them?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits stork folklore?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "symbols",
            "name": "Symbols",
            "description": "Symbols.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "symbols-finding",
                "name": "Symbols",
                "description": "Symbols.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How are storks used as national and regional symbols?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits the specific symbol?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should the white stork and marabou be separate primary entries?",
    "How should ornithological sources be linked?",
    "The registry entry has merged aliases naming species and a regional record; should they be split off?"
  ],
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    "layers": 8,
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    "questions": 16
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}