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    "definition": "A flowering vine of the family Piperaceae, Piper nigrum, native to the Malabar coast of India and cultivated in the tropics for its fruit, the peppercorn, which is dried to make black pepper, white pepper when the skin is removed, green pepper when unripe, and coarse cracked mignonette, with regional products such as Malabar pepper and Cameroonian Penja white pepper protected by origin labels; black pepper is the most traded spice, valued for the pungent piperine, and has shaped trade routes for millennia.",
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      "relay cultivation and trade",
      "describe regional varieties",
      "distinguish from other peppers"
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      "Most traded spice",
      "Piperine pungency",
      "Multiple processing forms",
      "Ancient trade history"
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      "Piper nigrum and its peppercorns",
      "Black, white, green and red pepper, mignonette, Malabar, Penja",
      "Chilli peppers are Capsicum; Sichuan pepper and pink pepper are unrelated plants"
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      {
        "quantity": "world production",
        "typical_range": "about 700000",
        "unit": "tonnes per year",
        "note": "estimates"
      },
      {
        "quantity": "piperine content",
        "typical_range": "about 5-9",
        "unit": "percent",
        "note": "in black pepper"
      }
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      "black pepper from dried unripe fruit",
      "white pepper from ripe fruit with skin removed",
      "green pepper preserved unripe",
      "red pepper from ripe fruit",
      "cracked mignonette",
      "regional pepper such as Malabar, Tellicherry, Kampot, Sarawak and Penja"
    ],
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        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "useful plant",
        "why": "in registry terms"
      },
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        "relation": "belongs to",
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        "why": "the pepper family"
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        "why": "the spice"
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        "relation": "is contrasted with",
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      {
        "scheme": "taxon",
        "value_or_pattern": "Piper nigrum",
        "note": "L."
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        "scheme": "HS code",
        "value_or_pattern": "0904.11",
        "note": "pepper, neither crushed nor ground"
      }
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      "ISO standards for pepper quality",
      "Protected geographical indications such as Malabar pepper and Penja pepper",
      "Food safety rules on contaminants in spices"
    ],
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      "Adulteration of ground pepper",
      "Confusing pepper-named spices",
      "Crop diseases such as foot rot"
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    "out_of_scope": [],
    "characteristics": [],
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        "Describe pepper cultivation, trade and uses from sources.",
        "Report origin, grade and quality of peppercorns from labels and tests."
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        "Misstate the origin, grade or purity of pepper, or sell adulterated pepper as pure.",
        "Treat pepper as a cure for disease.",
        "Give whole peppercorns or pepper powder to infants where it can be inhaled."
      ],
      "requires_human": [
        "Certifying a pepper lot as fit for sale after a contamination finding."
      ]
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        "Spice adulteration is a long-standing fraud that harms buyers and honest growers.",
        "Smallholder growers earn little of the value of the spice trade."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "Growers",
        "Buyers and consumers",
        "Children"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "The grower or trader who holds it; food safety authorities set the rules for sale.",
      "master_systems": []
    }
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      "id": "wikidata",
      "title": "Wikidata item Q43084: black pepper",
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    {
      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Black pepper",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pepper",
      "url_status": "live",
      "what_it_supports": "general description of the item",
      "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink"
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          {
            "id": "plant",
            "name": "Plant",
            "description": "Plant and fruit.",
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              {
                "id": "plant-finding",
                "name": "Plant",
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                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What is Piper nigrum, and how does the fruit become black, white and green pepper?",
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                  },
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                    "text": "Is the question about black pepper or a different pepper-named spice?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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            "id": "varieties",
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              {
                "id": "varieties-finding",
                "name": "Varieties",
                "description": "Varieties.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What regional peppers exist, and which have origin protection?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits the specific variety?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "grow",
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        "rationale": "Agriculture.",
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                "id": "cultivation-finding",
                "name": "Cultivation",
                "description": "Cultivation.",
                "questions": [
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                    "text": "How is pepper grown, supported, harvested and processed?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which references are standard?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
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          {
            "id": "trade",
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              {
                "id": "trade-finding",
                "name": "Trade",
                "description": "Trade.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Who produces and trades pepper, with figures and sources?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which sources are cited?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
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            ]
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      {
        "id": "use",
        "name": "Use",
        "description": "Use and chemistry.",
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                "id": "culinary-finding",
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                "description": "Culinary.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How is pepper used in cuisines, and how do the forms differ in flavour?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits spice?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "chemistry",
            "name": "Chemistry",
            "description": "Chemistry and health.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "chemistry-finding",
                "name": "Chemistry",
                "description": "Chemistry.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What is piperine, and what does research say about pepper and health, with findings attributed?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is the user asking for personal health advice, which needs a professional?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "context",
        "name": "Context",
        "description": "History.",
        "rationale": "Context.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "history",
            "name": "History",
            "description": "History of the spice trade.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "history-finding",
                "name": "History",
                "description": "History.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How did pepper shape trade from antiquity through the spice trade and colonialism, as historians describe?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits the spice trade?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "culture",
            "name": "Culture",
            "description": "Culture.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "culture-finding",
                "name": "Culture",
                "description": "Culture.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How does pepper appear in language, medicine traditions and culture?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits the history of spices?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should peppercorn and white pepper be separate entries?",
    "How should trade data be linked?",
    "The registry entry has merged aliases naming products and origins; should they be split off?"
  ],
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    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
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}