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"Distinguishes the competition entry from the underlying song or an artist's other appearances." }, { "name": "Decision mechanism", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Documented jury, public-vote or combined procedure, qualified by edition and round", "why_it_matters": "Supports interpretation of results without assuming a constant format." }, { "name": "Recorded score", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Votes, jury points, percentages or rank, with round and electorate identified", "why_it_matters": "Prevents comparisons or aggregation across incompatible scoring systems." }, { "name": "Eurovision handoff", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Selected domestically; nominated; accepted; replaced; withdrawn; participation documented; unknown", "why_it_matters": "Separates Eurolaul's decision from later international eligibility and participation." } ], "affordances": [ "Resolve whether an archival item concerns Eurolaul, an individual edition or its successor Eesti Laul.", "Reconstruct an edition's eligible field and progression using its own documented rules.", "Check whether published scores support the announced winner under the applicable decision procedure.", "Trace changes between a Eurolaul performance and the subsequently nominated Eurovision entry.", "Identify missing or conflicting evidence before asserting an edition's rules or outcome." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Report entries, results and history of the contest from reliable sources.", "Explain its relation to the later Estonian selection show." ], "must_not": [ "Present unofficial vote counts as official results.", "Reproduce song lyrics or broadcasts without the rights holders' permission.", "Publish personal information about performers beyond what they made public." ], "requires_human": [ "Publishing claims of vote manipulation against named people." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Performers deserve accurate credit and fair reporting.", "National selections stir strong 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"edition-governance", "name": "Edition governance", "description": "Locate responsibility for rules, admission decisions and official results.", "findings": [ { "id": "organiser-and-applicable-rules", "name": "Organiser and applicable rules", "description": "Attach organising responsibilities and the applicable rule version to each edition without assuming institutional continuity.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which body issued this edition's rules and had authority to confirm its result?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "organiser-and-applicable-rules-q01" }, { "text": "Which documented rule changes affected admission, voting or nomination during this edition?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "organiser-and-applicable-rules-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "submission-and-admission", "name": "Submission and admission", "description": "Distinguish submitted, accepted, rejected and withdrawn entries.", "findings": [ { "id": "eligible-song-performer-entry", "name": "Eligible song-performer entry", 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"questions": [ { "text": "What did each published number measure, and which jury or public electorate produced it?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "winner-reconstruction-q01" }, { "text": "Can the announced winner be reproduced from the available scores and documented aggregation and tie rules?", "kind": "action", "id": "winner-reconstruction-q02" }, { "text": "Which authoritative result resolves any discrepancy between the broadcast, archive table and later account?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "winner-reconstruction-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "nomination-and-archival-evidence", "name": "Nomination and archival evidence", "description": "Trace the selected entry into Eurovision and preserve evidence of Eurolaul's own proceedings.", "rationale": "The model must connect domestic selection to its intended outcome while keeping later participation and archival interpretation distinct.", "layers": [ { "id": "eurovision-handoff", "name": "Eurovision handoff", "description": "Track the 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"evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Selected entries were subject to the European Broadcasting Union's Eurovision Song Contest eligibility rules for the relevant edition." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Eurolaul 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": [ "Selecting Estonia's Eurovision Song Contest entry.", "Presenting competing songs and performers to a national television audience." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Eurolaul this model covers, and on what 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