{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T10:42:11Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 19.6, "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: 01a09534-a635-7ea1-a1fa-3cce9d052f59\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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[Swiss army manual, indexed overview](https://k31.ch/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/english_k11_k31_manual.pdf)", "Compare the receiver, bolt assembly and stock profile with separate Model 11 and Model 31 reference illustrations; straight-pull operation alone does not distinguish those models.", "Check the standard six-cartridge magazine configuration as corroborating evidence rather than a unique identifier. [Swiss army manual, indexed reproduction](https://www.scribd.com/document/54698305/English-k11-k31-Manual)", "Distinguish a standard K31 with subsequently fitted optics from a documented scoped derivative; a telescope alone does not establish the derivative's identity." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Model attribution", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "standard K31; K31 with alterations; neighbouring model; unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Prevents a shared Swiss rifle appearance from becoming an unsupported identification." }, { "name": "Action principle", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "manually operated straight-pull bolt action", "why_it_matters": "Separates the K31's operating principle from turn-bolt and self-loading designs." }, { "name": "Energy sources", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "manual energy for action cycling; cartridge propellant for discharge", "why_it_matters": "Separates manual mechanism operation from the source of projectile energy." }, { "name": "Chambering evidence", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "link to chamber markings, applicable model documentation and any conversion or inspection record", "why_it_matters": "A model name or nominal bore diameter cannot establish the compatibility of ammunition with an altered example." }, { "name": "Magazine capacity", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "cartridges; standard reference capacity 6, observed configuration recorded separately", "why_it_matters": "Helps recognise departures from the documented magazine configuration." }, { "name": "Physical dimensions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "overall and barrel lengths in mm; mass in kg, with measurement conditions", "why_it_matters": "Supports identification of shortened or otherwise altered examples without confusing accessory mass with rifle mass." }, { "name": "Component correspondence", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "receiver-to-component markings and documented replacement relationships", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes apparent originality from an assembly containing replacement parts." }, { "name": "Sight configuration", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "documented standard sights; added aperture sight; added optic; other alteration; unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Prevents sight modifications from silently changing the model attribution." }, { "name": "Inspection disposition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "unassessed; conservation only; specialist assessment required; assessed for a specified activity", "why_it_matters": "Keeps historical authenticity separate from evidence supporting present use." } ], "affordances": [ "Compare markings and assembly photographs with documented K31 references.", "Record departures from the standard configuration without creating an unsupported new registry entry.", "Link component markings and provenance documents to qualified identity claims.", "Prepare a K31-specific condition record for a conservator or qualified firearms specialist.", "Identify missing inspection, compatibility or custody evidence before a proposed activity." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Identify the carbine from markings and documented features for its lawful owner or a museum.", "Report its history and service from official and historical sources.", "Explain that owning, carrying and transferring it is governed by national law." ], "must_not": [ "Assist anyone to obtain, use or modify it to harm people.", "Help evade firearm licensing, registration, transfer or export rules.", "Give instructions to restore a deactivated example to firing.", "Store or leave it where unauthorized people or children can reach it." ], "requires_human": [ "Any transfer, export, deactivation or destruction of the firearm.", "Reporting a lost, stolen or found firearm to the police." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Firearms can kill; lawful ownership depends on strict control and safe storage.", "Military surplus rifles carry history tied to national defence." ], "affected_parties": [ "Bystanders and household members", "Lawful owners and sports shooters", "Collectors and museums" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The licensed owner; the national firearm authority keeps the registration.", "master_systems": [ "National firearm registers" ] }, "visual_identification": [ "Straight-pull bolt-action carbine with a wooden stock.", "Detachable box magazine in front of the trigger guard.", "Serial numbers and arsenal markings settle the individual rifle." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Accidental discharge from careless handling.", "Theft and misuse when not stored securely.", "Ageing parts failing in old rifles." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "Arms Trade Treaty, United Nations, governing international transfers of conventional arms." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "The K31 was developed as a Swiss military service rifle and is encountered in military history collections, museums and civilian sporting contexts.", "Documenting surviving examples supports historical research, conservation and specialist assessment of their identity and condition." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q666477: K31", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q666477", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: K31", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K31", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "k31-identity-boundaries", "name": "K31 identity and neighbouring models", "description": "Establish what the registry name denotes and which observed examples belong to it.", "rationale": "The registry supplies no definition, and several Swiss rifles share easily confused features.", "layers": [ { "id": "designation-evidence", "name": "Designation evidence", "description": "Connect the short name to a documented rifle model.", "findings": [ { "id": "registry-referent", "name": "Registry referent", "description": "Treat the Swiss rifle interpretation as provisional until the registry's originating record is checked.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the originating record for vr.tr.k31 explicitly identify the Swiss Karabiner Modell 31?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "registry-referent-q01" }, { "text": "Which documented designations and abbreviations refer to this same model?", "kind": "definition", "id": "registry-referent-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "neighbouring-rifle-comparison", "name": "Neighbouring rifle comparison", "description": "Distinguish the K31 from earlier Swiss straight-pull rifles and scoped derivatives.", "findings": [ { "id": "model-boundary-tests", "name": "Model boundary tests", "description": "Require a combination of markings and assembly features, rather than one shared characteristic.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which documented receiver and bolt features distinguish a K31 from a K11?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "model-boundary-tests-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence distinguishes an ordinary K31 with added optics from a factory scoped derivative?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "model-boundary-tests-q02" }, { "text": "Does an existing world-model publication already own this exact concept?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "model-boundary-tests-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "k31-mechanical-configuration", "name": "K31 mechanical configuration", "description": "Describe the assemblies needed to recognise the model and record departures from its documented configuration.", "rationale": "Shared straight-pull operation does not establish identical mechanisms or interchangeable components.", "layers": [ { "id": "action-and-controls", "name": "Action and controls", "description": "Record the identity and assessed state of the bolt, locking and firing-control assemblies.", "findings": [ { "id": "action-state-evidence", "name": "Action state evidence", "description": "Separate visible control positions from specialist findings about mechanical function.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which authoritative K31 reference identifies the installed bolt and firing-control configuration?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "action-state-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which bolt, cocking and safety states are observed, and which remain unverified?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "action-state-evidence-q02" }, { "text": "Which unresolved control or locking observations require specialist assessment before handling beyond documentation?", "kind": "action", "id": "action-state-evidence-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "chamber-and-feed", "name": "Chamber and feed", "description": "Keep chambering, magazine configuration and ammunition compatibility as separate evidence claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "configuration-compatibility", "name": "Configuration compatibility", "description": "Record the actual example's configuration without inferring compatibility from a general calibre label.", "questions": [ { "text": "What documentation establishes the original K31 chambering, and is there evidence that this example was converted?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "configuration-compatibility-q01" }, { "text": "Does the installed magazine match the documented K31 pattern and six-cartridge reference capacity?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "configuration-compatibility-q02" }, { "text": "Which compatibility claims remain unsupported by an applicable manual or specialist record?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "configuration-compatibility-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "k31-originality-and-alterations", "name": "K31 originality and alterations", "description": "Trace manufacture and subsequent changes through markings, components and configuration evidence.", "rationale": "A replaced stock, added sight or mixed assembly can retain a K31 identity while changing historical and inspection conclusions.", "layers": [ { "id": "markings-and-component-history", "name": "Markings and component history", "description": "Separate observed markings from interpretations of manufacture, acceptance and replacement.", "findings": [ { "id": "attribution-confidence", "name": "Attribution confidence", "description": "Assign confidence to maker, date and originality claims using explicit supporting records.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which maker, serial and acceptance markings are legible, and which authoritative references interpret them?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "attribution-confidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which numbered components correspond, and what evidence documents any replacements?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "attribution-confidence-q02" }, { "text": "What manufacturing or service-history claims cannot be established from those markings alone?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "attribution-confidence-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "stock-sights-and-accessories", "name": "Stock, sights and accessories", "description": "Identify configuration changes that affect recognition, conservation or the applicability of reference data.", "findings": [ { "id": "alteration-record", "name": "Alteration record", "description": "Document changes to furniture, sights and attachment interfaces without treating every alteration as a new model.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which stock, handguard, sight and mounting features differ from the applicable K31 reference configuration?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "alteration-record-q01" }, { "text": "Which changes are documented service replacements, later accessories or alterations of unknown origin?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "alteration-record-q02" }, { "text": "Do the observed changes remain within this K31 entry or require a relationship to a separately registered derivative?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "alteration-record-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "k31-condition-and-disposition", "name": "K31 condition and disposition", "description": "Translate documented condition and inspection evidence into bounded decisions about an example.", "rationale": "A recognisable or historically original K31 does not thereby have an established serviceable state.", "layers": [ { "id": "assembly-condition", "name": "Assembly condition", "description": "Organise observations around the K31's barrel, action, magazine, stock and sights.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-evidence", "name": "Condition evidence", "description": "Record deterioration, damage and previous work alongside the limits of the examination.", "questions": [ { "text": "What corrosion, stock cracking, bore deterioration or assembly damage has been documented, and by what examination method?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "condition-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which K31 inspection references establish relevant acceptance criteria, and which measurements require a qualified specialist?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "condition-evidence-q02" }, { "text": "What conservation or assessment referral follows from the documented condition?", "kind": "action", "id": "condition-evidence-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "activity-specific-release", "name": "Activity-specific assessment", "description": "Relate condition, configuration and external permissions to a proposed activity.", "findings": [ { "id": "bounded-disposition", "name": "Bounded disposition", "description": "Keep display, transport, conservation and firing assessments distinct and tied to dated evidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "What dated assessment supports the proposed activity for this particular K31 configuration?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "bounded-disposition-q01" }, { "text": "Have alterations or deterioration since that assessment invalidated its conclusions?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "bounded-disposition-q02" }, { "text": "Which handling restrictions, specialist referrals or externally determined permissions must accompany the proposed activity?", "kind": "action", "id": "bounded-disposition-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "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 identification assumes K31 means the Swiss carbine; the registry supplies no sense or alternative name to confirm this.", "Dimensions and mass are recalled nominal figures for a standard service configuration and should be checked against an authoritative technical record.", "No sources were consulted; model variants, applicable competition rules and jurisdiction-specific firearm requirements remain unverified." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of K31 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": "Swiss military model designation", "value_or_pattern": "Karabiner 31; K31", "note": "Identifies the weapon model, rather than an individual firearm." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of K31 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": [ "Historical Swiss military service.", "Target shooting, including Swiss service-rifle competitions.", "Collecting and historical firearms study." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of K31 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": "Overall length", "typical_range": "Approximately 1105", "unit": "mm" }, { "quantity": "Barrel length", "typical_range": "Approximately 652", "unit": "mm" }, { "quantity": "Unloaded mass", "typical_range": "Approximately 4.0", "unit": "kg" }, { "quantity": "Standard magazine capacity", "typical_range": "6", "unit": "rounds" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of K31 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": [ "Incorrect or defective ammunition can cause firearm damage and serious injury.", "Worn or damaged magazine components can cause feeding failures.", "Corrosion, wear or damage in surviving examples can compromise function and safety.", "A bore obstruction can cause dangerous pressure during firing.", "Discharge creates lethal projectile hazards and hearing-damaging impulse noise." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of K31 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": [ "German-language usage commonly uses Karabiner 31 or K31; French-language Swiss usage includes mousqueton 31." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of K31 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": "Swiss K11 carbine", "difference": "An earlier Swiss straight-pull service carbine with a different action design; the K31 is a distinct successor model." }, { "name": "Schmidt-Rubin rifles", "difference": "The K31 is often grouped with this earlier Swiss straight-pull family, but its redesigned action distinguishes it from the original Schmidt-Rubin mechanism." }, { "name": "7.5×55 mm Swiss", "difference": "An ammunition cartridge designation, rather than the firearm that uses it." }, { "name": "ZfK 55", "difference": "A distinct Swiss scoped sniper-rifle model, rather than a standard K31 with an added scope." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of K31 this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does the originating registry record confirm that K31 denotes the Swiss rifle, and is the concept already covered by a world model?", "Which original Swiss army manual edition and technical drawings should govern identification, nominal dimensions and inspection criteria?", "What authoritative evidence establishes production variations and the interpretation of manufacturer, acceptance and replacement markings?", "Where does the registry place the boundaries between the standard K31, scoped derivatives and later conversions?", "Which historical acceptance requirements and present activity-specific standards apply, and which issuing bodies can substantiate them?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 9, "findings": 15, "questions": 30 } }