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    "name": "gig",
    "purpose": "Enable an agent to identify, assess and plan appropriate handling of a gig, provisionally interpreted as a light, two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage pending confirmation of the registry sense.",
    "definition": "In the carriage sense, a gig is a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn passenger vehicle, usually drawn by one horse and seating two people.",
    "scope_statement": "This model owns the gig carriage kind, its identifying configuration, horse-vehicle interfaces, load balance, running condition and operating constraints; the carriage interpretation remains provisional because the registry supplies no definition.",
    "in_scope": [
      "Carriage configuration and evidence supporting identification as a gig",
      "Wheels, axle, body, seating and suspension arrangement",
      "Shafts and attachment interfaces with a separately modelled horse and harness",
      "Occupant loading, balance and suitability for intended use",
      "Condition assessment, maintenance needs and handling restrictions"
    ],
    "out_of_scope": [
      "Gig boats and other physical objects sharing the name",
      "Musical performances and temporary work engagements called gigs",
      "Horse health, training and behaviour as independent subjects",
      "Harness design beyond its compatibility with the carriage",
      "Individual manufacturers, product lines and ownership histories as independent models"
    ],
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      "Confirm that the referent is a horse-drawn carriage rather than a boat, performance or work engagement.",
      "Check for a two-wheel carriage configuration; a four-wheel vehicle requires a different identification.",
      "Inspect the body, seating and shaft arrangement against documented gig descriptions rather than identifying it from wheel count alone.",
      "Distinguish a gig from neighbouring two-wheel carriage types using attributable terminology and construction evidence.",
      "Separate the carriage kind from a named design, replica or individual surviving vehicle."
    ],
    "characteristics": [
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        "unit_or_values": "provisional carriage interpretation | documented gig | disputed identification",
        "why_it_matters": "The unqualified registry label does not establish which sense of gig is intended."
      },
      {
        "name": "Wheel configuration",
        "kind": "category",
        "unit_or_values": "wheel count and arrangement",
        "why_it_matters": "Provides a first boundary test for the provisional carriage interpretation."
      },
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        "name": "Body and seating configuration",
        "kind": "category",
        "unit_or_values": "seat arrangement, body form and access arrangement as observed",
        "why_it_matters": "Supports distinction from neighbouring carriage kinds and assessment of boarding."
      },
      {
        "name": "Shaft geometry",
        "kind": "measurement",
        "unit_or_values": "shaft length, spacing and working height in mm",
        "why_it_matters": "Supports assessment of horse clearance and harness compatibility."
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      {
        "name": "Wheel diameter and track",
        "kind": "measurement",
        "unit_or_values": "mm",
        "why_it_matters": "Describes running geometry relevant to clearance, repairs and route assessment."
      },
      {
        "name": "Unladen mass",
        "kind": "measurement",
        "unit_or_values": "kg, with measurement method",
        "why_it_matters": "Contributes to assessment of loading, handling and draught requirements."
      },
      {
        "name": "Supported load limit",
        "kind": "measurement",
        "unit_or_values": "kg, with documentary or assessment basis; unknown permitted",
        "why_it_matters": "Prevents seat count or appearance from being treated as evidence of carrying capacity."
      },
      {
        "name": "Loaded shaft reaction",
        "kind": "measurement",
        "unit_or_values": "N at a stated shaft height and occupant or ballast arrangement",
        "why_it_matters": "Records how a particular loading arrangement affects the horse-facing support interface."
      },
      {
        "name": "Horse and harness compatibility",
        "kind": "relation",
        "unit_or_values": "assessed horse-harness-carriage combination, evidence and restrictions",
        "why_it_matters": "Suitability belongs to a specific combination rather than to the carriage alone."
      },
      {
        "name": "Operational condition",
        "kind": "state",
        "unit_or_values": "unassessed | restricted handling | display only | assessed for stated use",
        "why_it_matters": "Separates preservation or appearance from evidence supporting operation."
      }
    ],
    "affordances": [
      "Compare an object's construction and documentation with the provisional gig identification.",
      "Assess a proposed horse and harness pairing against recorded shaft geometry and attachment interfaces.",
      "Evaluate occupant placement and shaft reaction before authorising a loading arrangement.",
      "Identify carriage components needing inspection or repair before movement.",
      "Constrain towing, boarding and driving to uses supported by condition and compatibility evidence."
    ],
    "agent_conduct": {
      "may": [
        "Describe the gig carriage and its history from reliable sources.",
        "Record condition, harness and maintenance of a gig on its keeper's instructions.",
        "Advise checking harness fit, wheels and shafts before driving."
      ],
      "must_not": [
        "Harness or drive a horse to a gig without the keeper's authority.",
        "Drive a gig with a horse that is lame, untrained for harness or unfit.",
        "Overload a gig beyond its seats and the horse's capacity.",
        "Take a gig onto busy roads without required lights and road safety measures."
      ],
      "requires_human": [
        "Selling, restoring or lending a historic carriage."
      ]
    },
    "ethics": {
      "considerations": [
        "The horse's welfare depends on fair loads and well-fitted harness.",
        "Horse-drawn vehicles on public roads are vulnerable to motor traffic."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "The horse",
        "Driver and passenger",
        "Other road users"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "The keeper who owns it.",
      "master_systems": []
    },
    "visual_identification": [
      "A light two-wheeled open carriage with a single seat for two people.",
      "Shafts on either side for a single horse."
    ],
    "failure_modes_and_hazards": [
      "A startled horse can bolt and overturn the gig.",
      "Broken shafts or wheels can throw occupants out."
    ],
    "what_it_is_for": [
      "A gig is used for light passenger transport with a horse, especially in historical travel and recreational carriage driving.",
      "Surviving examples are encountered in carriage collections, heritage demonstrations and driving events."
    ],
    "facets_not_applicable": {
      "interfaces": "No universal gig-specific standard or legal classification can be assigned without a jurisdiction and intended use."
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "wikidata",
      "title": "Wikidata item Q680303: gig",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q680303",
      "url_status": "live",
      "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item",
      "checked_by": "wikidata-api"
    },
    {
      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Gig (carriage)",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gig_%28carriage%29",
      "url_status": "live",
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      "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink"
    }
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  "structure": {
    "bundles": [
      {
        "id": "gig-identity",
        "name": "Gig identity",
        "description": "Establish the intended meaning of gig and the evidence distinguishing the carriage kind.",
        "rationale": "The registry label is ambiguous, and a carriage interpretation must not silently become a settled definition.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "registry-sense",
            "name": "Registry sense",
            "description": "Resolve the label to its intended physical referent.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "carriage-sense-evidence",
                "name": "Carriage sense evidence",
                "description": "Record evidence supporting or rejecting the provisional horse-drawn carriage interpretation.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which originating registry record or external identifier establishes the intended meaning of gig?",
                    "kind": "provenance",
                    "id": "carriage-sense-evidence-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Does that record denote a carriage, a boat or another physical object?",
                    "kind": "definition",
                    "id": "carriage-sense-evidence-q02"
                  }
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              }
            ]
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          {
            "id": "carriage-type-boundaries",
            "name": "Carriage type boundaries",
            "description": "Identify the construction and terminology needed to separate a gig from adjacent carriage kinds.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "gig-diagnostic-configuration",
                "name": "Gig diagnostic configuration",
                "description": "Treat wheel count, seating, body and shafts as identification evidence whose sufficiency needs documentation.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which combination of wheel, seating, body and shaft features defines a gig in the applicable historical or regional source?",
                    "kind": "definition",
                    "id": "gig-diagnostic-configuration-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What distinguishes it from a sulky, chaise or other two-wheel cart in that source?",
                    "kind": "boundary",
                    "id": "gig-diagnostic-configuration-q02"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
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      {
        "id": "body-and-running-gear",
        "name": "Body and running gear",
        "description": "Describe the carriage structure carrying occupants and transmitting their load to the wheels.",
        "rationale": "A gig assessment needs to connect occupant support with the condition of its two-wheel running assembly.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "body-seat-support",
            "name": "Body and seat support",
            "description": "Record body construction, seating and any suspension between body and axle.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "occupant-load-path",
                "name": "Occupant load path",
                "description": "Identify the members and connections supporting occupants, including alterations affecting that support.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How are the seat and body supported from the axle, and what suspension is present?",
                    "kind": "definition",
                    "id": "occupant-load-path-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which repairs or modifications have changed the seat, body supports or suspension?",
                    "kind": "provenance",
                    "id": "occupant-load-path-q02"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "wheels-and-axle",
            "name": "Wheels and axle",
            "description": "Assess the geometry and condition of the wheel-hub-axle assembly.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "running-assembly-integrity",
                "name": "Running assembly integrity",
                "description": "Record wheel construction, hub fit, axle condition and wheel retention before permitting rolling use.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What are the wheel diameters, track width and measured hub or bearing clearances?",
                    "kind": "measurement",
                    "id": "running-assembly-integrity-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What inspection evidence supports the integrity of the wheels, axle and wheel-retaining fittings?",
                    "kind": "action",
                    "id": "running-assembly-integrity-q02"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "horse-interface-and-balance",
        "name": "Horse interface and balance",
        "description": "Assess shaft fit, harness connections and the effect of loading on the horse-facing interface.",
        "rationale": "The proposed carriage interpretation requires explicit treatment of the coupled horse, harness and two-wheel vehicle.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "shafts-and-harness-connections",
            "name": "Shafts and harness connections",
            "description": "Identify the interfaces used for draught, support, restraint and manoeuvring.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "compatible-coupling",
                "name": "Compatible coupling",
                "description": "Record the carriage-side fittings and the evidence that a proposed harness arrangement matches them.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What are the shaft dimensions and attachment locations at the intended working height?",
                    "kind": "measurement",
                    "id": "compatible-coupling-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How does the proposed harness connect for pulling, shaft support and restraint, and who assessed that arrangement?",
                    "kind": "action",
                    "id": "compatible-coupling-q02"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "occupant-load-and-shaft-reaction",
            "name": "Occupant load and shaft reaction",
            "description": "Relate passenger or ballast placement to balance at the shafts.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "loading-envelope",
                "name": "Loading envelope",
                "description": "Record assessed loading arrangements without inferring capacity from the visible number of seats.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What shaft reaction is measured at the stated working height for each proposed occupant and luggage arrangement?",
                    "kind": "measurement",
                    "id": "loading-envelope-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which total loads and seating positions have an evidenced basis for use with the proposed horse and harness?",
                    "kind": "action",
                    "id": "loading-envelope-q02"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "use-and-serviceability",
        "name": "Use and serviceability",
        "description": "Translate the gig's configuration and condition into specific movement, driving and maintenance decisions.",
        "rationale": "Historic appearance, restoration and operability are different claims that require separate evidence.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "driving-and-handling-limits",
            "name": "Driving and handling limits",
            "description": "Establish how the carriage may be boarded, moved, slowed and used on a proposed route.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "supported-operating-scenario",
                "name": "Supported operating scenario",
                "description": "Record the assessed combination of carriage controls, horse restraint, loading and terrain.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What braking or restraint arrangements are actually present, and how are stopping and downhill travel managed?",
                    "kind": "definition",
                    "id": "supported-operating-scenario-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which boarding procedures, surfaces, gradients and manoeuvres are supported by the assessment of this combination?",
                    "kind": "action",
                    "id": "supported-operating-scenario-q02"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "inspection-and-preservation",
            "name": "Inspection and preservation",
            "description": "Separate work needed for functional use from conservation of an original or restored carriage.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "service-or-display-decision",
                "name": "Service or display decision",
                "description": "Connect defects, repairs and conservation constraints to an explicit use status.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which defects in shafts, wheels, axle, body supports or suspension require repair before the intended movement?",
                    "kind": "action",
                    "id": "service-or-display-decision-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which original materials or historically significant fittings constrain replacement, lubrication or operational use?",
                    "kind": "boundary",
                    "id": "service-or-display-decision-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": [
                  "The carriage sense is assumed; the supplied name and PHY.OBJ domain do not distinguish it from the boat or fishing-implement senses.",
                  "Confirm the registry's intended referent before treating these details as properties of the registered thing.",
                  "This is recall only; no sources were consulted."
                ],
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01",
                    "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of gig 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": [
                  "Historically used for personal transport.",
                  "Preserved and driven in carriage collections, demonstrations and recreational horse driving."
                ],
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01",
                    "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of gig 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": [
                  "Overturning during sharp turns or on uneven ground.",
                  "Wheel, axle or shaft failure through damage or deterioration.",
                  "Harness failure or loss of control of the horse.",
                  "Poor load balance imposing excessive pressure or uplift through the shafts and harness."
                ],
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01",
                    "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of gig 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": "cart",
                    "difference": "A cart generally serves load carrying, whereas a carriage gig is designed primarily for passengers."
                  },
                  {
                    "name": "phaeton",
                    "difference": "A phaeton is a four-wheeled carriage; a carriage gig has two wheels."
                  },
                  {
                    "name": "rowing gig",
                    "difference": "A rowing gig is an oar-propelled boat, a separate physical-object sense of the same word."
                  },
                  {
                    "name": "fishing gig",
                    "difference": "A fishing gig is a pronged implement for spearing aquatic animals, a separate physical-object sense."
                  }
                ],
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01",
                    "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of gig this model covers, and on what evidence?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Does vr.tr.gig actually identify a horse-drawn carriage, a gig boat or another physical referent?",
    "Which authoritative sources establish the intended carriage definition and its boundaries across regional and historical terminology?",
    "Which structural variations belong within this registry entry rather than requiring links to neighbouring carriage kinds?",
    "What documented methods and acceptance criteria support load limits, shaft reaction and horse-harness compatibility assessments?",
    "Which jurisdictional road-use rules, inspection requirements or conservation constraints apply to the intended operating context?"
  ],
  "statistics": {
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    "layers": 9,
    "findings": 12,
    "questions": 20
  }
}
