{
  "vercy": "1.0-draft",
  "publication": {
    "status": "research-draft",
    "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed",
    "publishableCanonical": false,
    "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T21:10:47Z",
    "providers": [
      "Claude"
    ],
    "breadth": "written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify",
    "pass": 2,
    "wave": 3,
    "engine": "claude",
    "enrichment": {
      "pass": 3,
      "engine": "claude",
      "producedAt": "2026-10-06T10:00:00Z",
      "ingestedAt": "2026-10-06T06:58:58+00:00",
      "fields": [
        "agent_conduct",
        "ethics",
        "owners"
      ]
    },
    "revisions": [
      {
        "at": "2026-10-06T23:00:57+00:00",
        "engine": "codex",
        "fields": [
          "agent_conduct",
          "definition"
        ],
        "answering_review": "97dbfd6beacdbafc7c4682c0165f0ceec0cd5eabcbb4a2d9921b4a34738e2422"
      }
    ],
    "gate": {
      "passed": true,
      "version": "1.0",
      "at": "2026-10-07T10:10:33+00:00",
      "evidence": [
        "completeness 1.00",
        "sense: Wikidata description",
        "2 live sources",
        "review by codex: pass"
      ]
    }
  },
  "metaModel": {
    "id": "THING-Q8752",
    "registryId": "vr.tr.basque",
    "name": "Basque",
    "version": "0.2.0-wave.3",
    "entryKind": "thing",
    "family": "Thing Registry",
    "domain": [
      "INF.MED"
    ],
    "status": "research-draft"
  },
  "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q8752/",
  "model": {
    "registry_id": "vr.tr.basque",
    "name": "Basque",
    "purpose": "Let an agent describe Basque as a language with its dialects, standard form, legal status and history, relay codes and speaker figures from linguistic and official sources, present its origin and political questions with attribution, and route learning and translation questions to resources.",
    "definition": "A language isolate spoken in the Basque Country of northern Spain and south-western France by several hundred thousand people, with an established relationship to historical Aquitanian but no established relationship to any other living language, and with regional ancestry predating the spread of Indo-European languages there; standardised as Batua in the twentieth century alongside several dialects, co-official in the Basque Autonomous Community and parts of Navarre, and the object of revitalisation after suppression under the Franco regime.",
    "what_it_is_for": "Communication and identity in the Basque Country.",
    "affordances": [
      "explain the language and its dialects",
      "relay codes, status and speaker figures",
      "present origin hypotheses and history with attribution",
      "find learning and translation resources"
    ],
    "distinguishing_features": [
      "Language isolate",
      "Ergative-absolutive alignment",
      "Standard form Batua since 1968",
      "Co-official status and revitalisation"
    ],
    "appearance": "Written in Latin script with letters such as tx, tz and x; distinctive ergative grammar and vocabulary unlike neighbouring languages.",
    "visual_identification": [
      "Language isolate with ergative grammar",
      "Standard Batua and dialects",
      "Spanish and French are the neighbouring, unrelated languages"
    ],
    "physical_properties": [
      {
        "quantity": "speakers",
        "typical_range": "about 750000",
        "unit": "people",
        "note": "estimates vary; more with passive knowledge"
      },
      {
        "quantity": "main dialects",
        "typical_range": "5 or 6",
        "unit": "dialects",
        "note": "by classification"
      }
    ],
    "families_and_kinds": [
      "Standard Basque or Batua",
      "Western, Central, Navarrese, Navarro-Lapurdian and Souletin dialects",
      "historical stages such as Aquitanian and old Basque",
      "Basque-influenced mixed languages such as Erromintxela",
      "Basque in the diaspora"
    ],
    "related_models": [
      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "language isolate",
        "why": "no demonstrated relatives"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is spoken in",
        "target": "Basque Country",
        "why": "the region"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is regulated by",
        "target": "Euskaltzaindia",
        "why": "the Royal Academy of the Basque Language"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is related to",
        "target": "Basque people",
        "why": "the community"
      }
    ],
    "identifiers": [
      {
        "scheme": "ISO 639-1",
        "value_or_pattern": "eu",
        "note": ""
      },
      {
        "scheme": "ISO 639-3",
        "value_or_pattern": "eus",
        "note": ""
      },
      {
        "scheme": "Glottolog",
        "value_or_pattern": "basq1248",
        "note": ""
      }
    ],
    "standards_and_regulation": [
      "Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country and Navarre language laws on co-official status",
      "Euskaltzaindia standards for Batua",
      "European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages"
    ],
    "failure_modes_and_hazards": [
      "Claims of relationship to other languages presented as fact",
      "Language shift outside the core area",
      "Political questions about the Basque Country presented as settled"
    ],
    "in_scope": [],
    "out_of_scope": [],
    "characteristics": [],
    "agent_conduct": {
      "may": [
        "Explain Basque as a language isolate and describe its dialects and standard form.",
        "Help people learn or translate Basque with care for dialect and register.",
        "Relay its legal status and revitalisation from official and scholarly sources."
      ],
      "must_not": [
        "Present proposed relationships beyond the established relationship with historical Aquitanian as established fact.",
        "Take sides in political questions about the Basque Country when describing the language.",
        "Belittle Basque or its speakers or treat it as a curiosity.",
        "Produce Basque text for official use without saying it has not been checked by a qualified speaker."
      ],
      "requires_human": [
        "Publishing official, legal or medical translations into Basque requires human review."
      ]
    },
    "ethics": {
      "considerations": [
        "Basque was suppressed in the past, so respect for it is tied to its speakers' dignity.",
        "Political debate around the region means neutrality matters when describing the language."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "Basque speakers",
        "Learners and translators",
        "People in the Basque Country"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "The speech community; the Basque language academy maintains the standard.",
      "master_systems": []
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "wikidata",
      "title": "Wikidata item Q8752: Basque",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8752",
      "url_status": "live",
      "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item",
      "checked_by": "wikidata-api"
    },
    {
      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Basque language",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_language",
      "url_status": "live",
      "what_it_supports": "general description of the item",
      "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink"
    }
  ],
  "structure": {
    "bundles": [
      {
        "id": "identify",
        "name": "Identify",
        "description": "What Basque is.",
        "rationale": "Identity.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "language",
            "name": "Language",
            "description": "Language and codes.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "language-finding",
                "name": "Language",
                "description": "Language.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What is Basque, what are its codes, and what makes it a language isolate?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is the question about the language, the people or the region?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "dialects",
            "name": "Dialects",
            "description": "Dialects and standard.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "dialects-finding",
                "name": "Dialects",
                "description": "Dialects.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What dialects exist, and how does Batua relate to them?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits a specific dialect?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "status",
        "name": "Status",
        "description": "Status and vitality.",
        "rationale": "Policy.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "legal",
            "name": "Legal",
            "description": "Legal status.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "legal-finding",
                "name": "Legal",
                "description": "Legal.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What legal status does Basque have in Spain and France, and what policies support it?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits language policy?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "speakers",
            "name": "Speakers",
            "description": "Speakers and trends.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "speakers-finding",
                "name": "Speakers",
                "description": "Speakers.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How many people speak Basque, and how is that changing, from surveys?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which sources are cited?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "history",
        "name": "History",
        "description": "Origins and history.",
        "rationale": "Attribution.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "origins",
            "name": "Origins",
            "description": "Origin hypotheses.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "origins-finding",
                "name": "Origins",
                "description": "Origins.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What is known and hypothesised about the origins of Basque, with positions attributed?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is the presentation clear about what is unproven?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "modern",
            "name": "Modern",
            "description": "Suppression and revival.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "modern-finding",
                "name": "Modern",
                "description": "Modern.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How was Basque treated under the Franco regime, and how has it been revived since?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which references are standard?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "use",
        "name": "Use",
        "description": "Learning and culture.",
        "rationale": "Practice.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "learning",
            "name": "Learning",
            "description": "Learning resources.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "learning-finding",
                "name": "Learning",
                "description": "Learning.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How can Basque be learned, and which dictionaries and courses exist?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits language learning?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "culture",
            "name": "Culture",
            "description": "Literature and media.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "culture-finding",
                "name": "Culture",
                "description": "Culture.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What literature, media and education exist in Basque?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits Basque literature?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should each dialect be a separate entry?",
    "How should speaker surveys be linked?",
    "The registry entry has merged aliases for historical stages, dialects and a mixed language; should they be split off?"
  ],
  "statistics": {
    "bundles": 4,
    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
  }
}