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    "generatedAt": "2026-09-11T04:44:29Z",
    "providers": [
      "Claude"
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    "wave": 1,
    "engine": "claude",
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      "producedAt": "2026-10-05T16:30:00Z",
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      "fields": [
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        "ethics",
        "owners"
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        "completeness 1.00",
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        "2 live sources",
        "review by codex: pass"
      ]
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    "registryId": "vr.tr.apple",
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    "name": "apple",
    "purpose": "Let an agent handle apples as food and as a crop, distinguishing cultivars, quality grades, storage and residue rules, and separating the fruit from the tree and the company name.",
    "definition": "The fruit of the apple tree (Malus domestica), a pome eaten fresh, cooked or pressed, grown in thousands of named cultivars.",
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    "affordances": [
      "eat it, fresh or cooked",
      "grow and harvest it, in orchards",
      "store it, for months in controlled atmosphere",
      "grade and trade it, under marketing standards"
    ],
    "distinguishing_features": [
      "A pome fruit of Malus domestica",
      "Thousands of cultivars, propagated by grafting",
      "Stores well, so it is sold year-round",
      "The tree and the company are different entries"
    ],
    "appearance": "A round fruit, 5-10 cm across, with red, green or yellow skin, white flesh and a core of seeds.",
    "visual_identification": [
      "Round shape with a stem cavity and a calyx at the base",
      "Skin colour and pattern suggest but do not prove the cultivar",
      "PLU stickers identify cultivar and growing method in retail"
    ],
    "physical_properties": [
      {
        "quantity": "diameter",
        "typical_range": "50-100",
        "unit": "mm",
        "note": ""
      },
      {
        "quantity": "mass",
        "typical_range": "100-300",
        "unit": "g",
        "note": ""
      },
      {
        "quantity": "sugar content",
        "typical_range": "10-16",
        "unit": "degrees Brix",
        "note": ""
      }
    ],
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      "dessert cultivars such as Gala, Fuji, Braeburn",
      "cooking cultivars such as Bramley",
      "cider apples",
      "crab apples"
    ],
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      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "fruit",
        "why": "food from plants"
      },
      {
        "relation": "grows on",
        "target": "apple tree",
        "why": "the plant is a separate entry"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is made into",
        "target": "juice and cider",
        "why": "processed products"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is confused with",
        "target": "Apple Inc.",
        "why": "a company name"
      }
    ],
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      {
        "scheme": "PLU code",
        "value_or_pattern": "4 or 5 digits, such as 4133 for Gala",
        "note": "retail produce code"
      },
      {
        "scheme": "cultivar name",
        "value_or_pattern": "registered variety names",
        "note": "plant variety rights may apply"
      }
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      "UNECE Standard FFV-50 for apples",
      "Maximum residue limits for pesticides",
      "Plant variety protection (UPOV)"
    ],
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      "Choking in small children",
      "Pesticide residues above limits",
      "Allergy (oral allergy syndrome)",
      "Mislabelled cultivars"
    ],
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    "out_of_scope": [],
    "characteristics": [],
    "agent_conduct": {
      "may": [
        "Identify apple cultivars and report their uses, storage and origin.",
        "Report allergens and pesticide residue data from official sources."
      ],
      "must_not": [
        "Give whole or hard apple pieces to small children without preparing them safely.",
        "Mislabel a cultivar or its origin.",
        "Sell or serve apples with residues above legal limits."
      ],
      "requires_human": [
        "Withdrawing a batch from sale over a residue or safety finding."
      ]
    },
    "ethics": {
      "considerations": [
        "Fruit growing depends on seasonal labour that is often poorly protected."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "Consumers",
        "Growers and pickers"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "The grower or seller who holds the fruit.",
      "master_systems": []
    }
  },
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    {
      "id": "wikidata",
      "title": "Wikidata item Q89: apple",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89",
      "url_status": "live",
      "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item",
      "checked_by": "wikidata-api"
    },
    {
      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Apple",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple",
      "url_status": "live",
      "what_it_supports": "general description of the item",
      "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink"
    }
  ],
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    "bundles": [
      {
        "id": "cultivar",
        "name": "Cultivar",
        "description": "Which apple.",
        "rationale": "Cultivar decides taste, use and price.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "name",
            "name": "Cultivar name",
            "description": "Variety and trade names.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "name-finding",
                "name": "Cultivar identity",
                "description": "The cultivar and trade name.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which cultivar is this, and under what trade name is it sold?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How was the cultivar verified?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "use",
            "name": "Use",
            "description": "Dessert, cooking or cider.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "use-finding",
                "name": "Use class",
                "description": "The intended use.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is it a dessert, cooking or cider apple?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What are its taste and texture?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "quality",
        "name": "Quality",
        "description": "Grade and condition.",
        "rationale": "Grades set price and acceptance.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "grade",
            "name": "Grade",
            "description": "Class and size.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "grade-finding",
                "name": "Quality class",
                "description": "The class and size under the standard.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which quality class and size does it meet?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which defects are allowed?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "ripeness",
            "name": "Ripeness",
            "description": "Maturity and firmness.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "ripeness-finding",
                "name": "Maturity",
                "description": "Maturity measures.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How ripe is it, measured by firmness, starch or Brix?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How long will it keep?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "production-and-storage",
        "name": "Production and storage",
        "description": "From orchard to shop.",
        "rationale": "Growing and storage decide availability and residues.",
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          {
            "id": "growing",
            "name": "Growing",
            "description": "Orchard and method.",
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              {
                "id": "growing-finding",
                "name": "Production method",
                "description": "Where and how it was grown.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Where and how was it grown, organic or conventional?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which pesticides were used, within which limits?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "storage",
            "name": "Storage",
            "description": "Cold and controlled atmosphere.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "storage-finding",
                "name": "Storage history",
                "description": "How it was stored.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How long and how was it stored?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Was a ripening inhibitor used?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "eating",
        "name": "Eating",
        "description": "Nutrition and safety.",
        "rationale": "Apples are healthy but carry specific risks.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "nutrition",
            "name": "Nutrition",
            "description": "Energy, fibre, sugars.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "nutrition-finding",
                "name": "Nutrition data",
                "description": "Nutritional values.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What are its energy, sugar and fibre content?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "From which composition database?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "safety",
            "name": "Safety",
            "description": "Choking and allergy.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "safety-finding",
                "name": "Safety advice",
                "description": "Advice for vulnerable groups.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How should apples be prepared for small children?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Who may react allergically?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should cultivars be registered as child entries?",
    "How should the fruit and the tree entries be linked?",
    "How should quality classes be represented?"
  ],
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    "bundles": 4,
    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
  }
}