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        "ethics",
        "owners"
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    "purpose": "Let an agent explain honorary citizenship, find who holds it from official sources, describe what it confers, and handle politically sensitive awards and revocations neutrally.",
    "definition": "An honorary title conferred by a city, region or state on a person in recognition of service or distinction, without the legal rights of citizenship, such as honorary citizenship of a town, an honorary citizen of a country or the honorary citizen of a city award; the practice is widespread, and awards by contested or disputed authorities are described with attribution.",
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      "find recipients from official sources",
      "describe procedures for awarding and revoking",
      "handle contested awards neutrally"
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      "No legal citizenship",
      "Can be revoked"
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      "No legal citizenship rights",
      "Naturalisation confers actual citizenship"
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      "honorary citizenship of countries",
      "honorary freedom of a city (related)",
      "revoked honorary citizenships"
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        "relation": "is a kind of",
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        "relation": "is conferred by",
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        "relation": "is related to",
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        "why": "officials involved in awards"
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      "National honours legislation where applicable"
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      "Confusing with legal citizenship",
      "Politically partisan framing of awards",
      "Outdated lists after revocations"
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    "out_of_scope": [],
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        "Present honorary citizenship as conferring residence, voting or passport rights.",
        "Claim or invent an honour for a person.",
        "Publish a recipient's private data from the award file."
      ],
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        "Proposing, conferring or revoking an honour on anyone's behalf."
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        "Honours are sometimes revoked when a recipient's conduct comes to light, which touches reputation.",
        "Confusing the honour with real citizenship can mislead people about their status."
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        "Recipients and their families",
        "The conferring community",
        "Migrants misled about status"
      ]
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        "Municipal and state honours records"
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      "id": "wikidata",
      "title": "Wikidata item Q987080: honorary citizenship",
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      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Honorary citizenship",
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        "id": "meaning",
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        "description": "What it is.",
        "rationale": "Honour, not status.",
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            "id": "confers",
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            "description": "Rights and privileges.",
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                "questions": [
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                    "text": "What does honorary citizenship of this place confer, according to its statutes?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Does it grant any legal rights?",
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                  }
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              }
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            "id": "versus",
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            "description": "Related honours.",
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              {
                "id": "versus-finding",
                "name": "Versus",
                "description": "Related honours.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How does it differ from freedom of the city or legal citizenship?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits?",
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                  }
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                "id": "list-finding",
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                    "text": "Who has received honorary citizenship of this place, according to official registers?",
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                  {
                    "text": "When and why was it awarded?",
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                  }
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            ]
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            "id": "revoked",
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              {
                "id": "revoked-finding",
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                    "text": "Has an honorary citizenship been revoked, and on what stated grounds?",
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                    "text": "Is the revocation described neutrally?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
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        "id": "procedure",
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        "rationale": "Rules vary.",
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                "id": "nominate-finding",
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                    "text": "How are candidates nominated and approved?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which body decides?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
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              }
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            "id": "ceremony",
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              {
                "id": "ceremony-finding",
                "name": "Ceremony",
                "description": "Ceremonies.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How is the honour conferred?",
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                  {
                    "text": "What symbols accompany it?",
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                  }
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                    "text": "Is the awarding authority or the place status contested, and by whom?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Are positions attributed neutrally?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
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                    "text": "Is the award to this person politically controversial, according to sources?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
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                  {
                    "text": "Are supporters and critics both represented?",
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                  }
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    "Should each city honour be a separate entry?",
    "How should recipient registers be linked?",
    "How should contested authorities be described?"
  ],
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    "questions": 16
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}