{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-07T10:34:25Z", "providers": [ "Codex", "Grok" ], "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "usd": 0.00644402, "turns": 1, "seconds": 102.1, "error": null }, "codex": { "seconds": 119.6, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.3\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: 01a07b6d-2798-7063-ac85-d0b93802523e\n--------\nuser\nYou are drafting a Vercy meta-model for one registered thing. 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recognise sport in the registry's physical-exertion-and-competition sense, assess whether a sporting activity can proceed, and identify appropriate participation or officiating actions.", "definition": "A physical-activity practice organised around skill, exertion, and contest under shared rules, spanning recreation through elite competition.", "scope_statement": "This model owns sport as a kind of activity combining physical exertion with competition under identifiable contest conventions, including how particular practices qualify and how sporting performances are compared; it covers vr.tr.sport rather than assuming that another registry entry named sport has the same sense.", "in_scope": [ "Physical exertion and embodied skill that contribute to competitive performance", "Contest objectives, permitted actions, scoring and outcome determination", "Individual, team and opponent relationships within sporting activity", "Conditions for eligible, safe and fair participation", "Differences between a sport, a variant, a contest and practice undertaken for competition" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Exercise and recreation without a competitive relationship", "Games whose outcomes do not depend materially on physical exertion", "Detailed administration of clubs, federations and sporting businesses", "Event logistics, broadcasting, spectatorship and betting", "Clinical diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation", "Complete technical rules and coaching programmes for individual sports" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Identify physical actions whose exertion contributes materially to the competitive task; incidental movement while playing a game is insufficient evidence.", "Identify an opponent, rival performance or competitive benchmark and the convention used to compare performances; physical activity alone does not satisfy this registry definition.", "Determine whether contest conventions define successful performance and permitted means, distinguishing sporting competition from unrestricted conflict.", "Separate a sporting contest from training for that contest; a training session can support sport without itself containing competition.", "Record the definition and authority behind a disputed classification instead of treating institutional recognition or a familiar label as decisive." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Classification under the registry definition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "qualifies | does not qualify | disputed | insufficient evidence", "why_it_matters": "Prevents the word sport from silently substituting for evidence of both exertion and competition." }, { "name": "Physical contribution to performance", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Locally evidenced contributions such as endurance, force, speed, coordination, precision or balance; multiple values allowed", "why_it_matters": "Explains how bodily performance affects the contest and supports comparison of borderline cases." }, { "name": "Exertion 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local agreement, version, variant and adopting authority", "why_it_matters": "Makes permissible actions and outcome judgments specific to the actual contest." }, { "name": "Participation format", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Individual | team | paired | mixed, with simultaneous or sequential competition", "why_it_matters": "Determines how contributions, opposition and results attach to participants." }, { "name": "Participation readiness", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Ready | conditional | paused | ineligible | unassessed, with reasons and decision authority", "why_it_matters": "Supports participation decisions while distinguishing eligibility, preparation and unresolved safety concerns." } ], "affordances": [ "Assess whether a candidate activity meets this registry sense of sport and explain any disputed boundary.", "Identify the rules, variant, participant roles and performance measures needed to interpret a contest.", "Compare sporting performances when rules, conditions and measurement methods support comparison.", "Identify missing eligibility, equipment, venue or supervision checks before recommending participation.", "Explain available sporting actions and route uncertain rule interpretations or disputed results to the appropriate authority.", "Link training and adaptations to the competitive capabilities they support without classifying every session as a contest." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Report results, rules and history of sports from official sources.", "Help people find safe ways to start or train in a sport." ], "must_not": [ "Help anyone cheat, fix matches or use banned substances.", "Encourage people to play on with a suspected concussion or serious injury.", "Share athletes' medical data without their consent.", "Use betting tips based on insider information." ], "requires_human": [ "Medical return-to-play decisions after injury.", "Decisions that exclude athletes from competition." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Sport builds health and community but can harm athletes through pressure, injury and abuse.", "Fair competition depends on honesty about rules and substances." ], "affected_parties": [ "Athletes", "Young players", "Fans" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "Governing bodies run each sport; clubs and organisers answer for events.", "master_systems": [] }, "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Head injuries in contact sports can cause lasting brain damage.", "Overtraining and pressure can harm young athletes' bodies and mental health." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "World Anti-Doping Code, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Sport is practised in clubs, schools, public recreation spaces and organized competitions.", "It provides settings for physical skill development, exertion, recreation and competition under shared rules.", "Agents may support participation, scheduling, officiating and assessment of facilities or equipment." ], "visual_identification": [ "Participants perform physical skills within a recognizable playing area, course or competition setting.", "Scoring, timing, judging or direct opposition indicates a contest governed by shared rules.", "Sport-specific equipment, markings or officials support identification, although clothing or exertion alone is insufficient." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "placeholder", "title": "Researching official definitions", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "initial" }, { "id": "oewn", "title": "Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-00524569-n", "url": "https://en-word.net/id/oewn-00524569-n", "what_it_supports": "sense and gloss of the concept", "url_status": "live", "checked_by": "http 200" }, { "id": "wiktionary-en", "title": "Wiktionary: sport", "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sport", "what_it_supports": "word senses and usage", "url_status": "live", "checked_by": "http 200" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "sport-identity-and-boundaries", "name": "Sport identity and boundaries", "description": "Establishes which activity is being modelled and why it qualifies under the registry definition.", "rationale": "The shared name sport can conceal different senses, and neither exertion nor competition alone establishes this entry's scope.", "layers": [ { "id": "definition-and-classification", "name": "Definition and classification", "description": "Records the adopted meaning of sport and the evidence supporting classification.", "findings": [ { "id": "exertion-and-competition-test", "name": "Exertion and competition test", "description": "A candidate classification needs separate evidence of relevant physical exertion and an identifiable competitive relationship.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which physical actions materially contribute to success, and against whom or what competitive performance is success assessed?", "kind": "definition", "id": "exertion-and-competition-test-q01" }, { "text": "Whose definition supports or challenges the classification, and where can that definition be inspected?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "exertion-and-competition-test-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "activity-and-instance-boundaries", "name": "Activity and instance boundaries", "description": "Separates a sport from its variants, contests and supporting practice.", "findings": [ { "id": "sport-variant-contest-and-practice", "name": "Sport, variant, contest and practice", "description": "The model distinguishes the activity kind from a particular competitive occurrence and from preparation for competition.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the subject a sport, a rules variant, an actual contest or a practice session linked to a contest?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "sport-variant-contest-and-practice-q01" }, { "text": "Which changes to objectives, permitted bodily actions or comparison rules would make this a different sporting activity rather than a variant?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "sport-variant-contest-and-practice-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "physical-performance-and-demands", "name": "Physical performance and demands", "description": "Describes the bodily contribution to competitive success and the demands of participation.", "rationale": "Physical exertion is part of the registry definition, but its form and significance must be established for each activity.", "layers": [ { "id": "embodied-competitive-task", "name": "Embodied competitive task", "description": "Identifies the physical actions and capabilities through which participants pursue the contest objective.", "findings": [ { "id": "bodily-contribution-to-success", "name": "Bodily contribution to success", "description": "Classification and assessment should explain how exertion and embodied skill affect performance rather than infer them from appearance.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which movements, sustained efforts or precision actions influence the result, and how do they interact with tactics or equipment?", "kind": "definition", "id": "bodily-contribution-to-success-q01" }, { "text": "What observation or measurement would show that the participant's physical contribution is material rather than incidental?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "bodily-contribution-to-success-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "effort-and-preparation", "name": "Effort and preparation", "description": "Connects the contest's physical demands to observable effort and relevant preparation.", "findings": [ { "id": "contextual-exertion-assessment", "name": "Contextual exertion assessment", "description": "An exertion assessment needs a stated method and participant context; preparation should relate to the demands identified.", "questions": [ { "text": "How will effort, duration and recovery demands be assessed for this format and participant group?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "contextual-exertion-assessment-q01" }, { "text": "Which preparation activities support the required competitive actions, and what evidence is needed before increasing their difficulty?", "kind": "action", "id": "contextual-exertion-assessment-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "contest-rules-and-results", "name": "Contest rules and results", "description": "Makes the competitive objective, permitted means and outcome determination explicit.", "rationale": "An agent cannot interpret a sporting performance or advise on an action without knowing the contest conventions that give it meaning.", "layers": [ { "id": "objectives-and-permitted-play", "name": "Objectives and permitted play", "description": "Identifies what competitors seek to achieve and the constraints on how they may achieve it.", "findings": [ { "id": "applicable-contest-conventions", "name": "Applicable contest conventions", "description": "The relevant rules may come from a published ruleset or an explicit local agreement and must be identified for the particular contest.", "questions": [ { "text": "What constitutes success, which actions are permitted or prohibited, and what starts, pauses and ends the contest?", "kind": "definition", "id": "applicable-contest-conventions-q01" }, { "text": "Which rules version or local agreement applies, and who adopted it for these participants?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "applicable-contest-conventions-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "scoring-and-comparability", "name": "Scoring and comparability", "description": "Explains how performances become results and when results can be compared.", "findings": [ { "id": "valid-result-determination", "name": "Valid result determination", "description": "A result needs its measurement or judging method, relevant conditions, penalties and unresolved disputes.", "questions": [ { "text": "How are scores, times, distances or judgments produced, checked and combined, including ties and penalties?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "valid-result-determination-q01" }, { "text": "Which differences in rules, equipment, environment or participant classification prevent direct comparison of two performances?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "valid-result-determination-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "participants-and-fair-competition", "name": "Participants and fair competition", "description": "Defines competitive roles, entry conditions and the procedures for addressing contested conduct.", "rationale": "Sporting outcomes depend on who competes, how participants are grouped and how departures from agreed rules are handled.", "layers": [ { "id": "roles-and-eligibility", "name": "Roles and eligibility", "description": "Records who performs, who opposes whom and which entry or classification conditions apply.", "findings": [ { "id": "competitive-membership-and-grouping", "name": "Competitive membership and grouping", "description": "Participant grouping and role assignment need a contest-specific basis, including any applicable adaptations or classifications.", "questions": [ { "text": "Who competes individually or together, and how are opponents, divisions or performance classes assigned?", "kind": "definition", "id": "competitive-membership-and-grouping-q01" }, { "text": "Which eligibility or classification requirements apply, who decides them, and what remains unverified?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "competitive-membership-and-grouping-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "officiating-and-contested-conduct", "name": "Officiating and contested conduct", "description": "Connects observed conduct to the applicable rules and available review procedures.", "findings": [ { "id": "rule-enforcement-and-review", "name": "Rule enforcement and review", "description": "An agent should distinguish an allegation, an observed incident and an authorised ruling when interpreting fair competition.", "questions": [ { "text": "Who may judge violations, equipment compliance or prohibited assistance, and what evidence does the applicable procedure require?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "rule-enforcement-and-review-q01" }, { "text": "When conduct or a result is disputed, what correction, sanction or appeal can the authorised 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playing-surface, weather, equipment and supervision conditions must be checked for this activity and format?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "conditions-for-proceeding-q01" }, { "text": "Which observed conditions require modification, postponement or stopping, and who has authority to make that decision?", "kind": "action", "id": "conditions-for-proceeding-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "access-and-sporting-adaptations", "name": "Access and sporting adaptations", "description": "Examines changes that enable participation and their effects on the competitive task.", "findings": [ { "id": "adaptation-and-comparison-basis", "name": "Adaptation and comparison basis", "description": "Changes to equipment, assistance, duration or rules should state what participation need they address and how results will be interpreted.", "questions": [ { "text": "What adaptation would enable participation while retaining an identifiable physical task and competitive objective?", "kind": "action", "id": "adaptation-and-comparison-basis-q01" }, { "text": "Does the adaptation permit comparison within the existing format, require a separate classification or establish a different variant?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "adaptation-and-comparison-basis-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-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Olympic 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recreation?", "Which criteria distinguish an adaptation or rules variant from a separate sport, and whose judgments should be recorded when participants and governing bodies disagree?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 11, "questions": 21 } }