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  "vercy": "1.0-draft",
  "publication": {
    "status": "research-draft",
    "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed",
    "publishableCanonical": false,
    "generatedAt": "2026-09-11T07:46:03Z",
    "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": 1,
    "engine": "claude",
    "enrichment": {
      "pass": 3,
      "engine": "claude",
      "producedAt": "2026-10-05T16:30:00Z",
      "ingestedAt": "2026-10-05T13:22:26+00:00",
      "fields": [
        "agent_conduct",
        "ethics",
        "owners"
      ]
    },
    "gate": {
      "passed": true,
      "version": "1.0",
      "at": "2026-10-07T12:16:35+00:00",
      "evidence": [
        "completeness 1.00",
        "sense: WordNet gloss",
        "2 live sources",
        "review by codex: pass"
      ]
    }
  },
  "metaModel": {
    "id": "THING-TRUST",
    "registryId": "vr.tr.trust",
    "name": "trust",
    "version": "0.2.0-wave.1",
    "entryKind": "thing",
    "family": "Thing Registry",
    "domain": [
      "SOC.ECO"
    ],
    "status": "research-draft"
  },
  "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/trust/",
  "model": {
    "registry_id": "vr.tr.trust",
    "name": "trust",
    "purpose": "Let an agent explain trusts factually by type, parties, duties and registration, without giving legal or tax advice on specific cases.",
    "definition": "A legal arrangement in which property is held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary), under terms set by the settlor or by law; forms include charitable, blind, public and implied trusts.",
    "what_it_is_for": "Managing property for others, succession planning, charity and holding assets in confidence.",
    "affordances": [
      "explain roles of settlor, trustee and beneficiary",
      "check trust registration requirements",
      "look up charitable trusts in registers",
      "find professional advice"
    ],
    "distinguishing_features": [
      "Split between legal and beneficial ownership",
      "Trustees owe fiduciary duties",
      "Express or implied",
      "Registration rules for beneficial ownership"
    ],
    "appearance": "A legal relationship recorded in a trust deed or arising by law.",
    "visual_identification": [
      "Trust deed naming parties",
      "Types such as charitable or blind trust",
      "Trust as confidence between people is another sense"
    ],
    "physical_properties": [],
    "families_and_kinds": [
      "express trusts",
      "charitable trusts",
      "blind trusts",
      "implied and constructive trusts",
      "public trusts"
    ],
    "related_models": [
      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "legal arrangement",
        "why": "category"
      },
      {
        "relation": "involves",
        "target": "trustee and beneficiary",
        "why": "parties"
      },
      {
        "relation": "holds",
        "target": "property",
        "why": "object"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is confused with",
        "target": "trust (confidence)",
        "why": "another sense"
      }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "standards_and_regulation": [
      "Trust law in common law jurisdictions",
      "Hague Trust Convention",
      "Beneficial ownership registers (EU AMLD)",
      "Charity law"
    ],
    "failure_modes_and_hazards": [
      "Breach of trustee duties",
      "Use for concealment",
      "Agents giving legal or tax advice"
    ],
    "in_scope": [],
    "out_of_scope": [],
    "characteristics": [],
    "agent_conduct": {
      "may": [
        "Explain how trusts work and the duties of trustees in general terms.",
        "Help trustees keep records and reports they are required to keep."
      ],
      "must_not": [
        "Act as trustee or move trust property without the trustees' authority.",
        "Help use a trust to hide assets from creditors, tax authorities or courts.",
        "Disclose beneficiaries' details beyond what the law requires.",
        "Give legal or tax advice on a specific trust as if a lawyer."
      ],
      "requires_human": [
        "Distributions to beneficiaries or changes to trust terms."
      ]
    },
    "ethics": {
      "considerations": [
        "Trustees hold power over others' property; breaches harm beneficiaries who may be children or vulnerable.",
        "Trusts can be misused to hide wealth from public scrutiny."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "Beneficiaries",
        "Creditors",
        "Charities and the public"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "The trustees, under the terms set by the settlor and the supervision of courts.",
      "master_systems": [
        "Trust registers and beneficial ownership registers where they exist",
        "Charity registers"
      ]
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "oewn",
      "title": "Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-13381671-n",
      "url": "https://en-word.net/id/oewn-13381671-n",
      "what_it_supports": "sense and gloss of the concept",
      "url_status": "live",
      "checked_by": "http 200"
    },
    {
      "id": "wiktionary-en",
      "title": "Wiktionary: trust",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trust",
      "what_it_supports": "word senses and usage",
      "url_status": "live",
      "checked_by": "http 200"
    }
  ],
  "structure": {
    "bundles": [
      {
        "id": "structure",
        "name": "Structure",
        "description": "Which trust.",
        "rationale": "Parties and type.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "type",
            "name": "Type",
            "description": "Express, charitable.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "type-finding",
                "name": "Type",
                "description": "Trust type.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What type of trust is it?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Under which law?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "parties",
            "name": "Parties",
            "description": "Roles.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "parties-finding",
                "name": "Parties",
                "description": "Parties.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Who are the settlor, trustees and beneficiaries?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What property is held?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "duties",
        "name": "Duties",
        "description": "Trustee obligations.",
        "rationale": "Trustees owe duties.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "fiduciary",
            "name": "Fiduciary",
            "description": "Obligations.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "fiduciary-finding",
                "name": "Fiduciary",
                "description": "Trustee duties.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What duties do the trustees owe?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How are they enforced?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "reporting",
            "name": "Reporting",
            "description": "Accounts.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "reporting-finding",
                "name": "Reporting",
                "description": "Accounts and reporting.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What accounts must trustees keep?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Who can see them?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "registration",
        "name": "Registration",
        "description": "Transparency.",
        "rationale": "Many trusts must register.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "register",
            "name": "Register",
            "description": "Beneficial ownership.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "register-finding",
                "name": "Register",
                "description": "Trust registration.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Must the trust be registered, and where?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Who can access the register?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "charity",
            "name": "Charity",
            "description": "Charitable status.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "charity-finding",
                "name": "Charity",
                "description": "Charitable trusts.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is it a registered charity?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What does the register show?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "limits",
        "name": "Limits",
        "description": "No legal advice.",
        "rationale": "Agents are not lawyers.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "advice",
            "name": "Advice",
            "description": "Boundary.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "advice-finding",
                "name": "Advice",
                "description": "Advice limit.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is the user asking how to set up or use a trust in their situation?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How should the agent refer them?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "senses",
            "name": "Senses",
            "description": "Disambiguation.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "senses-finding",
                "name": "Senses",
                "description": "Other senses.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is trust as confidence or an NHS trust meant?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should trust types be separate entries?",
    "How should registers be linked?",
    "How should the confidence sense be split off?"
  ],
  "statistics": {
    "bundles": 4,
    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
  }
}
