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False Positive Risk

False Positive Risk

False positives occur when different procedural concepts normalize to the same concept.

High-risk pairs:

  • Termination vs Decision
  • Evaluation vs Verification
  • Comparison vs Evaluation
  • Classification vs Sequencing
  • Communication vs Coordination
  • Reflection vs Reassessment
  • Execution vs Validation

Why this matters:

  • false positives inflate semantic agreement
  • false positives are harder to notice than unresolved text
  • false positives can make hypothesis review look stronger than it is