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Dimensional Normalization Rules

Dimensional Normalization Rules

  1. Role is primary.
  2. Object overlap is insufficient for equivalence.
  3. Two phrases are equivalent only if role matches and object or purpose are compatible.
  4. Phrases may be related but distinct if object matches but role differs.
  5. Terminate and Decide must remain distinct unless the text explicitly frames termination as commitment.
  6. Evaluate, Compare, and Verify are adjacent but distinct roles.
  7. Reflect and Reassess are distinct. Reflect reviews for learning. Reassess reopens reasoning.
  8. Communicate and Coordinate are distinct. Communicate transfers information. Coordinate aligns action.
  9. Classification and sequencing are distinct. Classification groups concepts. Sequencing orders steps.
  10. Prefer unresolved over unsafe normalization.