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P001 Observation Gate

Research Area
General Research
Status
draft
Version
0.1
Priority
medium
Updated
2026-07-22
Source
research/evidence-runs/ECR-000001-multi-layer-procedural-representation/comparison/p001-observation-gate.md

P001 Observation Gate

Purpose

Record observations from P001 before running the next packet.

Inputs

  • GPT response for ECR-000001-P001
  • Claude response for ECR-000001-P001
  • Gemini response for ECR-000001-P001

Observations

Observation ID Observation Confidence Notes
O-ECR1-P001-001 All three models recovered a cyclic reasoning structure. High Seed observation from checkpoint package; verify against stored responses before downstream use.
O-ECR1-P001-002 All three models identified Bound or equivalent scoping as the entry. High Seed observation from checkpoint package; verify against stored responses before downstream use.
O-ECR1-P001-003 All three models identified Decide or equivalent closure or commitment as the exit. High Seed observation from checkpoint package; verify against stored responses before downstream use.
O-ECR1-P001-004 All three models centered the structure around evaluation of explanations against evidence. High Seed observation from checkpoint package; verify against stored responses before downstream use.
O-ECR1-P001-005 Disagreement clustered around the region between evaluation and stopping or closure rather than around the overall structure. Moderate Seed observation from checkpoint package; verify against stored responses before downstream use.
O-ECR1-P001-006 At least one model suggested a candidate missing primitive equivalent to Terminate or stopping-without-commitment. Moderate Seed observation from checkpoint package; verify against stored responses before downstream use.
O-ECR1-P001-007 Recognition occurred or likely occurred for the canonical artifact. High Seed observation from checkpoint package; verify against stored responses before downstream use.

Non-Conclusions

  • P001 does not validate the instrument.
  • P001 does not validate Framework Engineering.
  • P001 does not update hypothesis confidence by itself.
  • P001 only determines whether it is reasonable to continue the calibration run.