FE-012A Normalization Rules

Initial Rules

• Inspect / examine / review / scan may normalize to Observe if the action acquires information.
• Sort / group / categorize may normalize to Classify if the action organizes information.
• Judge / assess / rate may normalize to Evaluate if the action applies criteria.
• Choose / select / commit may normalize to Decide if the action commits to an option.
• Implement / execute / intervene may normalize to Act if the action changes the system.
• Check / confirm / test may normalize to Verify if the action tests whether a claim or result holds.
• Revisit / update / reconsider may normalize to Reassess if the action reopens a prior judgment under new evidence.
• Learn / review outcomes may normalize to Reflect if the action extracts lessons from experience.

Rules

• Do not merge verbs only because they sound similar.
• Merge only when the reasoning function is equivalent.
• Document every merge.
• Preserve disagreements.
• Prefer adding candidate primitive over forced normalization when uncertain.

Caution

These rules are a starting reference only.

The experiment should test whether the vocabulary stabilizes, not assume that the seed vocabulary is final.