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FE-012C Interpretation

FE-012C Interpretation

What The Results Suggest

  • FE-012C provides model-based replication evidence, not human validation.
  • Agreement across GPT-5, Claude, and Gemini strengthens confidence in the extraction instrument.
  • Strong agreement on shared packet inputs supports further testing of the instrument under harder replication conditions.

What They Do Not Prove

  • They do not prove the theory.
  • They do not prove that primitive grammar extraction is human-reproducible.
  • They do not prove that the provided primitive vocabulary is final or uniquely correct.

Hypotheses Strengthened

  • Shared packet instrumentation can produce substantial model agreement on primitive grammar extraction.
  • Transition structure may be more reproducible than some individual field judgments.

Hypotheses Weakened

  • Strong blinding assumptions are weakened if models frequently recognized the artifacts.
  • Claims about unconstrained primitive sufficiency remain weak because the vocabulary was provided in advance.

Most Important Disagreements

  • Exit primitive disagreements suggest the stopping condition is not yet operationally stable across all packets.
  • Dominant primitive disagreements suggest that "dominant" needs tighter operational definition.
  • Any transition disagreements should be reviewed packet by packet rather than averaged away.

Next Experiment Recommendation

Run the same packet set with improved blinding, then compare against human analysts and blinded independent reviewers.

Conservative Interpretation

Strong agreement supports further testing, not final theory acceptance.

Missing primitive absence is meaningful but may be caused by the provided vocabulary constraining responses.

Disagreement around exit primitive and dominant primitive suggests those fields need closer operational definitions.