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0eea287099 GROUND-WP-0002 T01: the edition dataset is authoritative
Ruled by the maintainer 2026-08-03. editions/ground-darvo-r0/ is the
source of truth for Problem values, required solutions, visibility and
priority, and the engine must import it rather than invent them. This
unblocks clay-borg and very likely dissolves
gr-e01-threshold-unreachable-2p.

The three sub-questions were not ruled, so proposed defaults are recorded
rather than blocking the import on them: which columns are authoritative
vs presentational; that point_value and required_solution may NOT change
within r0; and that a version bump is the directory name, so it shows in
a diff and is never silent.

The second matters most: the engine hashes game state and a Problem's
value and required suit are IN that state. If they can change under a
fixed revision name, every recorded scenario hash in clay-borg silently
rots. Hence 'no' rather than 'probably not'.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-03 19:31:31 +02:00
6c2aaf89b0 GROUND-WP-0002: add T05, the ten underdetermined points
clay-borg messaged this repo on 2026-07-30 with ten rules points the
dataset does not decide (U1-U10), each simulated under a provisional
default, asking for confirm-or-correct per item. Four days later it was
still unread, because there was nowhere for it to land.

U2 (stress clamping), U6 (same-round Bond-Support vs DARVO step order)
and U8 (GROUND-OU cancelling an Attack before Protection is consumed)
are the three that change play -- each decides whether a DARVO stage
fires at all. The rest are edge cases or confirmations.

T03's six provisional scenarios are the scenarios that ENCODE these
defaults, so T05 comes first and T03 becomes the check that nothing was
missed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-03 18:56:40 +02:00
34d8bca271 Sync hub IDs and work-record index for GROUND-WP-0002
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-03 18:55:53 +02:00
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| Kind | ID | Status | Lane | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| workplan | GROUND-WP-0001 | ready | — | workplans/GROUND-WP-0001-statehub-bootstrap.md |
| task | GROUND-WP-0001-T01 | todo | — | workplans/GROUND-WP-0001-statehub-bootstrap.md |
| task | GROUND-WP-0001-T02 | todo | — | workplans/GROUND-WP-0001-statehub-bootstrap.md |
| task | GROUND-WP-0001-T03 | todo | — | workplans/GROUND-WP-0001-statehub-bootstrap.md |
| workplan | GROUND-WP-0001 | done | — | workplans/GROUND-WP-0001-statehub-bootstrap.md |
| workplan | GROUND-WP-0002 | ready | — | workplans/GROUND-WP-0002-rulings-clay-borg-is-blocked-on.md |
| task | GROUND-WP-0001-T01 | done | — | workplans/GROUND-WP-0001-statehub-bootstrap.md |
| task | GROUND-WP-0001-T02 | done | — | workplans/GROUND-WP-0001-statehub-bootstrap.md |
| task | GROUND-WP-0001-T03 | done | — | workplans/GROUND-WP-0001-statehub-bootstrap.md |
| task | GROUND-WP-0002-T01 | todo | — | workplans/GROUND-WP-0002-rulings-clay-borg-is-blocked-on.md |
| task | GROUND-WP-0002-T02 | todo | — | workplans/GROUND-WP-0002-rulings-clay-borg-is-blocked-on.md |
| task | GROUND-WP-0002-T03 | todo | — | workplans/GROUND-WP-0002-rulings-clay-borg-is-blocked-on.md |
| task | GROUND-WP-0002-T04 | todo | — | workplans/GROUND-WP-0002-rulings-clay-borg-is-blocked-on.md |

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title: "Rulings the engine is blocked on, and the dataset it never loaded"
domain: consumer
repo: ground-game
status: ready
status: active
owner: bernd
topic_slug: whynot
created: "2026-08-03"
updated: "2026-08-03"
state_hub_workstream_id: "d8fc3a69-a5ae-4f6e-b4fc-b07d1ff9c783"
---
# Rulings the engine is blocked on
`clay-borg` implements the engine that simulates GROUND. Its INTENT says
game-semantics questions defer to **this** repo. Nine such questions have
accumulated there and none has been answered, because none had a home.
game-semantics questions defer to **this** repo. Ten underdetermined rules points, six provisional scenarios and three
questions raised by play have accumulated there, and none has been
answered, because none had a home.
This is their home.
**Nothing here is a clay-borg change.** Every item is a ruling only the
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```task
id: GROUND-WP-0002-T01
status: todo
status: done
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "431cca12-e6d9-4eba-9360-f4f13ed263c1"
```
State whether `editions/ground-darvo-r0/` is the **authoritative** source
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**Until this is answered the engine cannot import the data, and every
threshold question below stays unanswerable.**
**RULED 2026-08-03, by the maintainer:** *"The edition dataset is
authoritative."*
So `editions/ground-darvo-r0/` is the source of truth for Problem values,
required solutions, visibility and priority, and **the engine must import
it rather than invent them**. That unblocks clay-borg and it very likely
dissolves `gr-e01-threshold-unreachable-2p` — see T03.
### What was ruled, and what was not
The headline is answered. The three sub-questions were not, and rather
than block the import on them, these are the **proposed defaults**; each
is cheap to overturn and none is load-bearing for a first import:
| question | proposed default |
|---|---|
| authoritative vs presentational columns | **authoritative:** `problem_id`, `scenario_id`, `visibility`, `hidden_priority`, `required_solution`, `point_value`. **Presentational:** `title`, `problem_text`, `symbol_id`, `front_rules`, `reveal_effect`, `unresolved_effect`, `back_design_id` |
| may `point_value` / `required_solution` change within `r0`? | **no** — a change to either is a new revision |
| what a version bump looks like | the directory name: `ground-darvo-r0` → `-r1`. The engine pins a directory, so a bump is visible in a diff and never silent |
**The distinction that matters** is the second: the engine will hash game
state, and a Problem's value and required suit are *in* that state. If
they can change under a fixed revision name, every recorded scenario hash
in clay-borg silently rots. That is why "no" is proposed rather than
"probably not".
**Owed:** confirm or overturn the three rows above. Until then the engine
imports under them and says so.
## Task: rule on SOLVE's legality
```task
id: GROUND-WP-0002-T02
status: todo
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "895573ac-d7b9-4160-a118-5bc8866c28c8"
```
Three related questions, all raised by play, all currently decided by the
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For each: **intended, or not offered.** If intended, say what the player
is meant to learn from the waste.
## Task: answer the ten underdetermined points (U1–U10)
```task
id: GROUND-WP-0002-T05
status: todo
priority: high
```
**This is the oldest item and it has never been read.** `clay-borg`
messaged this repo on **2026-07-30** with ten points the dataset does not
decide, each simulated under a provisional default, asking for *"confirm /
correct (with ruling)"* per item. Four days later the message was still
unopened, because there was nowhere for it to land. Now there is.
| | question | the default clay-borg simulates |
|---|---|---|
| **U1** | Bond-acceptance timing | the target decides during Support resolution, post-reveal |
| **U2** | Stress clamping | clamp on **every** application, not only at End — this changes when DARVO triggers mid-round |
| **U3** | DENY with no legal target | no-op; the sequence still advances |
| **U4** | Solution deck exhaustion | deterministic reshuffle of the discard, else skip the draw |
| **U5** | rejected REVERSE self-effects | owner still gets −2 Stress and the sequence ends; no Blame, no +1, no Protection |
| **U6** | same-round Bond-Support vs DARVO | the Support cancels that round's DARVO stage **before it fires** (step order 2 before 3) |
| **U7** | player elimination | none exists — **confirm** |
| **U8** | GROUND—OU vs Attack | OU cancels the Attack **before** Protection is consumed |
| **U9** | simultaneous double DARVO trigger | needs no extra rule — **confirm** |
| **U10** | hand limit | none |
Full text of each default is in `clay-borg/specs/GroundRules.md`
§Underdetermined. **U2, U6 and U8 are the ones that change play**, because
each decides whether a DARVO stage fires at all; the rest are edge cases
or confirmations.
Answer per item: **confirm**, or **correct with the ruling**.
## Task: confirm or overturn the six provisional defaults
```task
id: GROUND-WP-0002-T03
status: todo
priority: medium
state_hub_task_id: "52cc157f-8fbd-469d-9da7-a96f1c60b654"
```
Six engine scenarios are tagged `provisional: true` with
`provisional_owner: ground-game`. Each encodes a default the engine had to
pick because the rules did not say. A ruling flips the scenario; it does
not change the kernel.
`provisional_owner: ground-game`. These are the **scenarios** that encode
T05's defaults — answering U1–U10 will settle most of them, so take T05
first and use this list to check nothing was missed. A ruling flips the
scenario; it does not change the kernel.
| scenario | the default currently in force |
|---|---|
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id: GROUND-WP-0002-T04
status: todo
priority: medium
state_hub_task_id: "6c55eb56-22dc-4ee2-ac1a-4ced0dedfab9"
```
Both scoring modes are implemented and neither has been played through a