docs(adr-0175): pre-implementation audit — correct reuse overclaims, record findings

Lookback/cross-reference audit before any code. No hard blockers. Corrects 3
overclaims of reuse and records the audit:
- reliability ledger is NEW (calibration/ is a grid-search param tuner, not a ledger)
- 0174 eliminate/reevaluate/contemplate is reading-coupled -> 'repoint to solving'
  needs generalization, not drop-in reuse
- teaching corridor evidence (MathReaderRefusalEvidence) is reader-refusal-coupled
  -> solver-practice proposals need a new evidence type
Constraints recorded: wrong=0 pinned on serving lane by ~25 tests + train_sample
runner -> practice MUST be a separate lane (phasing updated). Alignments noted:
ADR-0165 (lexemes-not-grammar) fulfilled by thin-front-end/thick-solver split;
INV-07 governance = no-self-authorization pre-wired; MAX_TOTAL_BRANCHES precedent
for bounded deterministic search; seal exists.
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**Author:** Shay
**Anchor:** [[thesis-decoding-not-generating]]
**Discussion / derivation:** [SESSION-2026-05-28 — From "Another Matcher" to a Self-Calibrating Problem Solver](../sessions/SESSION-2026-05-28-risk-reward-learning-architecture.md)
**Builds on:** [ADR-0174 — Held-Hypothesis Comprehension](./ADR-0174-held-hypothesis-comprehension.md) (the `eliminate_violating` / `reevaluate` / `contemplate` substrate — here **repointed from reading to solving**), the calibration module, capability axes G1G5, the round-trip filter + multi-branch disagreement rule, teaching-safety (proposal-only / reviewed = the seal)
**Builds on:** [ADR-0174 — Held-Hypothesis Comprehension](./ADR-0174-held-hypothesis-comprehension.md) (the `eliminate_violating` / `reevaluate` / `contemplate` substrate — here **generalized** from reading to solving; see §"Pre-implementation audit" — it is reading-coupled today, not a drop-in), capability axes G1G5, the round-trip filter + multi-branch disagreement rule, teaching-safety (proposal-only / reviewed = the seal). The per-class reliability ledger is **new** (the existing `calibration/` module is a grid-search param tuner, not a ledger).
**Supersedes:** the matcher-oriented Phase 5b sub-phases (5b.1 single-sentence / 5b.2 cross-sentence / 5b.3 deep) in ADR-0174 — they collapse into *instances* of this architecture.
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trustworthy self-verification is on `C`; the number that licenses widening past
gold.
This lives in the **calibration module**; `conservative_floor` is the pinned
fixed-arithmetic function in §4a.
This ledger is **new** (it is *not* the existing `calibration/` module, which is a
deterministic grid-search hyperparameter tuner — orthogonal, no reuse).
`conservative_floor` is the pinned fixed-arithmetic function in §4a.
### 4a. The `conservative_floor` function (pinned)
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canaries (0050) keep guarding serving.
- **Risk concentrates in the search + checker.** This is where the project's
correctness mandate is most stressed; invariants #1#2 are the load-bearing work.
- **Mostly composition, not new machinery:** classes = capability axes; counts =
eval harness; reliability + lower bound = calibration module; replay guarantees
reproducibility; `θ` = a small config table; seal = teaching-safety; elimination
= ADR-0174's `eliminate_violating`/`reevaluate`/`contemplate` repointed to
solving.
- **Part composition, part new (see Pre-implementation audit):** classes =
capability axes; counts = eval harness; replay = existing determinism; `θ` = a
small config table; seal = teaching-safety. **New or generalized:** the
reliability **ledger + `conservative_floor`** (new; not the `calibration/` tuner);
the elimination substrate (`eliminate_violating`/`reevaluate`/`contemplate`)
**generalized** off its reading-coupled types; a **solver-practice evidence type**
for the corridor (today's `MathReaderRefusalEvidence` is reader-refusal-shaped).
## Phasing (wrong=0-first; each phase ships its proof obligations)
1. **Ledger + gate substrate.** Per-class calibration ledger, `conservative_floor`,
the ratio gate, `θ` config table. Invariants #3#4 proven. Zero behavior change
to serving.
2. **Sealed practice regime on GSM8K train.** Run attempt-and-eliminate over the 47
(Tier-1 gold checkable); score correct/wrong/refused as *practice* metrics;
2. **Sealed practice regime on GSM8K train — as a NEW lane.** Run
attempt-and-eliminate over the 47 (Tier-1 gold checkable) in a *separate* runner;
**do not modify the wrong=0-pinned train_sample serving runner** (~25 tests +
its exit criterion guard it). Score correct/wrong/refused as *practice* metrics;
wrongs produce elimination records. Invariant #1 proven (nothing leaks to
serving). Diagnostic refusal (§8) emitted.
3. **Grounded derivation search.** Bounded, deterministic operation-chain search
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4. **Tier-2 self-verification + provenance + tether.** Convergent self-verification,
per-belief provenance, the live gold tether + `t2_precision`. Invariant #5
proven. Widen the arena past gold-labeled material.
5. **Self-proving proposals into the ratification corridor.** Practice emits
proof-carrying proposals; the (narrowing) HITL gate admits to serving. Measure
the serving-`correct` lift this produces with `wrong=0` held.
5. **Self-proving proposals into the ratification corridor.** Add a
**solver-practice evidence type** alongside the reader-refusal-coupled
`MathReaderRefusalEvidence`; practice emits proof-carrying proposals; the
(narrowing) HITL gate admits to serving. Measure the serving-`correct` lift this
produces with `wrong=0` held.
## Acceptance criteria (Proposed → Accepted)
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bounded and replay-stable; fix the enumeration order and depth cap before
Phase 3.
## Pre-implementation audit (2026-05-28)
Per CLAUDE.md §Lookback Review Discipline + §ADR cross-reference discipline, the
existing substrate was audited for conflicts *before* any code. **No hard blockers
or contradictions.** Findings:
**Reinforcing alignments (the design fits the grain):**
- **ADR-0165 (Regex Scope Rule).** Its line — regex may match *orthographic shape*
(lexemes) but never *grammar* (how words combine to mean X) — is exactly this
ADR's thin-front-end / thick-solver split. Extraction stays lexeme-level;
*combining is the solver's attempt, never grammar-regex.* 0175 fulfills 0165.
- **INV-07 governance** already forbids non-deterministic/low-trust frontends from
claiming `AUTO_ACCEPT_ELIGIBLE` at construction — our no-self-authorization
principle, pre-wired.
- **`MAX_TOTAL_BRANCHES = 64`** establishes bounded-deterministic-enumeration-with-
refuse-on-overflow; the derivation search inherits this pattern.
- **The seal** (teaching-safety, proposal-only/reviewed) exists and is reusable.
**Drift corrected in this ADR (overclaims of reuse):**
- The reliability **ledger is new**`calibration/` is a grid-search param tuner,
not a per-class ledger.
- The 0174 elimination substrate is **reading-coupled** (`Hypothesis`,
`ProblemReadingState`, parse-shaped predicates); "repoint to solving" requires
**generalization**, not drop-in reuse.
- The teaching corridor's evidence schema (`MathReaderRefusalEvidence`, grouped by
`refusal_reason × missing_operator`) is **reader-refusal-coupled**; solver-practice
proposals need a **new evidence type**.
**Binding constraints (not conflicts):**
- **wrong=0 is pinned on the serving/eval lane by ~25 test files + the train_sample
runner exit criterion.** Preserved, not contradicted — therefore **practice must
be a separate lane**; it cannot reuse the train_sample runner. Confirms the
double-duty decouple is mandatory.
- Determinism invariants (INV-05/13) bind the ledger/gate/search → the §4a float
rounding contract.
## Cross-references
- **Derivation:** [SESSION-2026-05-28](../sessions/SESSION-2026-05-28-risk-reward-learning-architecture.md).