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From: Shay <assetoverflow@icloud.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 09:19:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] docs(handoff): require multi-actor pronoun safety test in
 VE-A/B acceptance
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Adds second mandatory hazard test to VE-A/B acceptance criteria:
multi-actor pronoun ambiguity must trigger no_antecedent_ambiguous
refusal per ADR-0174 Phase 3a defense.

Verb expansion widens the cases that reach Phase 3a lookback wiring;
without this test the multi-actor wrong=0 hazard could fire silently
in production. Surfaced by 2026-05-28 Phase 1-3a lookback review.

References: project-adr-0174-multi-actor-pronoun-hazard memory,
CLAUDE.md §Lookback Review Discipline.
---
 docs/handoff/VERB-EXPANSION-DISPATCH-PACK.md | 48 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/handoff/VERB-EXPANSION-DISPATCH-PACK.md b/docs/handoff/VERB-EXPANSION-DISPATCH-PACK.md
index 3a245b35..c1671e9d 100644
--- a/docs/handoff/VERB-EXPANSION-DISPATCH-PACK.md
+++ b/docs/handoff/VERB-EXPANSION-DISPATCH-PACK.md
@@ -124,8 +124,9 @@ evidence; this column is a recommendation only.
 
 ### Hazard pinning — non-negotiable
 
-Every VE-A / VE-B PR MUST include a test that asserts case 0050
-remains refused after the widening:
+Every VE-A / VE-B PR MUST include **two** safety tests.
+
+#### Hazard test #1 — case 0050 canary
 
 ```python
 def test_case_0050_remains_refused_after_verb_widening(self) -> None:
@@ -146,6 +147,49 @@ def test_case_0050_remains_refused_after_verb_widening(self) -> None:
 
 Reference: memory `feedback-wrong-zero-hazard-case-0050`.
 
+#### Hazard test #2 — multi-actor pronoun safety (ADR-0174 Phase 3a)
+
+VE-A / VE-B widens the verb whitelist, which means more
+discrete_count_statement cases will reach the ADR-0174 Phase 3a
+lookback wiring. When the widened verb appears in a multi-actor
+problem, the Phase 3a defense (`no_antecedent_ambiguous` refusal on
+multiple distinct prior subjects) MUST fire — otherwise the pronoun
+could be mis-resolved and produce a wrong answer with no downstream
+safety net catching it.
+
+```python
+def test_multi_actor_pronoun_with_widened_verb_refuses_safely(self) -> None:
+    """ADR-0174 Phase 3a multi-actor hazard — when more than one
+    proper-noun subject appears in prior context, the pronoun
+    resolver must refuse rather than guess the most-recent.
+    Verb widening must preserve this defense."""
+    from generate.math_candidate_graph import parse_and_solve
+    import json
+    # Replace <widened_verb> with one this PR adds.
+    text = (
+        "Alice has 5 marbles. "
+        "Bob has 3 marbles. "
+        "She <widened_verb> 2 marbles. "
+        "How many marbles does Bob have?"
+    )
+    r = parse_and_solve(text)
+    # MUST refuse — wrong attribution is the hazard.
+    assert r.answer is None
+    # Trace MUST include no_antecedent_ambiguous.
+    lookback_events = [
+        json.loads(ev) for ev in r.reader_trace
+        if json.loads(ev).get("layer") == "lookback"
+    ]
+    assert any(
+        ev.get("outcome") == "no_antecedent_ambiguous"
+        for ev in lookback_events
+    ), f"multi-actor defense did not fire; trace={lookback_events}"
+```
+
+Reference: memory `project-adr-0174-multi-actor-pronoun-hazard`,
+CLAUDE.md §Lookback Review Discipline (the discipline that surfaced
+this hazard at the right time).
+
 ---
 
 ## Per-PR workflow