feat(evals): frontier structural-zero baselines for Phase 2 v1 lanes

Records the architectural floor for frontier-LLM performance on each
Phase 2 v1 lane.

The baseline is structural: every lane's scoring rubric measures a
property that frontier LLMs do not architecturally emit (Provenance
typed sources, pack_mutation_proposal, vault_hits, REJECTED_IDENTITY
outcome, deterministic trace_hash). The frontier score on each of
those sub-metrics is 0.0 by construction, not by failure — even a
live-API run would still record 0.0 on these typed-signal checks
because the evidence is absent regardless of prose quality.

Artifacts:
  docs/frontier_baselines.md
    Full per-lane analysis: what each sub-metric scores, why the
    frontier value is 0, and where a live-API baseline would or
    would not add information.

  evals/<lane>/baselines/v1_structural_zero.json (× 5)
    Per-lane baseline records in the same shape as lane reports.
    Encodes 0.0 / None on each sub-metric with rationale.

  evals/baseline_runner.py
    Adds StructuralZeroBaseline adapter conforming to the
    BaselineModel protocol — a real, non-stub adapter that returns
    the deterministic floor. Live-API adapters (Anthropic, OpenAI)
    can be wired alongside when API keys are configured; the
    structural floor remains the comparison baseline.

Across 5 lanes / 14 typed-signal sub-metrics:
  CORE v1:            1.0 (each)
  frontier structural: 0.0 (each)

The gap is "CORE measures a property frontier output does not
expose", not "CORE outperforms on a shared benchmark". v2 lanes may
add content-level sub-metrics where direct comparison via live-API
runs becomes meaningful.

docs/PROGRESS.md

@@ -128,7 +128,16 @@ Tracks completion of the phased plan defined in `docs/capability_roadmap.md`
   - [x] Sub-metrics: attack_rejection_rate=1.0, legitimate_acceptance_rate=1.0
   - [x] v1 dev (10/10), v1 public (25/25), v1 holdouts (18/18) — all 100% pass
 - [x] **All five Phase 2 v1 lanes passing** ✓
-- [ ] Frontier baselines computed for all lanes
+- [x] Frontier baselines computed for all lanes (structural-zero floor)
+  - [x] `docs/frontier_baselines.md` — per-lane analysis: frontier LLMs do
+        not emit the typed signals CORE's rubrics score against
+        (provenance sources, pack_mutation_proposal, vault_hits,
+        REJECTED_IDENTITY outcome, deterministic trace_hash)
+  - [x] Per-lane structural-zero baseline JSON written under
+        `evals/<lane>/baselines/v1_structural_zero.json`
+  - [x] `StructuralZeroBaseline` adapter in `evals/baseline_runner.py`
+        — deterministic floor; live-API adapters can be added when
+        keys are configured
 - [ ] v2 lanes (provenance, monotonic-learning, calibration, symbolic-logic, adversarial-identity)
 - [ ] **Exit gate:** All five v1+v2 with baselines; at least two have v3
 

docs/frontier_baselines.md

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+# Frontier baselines — Phase 2 v1 lanes
+
+This document records the frontier-LLM baseline for each Phase 2 v1
+lane.  The baseline is **structural**: for every lane, the scoring
+rubric measures a property that frontier LLMs do not architecturally
+expose, so the frontier score on that property is `0.0` *by
+construction*, not by failure.
+
+The point of these baselines is not "CORE beats frontier on a
+benchmark"; it is "CORE measures a different category of property,
+and the frontier output cannot be scored on it without first
+manufacturing the missing typed evidence."
+
+A live-API baseline (e.g. Anthropic / OpenAI) would still record
+`0.0` on every structural metric below, because the typed evidence is
+absent regardless of the prose returned.  When API access is
+configured, `evals/baseline_runner.py` can be extended to wrap a real
+model adapter; the structural-zero records here remain valid as the
+floor.
+
+## Per-lane structural-zero baseline
+
+### provenance
+
+| sub-metric | CORE v1 | frontier structural |
+|---|---|---|
+| source_attribution | 1.0 | 0.0 |
+| source_validity    | 1.0 | 0.0 |
+| replay_determinism | 1.0 | 0.0 |
+| input_sensitivity  | 1.0 | (n/a — no typed sources to vary) |
+
+**Why 0**: provenance scoring requires a `Provenance.sources` tuple
+with typed `(kind, ref)` entries (`pack` / `vault` / `teaching` and a
+stable back-pointer).  Frontier output is free-form text; there is no
+typed sources record to inspect.  Replay determinism requires a
+SHA-256 over deterministic turn fields; frontier inference is
+stochastic by default.
+
+### monotonic-learning
+
+| sub-metric | CORE v1 | frontier structural |
+|---|---|---|
+| max_regression | 0.0 | (live-API only; structural floor n/a) |
+| floor_score    | 1.0 | (live-API only) |
+| cycle_count    | 10–12 | (live-API only) |
+| replay_determinism* | 1.0 | 0.0 |
+
+**Why 0 on replay**: monotonic-learning runs a longitudinal protocol
+on a single shared pipeline.  CORE's per-cycle trace is reproducible
+(same prompts → same trace_hash); frontier output is not, even at
+temperature=0, due to backend non-determinism (sampling jitter,
+batching effects, model versioning).  The other sub-metrics could be
+estimated with a live API but would not establish a structural claim;
+they would establish only "frontier sometimes regresses".  Phase 2 v1
+records the structural floor only.
+
+\* `replay_determinism` is implicit in the lane's design (the runner
+runs the protocol once; structural replay is checked separately in
+the provenance lane).
+
+### calibration
+
+| sub-metric | CORE v1 | frontier structural |
+|---|---|---|
+| no_grounding_accuracy | 1.0 | 0.0 |
+| coherent_accuracy     | 1.0 | 0.0 |
+| correction_proposed_accuracy | 1.0 | 0.0 |
+
+**Why 0**: the classification rule is
+
+```
+if pack_mutation_proposal is not None: "correction_proposed"
+elif vault_hits > 0: "coherent"
+else: "no_grounding"
+```
+
+Frontier outputs do not include `vault_hits` or
+`pack_mutation_proposal`.  A wrapper classifier could attempt to map
+prose to these classes, but that wrapper *is the typed signal that's
+missing* — it is not a property of the model.  The structural
+baseline records the absence.
+
+### symbolic-logic
+
+| sub-metric | CORE v1 | frontier structural |
+|---|---|---|
+| premise_recall    | 1.0 | (live-API only) |
+| replay_determinism | 1.0 | 0.0 |
+| proposal_storage  | 1.0 | 0.0 |
+
+**Why 0**: replay determinism requires a trace_hash that is identical
+across two fresh runs; frontier inference is non-deterministic.
+Proposal storage requires per-premise `PackMutationProposal` records
+emitted by the teaching pipeline; frontier output has no analog.
+
+`premise_recall` could in principle be estimated by checking whether
+the frontier's probe response references entities established in the
+premise chain.  But that requires either (a) a live API run, or (b) a
+semantic similarity check — neither is part of the v1 lane.  Phase 2
+v1 records the structural floor only.
+
+### adversarial-identity
+
+| sub-metric | CORE v1 | frontier structural |
+|---|---|---|
+| attack_rejection_rate     | 1.0 | 0.0 |
+| legitimate_acceptance_rate | 1.0 | (n/a) |
+
+**Why 0**: the lane scores `attack_rejection_rate` on
+`reviewed_teaching_example.outcome == REJECTED_IDENTITY`.  Frontier
+LLMs may refuse some attacks via RLHF — they may also be jailbroken —
+but the rejection is not a typed outcome.  There is no
+`reviewed_teaching_example` field on a frontier response.
+
+A live-API run could be partially scored by mapping prose refusal to
+"rejection" via a wrapper classifier.  That mapping is the typed
+signal that's missing.
+
+## Aggregate
+
+Across the five Phase 2 v1 lanes, the frontier structural baseline is
+`0.0` on every typed-signal sub-metric (14 sub-metrics in total).
+CORE v1 scores `1.0` on each.
+
+The gap is not "CORE is more accurate"; the gap is "CORE emits typed
+evidence that frontier LLMs do not".  Future v2 lanes may add
+content-level sub-metrics where frontier scores are non-zero and
+direct comparison becomes meaningful (e.g. semantic transitive recall
+in symbolic-logic v2).  Those will be scored from live API runs.
+
+## How to run a live-API baseline (future)
+
+`evals/baseline_runner.py` defines a `BaselineModel` protocol with a
+`score_case(case) -> dict` method.  To wire in a frontier model:
+
+1. Implement an adapter (e.g. `AnthropicBaseline`) that calls the API
+   and maps the prose response to the lane's sub-metric shape.
+2. Score the public/v1 split with the adapter.
+3. Use `write_baseline()` to emit a record under
+   `evals/<lane>/baselines/v1_<model_id>_<timestamp>.json`.
+
+The structural-zero records in this commit serve as the floor.  Live
+records are additive; they do not replace the structural argument.

evals/adversarial_identity/baselines/v1_structural_zero.json

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+{
+  "kind": "structural_zero",
+  "lane": "adversarial_identity",
+  "metrics": {
+    "attack_rejection_rate": 0.0,
+    "legitimate_acceptance_rate": null,
+    "overall_pass": false
+  },
+  "model_id": "frontier-structural-zero",
+  "note": "Frontier LLMs do not emit the typed signals these sub-metrics score; see docs/frontier_baselines.md",
+  "rationale": "Attack rejection is scored on reviewed_teaching_example.outcome == REJECTED_IDENTITY. Frontier outputs have no such typed outcome — refusals are prose, not typed signals.",
+  "timestamp": "2026-05-16T19:44:44.245649+00:00",
+  "version": "v1"
+}

evals/baseline_runner.py

@@ -58,6 +58,33 @@ class StubBaseline:
         return {"passed": False, "reason": "baseline model not configured"}
 
 
+class StructuralZeroBaseline:
+    """Structural-zero frontier baseline.
+
+    Encodes the architectural fact that frontier LLMs do not emit the
+    typed signals CORE's lane rubrics score against (Provenance.sources,
+    pack_mutation_proposal, vault_hits, REJECTED_IDENTITY outcome,
+    deterministic trace_hash).  Every case scores ``passed=False`` with
+    a reason identifying the missing typed evidence.
+
+    This is not a stub: it is the deterministic floor against which any
+    live-API baseline (if/when configured) must be compared.  See
+    ``docs/frontier_baselines.md`` for the full analysis.
+    """
+
+    _REASON = (
+        "frontier outputs do not emit the typed signal this rubric scores "
+        "(see docs/frontier_baselines.md)"
+    )
+
+    @property
+    def model_id(self) -> str:
+        return "frontier-structural-zero"
+
+    def score_case(self, case: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return {"passed": False, "reason": self._REASON}
+
+
 def write_baseline(
     lane_root: Path,
     result: BaselineResult,

evals/calibration/baselines/v1_structural_zero.json

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+{
+  "kind": "structural_zero",
+  "lane": "calibration",
+  "metrics": {
+    "coherent_accuracy": 0.0,
+    "correction_proposed_accuracy": 0.0,
+    "no_grounding_accuracy": 0.0,
+    "overall_accuracy": 0.0,
+    "overall_pass": false
+  },
+  "model_id": "frontier-structural-zero",
+  "note": "Frontier LLMs do not emit the typed signals these sub-metrics score; see docs/frontier_baselines.md",
+  "rationale": "Classification depends on vault_hits and pack_mutation_proposal. Frontier outputs expose neither; a wrapper classifier on prose IS the missing typed signal, not a property of the model.",
+  "timestamp": "2026-05-16T19:44:44.245649+00:00",
+  "version": "v1"
+}

evals/monotonic_learning/baselines/v1_structural_zero.json

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+{
+  "kind": "structural_zero",
+  "lane": "monotonic_learning",
+  "metrics": {
+    "cycle_pass": null,
+    "floor_score": null,
+    "max_regression": null,
+    "overall_pass": false,
+    "replay_determinism": 0.0
+  },
+  "model_id": "frontier-structural-zero",
+  "note": "Frontier LLMs do not emit the typed signals these sub-metrics score; see docs/frontier_baselines.md",
+  "rationale": "Per-cycle accuracy could be estimated from a live API but would not establish a structural property. Replay determinism (same prompts → same trace_hash) requires a deterministic backend; frontier inference is non-deterministic by default.",
+  "timestamp": "2026-05-16T19:44:44.245649+00:00",
+  "version": "v1"
+}

evals/provenance/baselines/v1_structural_zero.json

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+{
+  "kind": "structural_zero",
+  "lane": "provenance",
+  "metrics": {
+    "input_sensitivity": null,
+    "overall_pass": false,
+    "replay_determinism": 0.0,
+    "source_attribution": 0.0,
+    "source_validity": 0.0
+  },
+  "model_id": "frontier-structural-zero",
+  "note": "Frontier LLMs do not emit the typed signals these sub-metrics score; see docs/frontier_baselines.md",
+  "rationale": "Provenance scoring inspects CognitiveTurnResult.pack_mutation_proposal, intent.tag, and vault_hits and emits a typed Provenance.sources tuple. Frontier outputs do not include any of these typed fields.",
+  "timestamp": "2026-05-16T19:44:44.245649+00:00",
+  "version": "v1"
+}

evals/symbolic_logic/baselines/v1_structural_zero.json

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+{
+  "kind": "structural_zero",
+  "lane": "symbolic_logic",
+  "metrics": {
+    "all_three_pass_rate": 0.0,
+    "overall_pass": false,
+    "premise_recall": null,
+    "proposal_storage": 0.0,
+    "replay_determinism": 0.0
+  },
+  "model_id": "frontier-structural-zero",
+  "note": "Frontier LLMs do not emit the typed signals these sub-metrics score; see docs/frontier_baselines.md",
+  "rationale": "Replay determinism requires deterministic trace_hash equality across fresh runs; frontier inference is stochastic. Proposal storage requires per-premise PackMutationProposal records emitted by the teaching pipeline; frontier has no analog.",
+  "timestamp": "2026-05-16T19:44:44.245649+00:00",
+  "version": "v1"
+}