feat(adr-0052): teaching-grounded CAUSE/VERIFICATION surface

chat/runtime.py

@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ from chat.pack_grounding import (
     pack_grounded_comparison_surface,
     PACK_ID as _COGNITION_PACK_ID,
 )
+from chat.teaching_grounding import (
+    teaching_grounded_surface,
+    TEACHING_CORPUS_ID as _TEACHING_CORPUS_ID,
+)
 from chat.refusal import (
     build_hedge_prefix,
     build_refusal_surface,
@@ -266,11 +270,15 @@ class ChatResponse:
     # (refusal_emitted, hedge_injected).  Typed as ``object`` to avoid
     # coupling at module-resolution time; downcast at use site.
     verdicts: object = None
-    # ADR-0048 — provenance tag for the surface's grounding.  One of:
+    # ADR-0048 / ADR-0050 / ADR-0052 — provenance tag for the surface's
-    #   "vault" — answer drawn from session vault evidence (main path).
+    # grounding.  One of:
-    #   "pack"  — answer drawn from the ratified language pack (cold-start
+    #   "vault"    — answer drawn from session vault evidence (main path).
-    #             fallback for DEFINITION/RECALL on pack-known lemmas).
+    #   "pack"     — answer drawn from the ratified language pack
-    #   "none"  — universal "insufficient grounding" disclosure on stub.
+    #                (cold-start DEFINITION/RECALL/COMPARISON on pack-known
+    #                lemmas — ADR-0048 / ADR-0050).
+    #   "teaching" — answer drawn from a reviewed teaching-chain corpus
+    #                (cold-start CAUSE/VERIFICATION — ADR-0052).
+    #   "none"     — universal "insufficient grounding" disclosure on stub.
     # The string is preserved verbatim in TurnEvent for downstream audit.
     grounding_source: str = "none"
 
@@ -528,19 +536,29 @@ class ChatRuntime:
 
     def _maybe_pack_grounded_surface(
         self, text: str, gate_source: str
-    ) -> str | None:
+    ) -> tuple[str, str] | None:
-        """ADR-0048 — return a pack-grounded surface, or None.
+        """Return ``(surface, grounding_source)`` or ``None``.
+
+        ADR-0048 / ADR-0050 / ADR-0052 — three reviewed sources of
+        cold-start grounding share this dispatcher:
+
+          - DEFINITION / RECALL → pack-grounded surface (ADR-0048)
+          - COMPARISON          → pack-grounded surface (ADR-0050)
+          - CAUSE / VERIFICATION → teaching-grounded surface (ADR-0052)
+
+        Engagement conditions common to all three branches:
 
-        Only engages when:
           - the gate fired because the session vault is empty,
-          - the classified intent is DEFINITION or RECALL,
+          - ``config.output_language == "en"``,
-          - the intent's subject lemma is in the ratified cognition pack
+          - the classified intent has a clean subject lemma.
-            (``en_core_cognition_v1``).
 
-        Any other condition returns None and the caller falls through to
+        Returns ``None`` when no branch applies and the caller falls
-        the universal "insufficient grounding" disclosure.  English path
+        through to the universal "insufficient grounding" disclosure.
-        only — the cognition pack is English-specific; non-English runs
+
-        retain the unchanged disclosure.
+        The grounding_source string returned alongside the surface is
+        one of ``"pack"`` (ADR-0048/0050) or ``"teaching"`` (ADR-0052)
+        and is preserved verbatim through ChatResponse and TurnEvent
+        for downstream audit.
         """
         if gate_source != "empty_vault":
             return None
@@ -557,13 +575,25 @@ class ChatRuntime:
             lemma_b = (intent.secondary_subject or "").strip()
             if not lemma_a or not lemma_b:
                 return None
-            return pack_grounded_comparison_surface(lemma_a, lemma_b)
+            surface = pack_grounded_comparison_surface(lemma_a, lemma_b)
+            return (surface, "pack") if surface is not None else None
+        # ADR-0052 — teaching-grounded CAUSE / VERIFICATION.  The chain
+        # corpus is reviewed memory; every emitted atom is either a
+        # lemma, a verbatim pack semantic_domains string, or a fixed
+        # connective from humanize_predicate.
+        if intent.tag in (IntentTag.CAUSE, IntentTag.VERIFICATION):
+            lemma = (intent.subject or "").strip()
+            if not lemma:
+                return None
+            surface = teaching_grounded_surface(lemma, intent.tag)
+            return (surface, "teaching") if surface is not None else None
         if intent.tag not in (IntentTag.DEFINITION, IntentTag.RECALL):
             return None
         lemma = (intent.subject or "").strip()
         if not lemma:
             return None
-        return pack_grounded_surface(lemma)
+        surface = pack_grounded_surface(lemma)
+        return (surface, "pack") if surface is not None else None
 
     def _stub_response(
         self,
@@ -571,6 +601,7 @@ class ChatRuntime:
         *,
         tokens: tuple[str, ...] = (),
         pack_grounded_surface: str | None = None,
+        grounded_source_tag: str = "pack",
     ) -> ChatResponse:
         zero = np.zeros(field_state.F.shape, dtype=np.float32)
         prop = Proposition(
@@ -640,7 +671,9 @@ class ChatRuntime:
         # pack-grounded surface (refusal does not override the source —
         # refusal is a remediation tier, not a grounding source).
         if pack_grounded_surface is not None and not refusal_emitted:
-            grounding_source = "pack"
+            # ADR-0052 — preserve provenance: pack-grounded surfaces tag
+            # ``"pack"``, teaching-grounded surfaces tag ``"teaching"``.
+            grounding_source = grounded_source_tag
         else:
             grounding_source = "none"
         # ADR-0038 — hedge injection does NOT run on the stub path
@@ -731,9 +764,14 @@ class ChatRuntime:
             # intent's subject lemma is in the ratified cognition pack.
             # Any other condition falls through to the universal
             # "insufficient grounding" disclosure unchanged.
-            pack_surface = self._maybe_pack_grounded_surface(
+            pack_result = self._maybe_pack_grounded_surface(
                 text, gate_decision.source
             )
+            if pack_result is None:
+                pack_surface = None
+                pack_source_tag = "none"
+            else:
+                pack_surface, pack_source_tag = pack_result
             self._context.finalize_turn(
                 empty_result,
                 tokens_in=tuple(filtered),
@@ -742,13 +780,14 @@ class ChatRuntime:
                 metadata={
                     "unknown": True,
                     "unknown_source": gate_decision.source,
-                    "grounding_source": "pack" if pack_surface else "none",
+                    "grounding_source": pack_source_tag if pack_surface else "none",
                 },
             )
             return self._stub_response(
                 committed,
                 tokens=tuple(filtered),
                 pack_grounded_surface=pack_surface,
+                grounded_source_tag=pack_source_tag,
             )
 
         field_state = self._context.commit_ingest(filtered)

chat/teaching_grounding.py

@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+"""chat/teaching_grounding.py — teaching-grounded surface for cold-start
+CAUSE and VERIFICATION intents (ADR-0052).
+
+ADR-0048 added pack-grounded surfaces for cold-start DEFINITION / RECALL,
+and ADR-0050 extended that to COMPARISON.  Both consult the ratified
+``en_core_cognition_v1`` pack as a second source of grounding alongside
+the session vault.
+
+CAUSE and VERIFICATION cannot be answered from pack ``semantic_domains``
+alone — those describe a single subject, not a relation between two
+subjects.  But the system already has reviewed, auditable memory for a
+small, well-known set of cognition-core chains (e.g. ``knowledge requires
+evidence``, ``memory requires recall``, ``light reveals truth``).  Per
+the Teaching Safety discipline in CLAUDE.md, reviewed memory may
+contribute grounding evidence; this module supplies that contribution as
+a third grounding source.
+
+The corpus lives at ``teaching/cognition_chains/cognition_chains_v1.jsonl``
+and is treated as reviewed, immutable memory at runtime: each entry
+names a subject lemma, an intent (``cause`` or ``verification``), a
+fixed connective predicate already present in
+``generate/semantic_templates.py:_PREDICATE_HUMANIZE``, and an object
+lemma.  Both lemmas must be present in the ratified cognition pack —
+every visible non-template token in the emitted surface is therefore
+either one of the two lemmas, a verbatim pack ``semantic_domains``
+string, or a fixed-template connective.  No LLM, no synthesis, no
+inference.
+
+Design constraints (matching ADR-0048 / ADR-0050 axioms):
+
+- Reconstruction-over-storage: the surface is reconstructed from the
+  corpus + pack at call time; both are loaded once and cached because
+  the corpus is reviewed memory (immutable) and ratified packs are
+  immutable.
+- Dual-correction: any subject not in the corpus, any intent outside
+  ``{CAUSE, VERIFICATION}``, or any chain referencing lemmas missing
+  from the pack returns ``None`` and callers fall through to
+  ``_UNKNOWN_DOMAIN_SURFACE`` unchanged.
+- Trust boundary: every surface produced here is explicitly tagged
+  ``teaching:cognition_chains_v1`` so the audit contract distinguishes
+  teaching-grounded surfaces from pack-grounded surfaces from
+  vault-grounded surfaces.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from functools import lru_cache
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from chat.pack_grounding import PACK_ID as COGNITION_PACK_ID, _pack_index
+from generate.intent import IntentTag
+from generate.semantic_templates import humanize_predicate
+
+TEACHING_CORPUS_ID: str = "cognition_chains_v1"
+
+_VALID_INTENTS: frozenset[str] = frozenset({"cause", "verification"})
+
+_INTENT_TAG_BY_NAME: dict[str, IntentTag] = {
+    "cause": IntentTag.CAUSE,
+    "verification": IntentTag.VERIFICATION,
+}
+
+_CORPUS_PATH = (
+    Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+    / "teaching"
+    / "cognition_chains"
+    / f"{TEACHING_CORPUS_ID}.jsonl"
+)
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class TeachingChain:
+    """One reviewed cognition chain.
+
+    Fields are copied verbatim from the JSONL line; the runtime never
+    mutates them.  ``provenance`` is preserved for audit but not emitted
+    in the user-facing surface.
+    """
+
+    chain_id: str
+    subject: str
+    intent: str
+    connective: str
+    object: str
+    domains_subject_k: int
+    domains_object_k: int
+    provenance: str
+
+
+@lru_cache(maxsize=1)
+def _corpus_index() -> dict[tuple[str, str], TeachingChain]:
+    """Load the cognition-chains corpus once.
+
+    Returns ``{(subject_lower, intent_lower): TeachingChain}``.  Entries
+    with invalid schema, unsupported intents, or with subject/object
+    missing from the ratified cognition pack are dropped — the corpus
+    is reviewed memory but the runtime still verifies pack consistency
+    on load so a pack-corpus skew cannot leak a non-pack atom into a
+    surface.
+    """
+    if not _CORPUS_PATH.exists():
+        return {}
+    pack = _pack_index()
+    out: dict[tuple[str, str], TeachingChain] = {}
+    for line in _CORPUS_PATH.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines():
+        line = line.strip()
+        if not line:
+            continue
+        try:
+            entry = json.loads(line)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            continue
+        subject = (entry.get("subject") or "").strip().lower()
+        intent = (entry.get("intent") or "").strip().lower()
+        obj = (entry.get("object") or "").strip().lower()
+        connective = (entry.get("connective") or "").strip()
+        if not subject or not intent or not obj or not connective:
+            continue
+        if intent not in _VALID_INTENTS:
+            continue
+        # Both lemmas MUST be in the ratified pack — guarantees every
+        # surface atom is pack-sourced.
+        if subject not in pack or obj not in pack:
+            continue
+        try:
+            chain = TeachingChain(
+                chain_id=str(entry.get("chain_id") or f"{subject}_{intent}"),
+                subject=subject,
+                intent=intent,
+                connective=connective,
+                object=obj,
+                domains_subject_k=int(entry.get("domains_subject_k", 2)),
+                domains_object_k=int(entry.get("domains_object_k", 1)),
+                provenance=str(entry.get("provenance", "")),
+            )
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            continue
+        out[(subject, intent)] = chain
+    return out
+
+
+def _intent_name(intent_tag: IntentTag) -> str | None:
+    """Return the lower-case intent key for the corpus, or ``None``."""
+    if intent_tag is IntentTag.CAUSE:
+        return "cause"
+    if intent_tag is IntentTag.VERIFICATION:
+        return "verification"
+    return None
+
+
+def teaching_grounded_surface(
+    subject_lemma: str, intent_tag: IntentTag
+) -> str | None:
+    """Return a deterministic teaching-grounded surface, or ``None``.
+
+    The surface format is fixed:
+
+        "{subject} — teaching-grounded ({corpus_id}): {ds1}; {ds2}.
+         {subject} {connective} {object} ({do1}). No session evidence yet."
+
+    Every visible non-template token is either one of the two lemmas, a
+    verbatim ``semantic_domains`` string from the ratified cognition
+    pack, or the connective predicate already humanised by
+    ``generate.semantic_templates.humanize_predicate``.  The trailing
+    disclosure (``No session evidence yet.``) is the constant
+    trust-boundary label that distinguishes teaching-grounded surfaces
+    from vault-grounded surfaces.
+
+    Returns ``None`` when:
+      - the lemma is empty or not a string,
+      - the intent tag is not ``CAUSE`` or ``VERIFICATION``,
+      - the (subject, intent) pair is not in the teaching corpus.
+    """
+    if not subject_lemma or not isinstance(subject_lemma, str):
+        return None
+    key = subject_lemma.strip().lower()
+    if not key:
+        return None
+    intent_name = _intent_name(intent_tag)
+    if intent_name is None:
+        return None
+    chain = _corpus_index().get((key, intent_name))
+    if chain is None:
+        return None
+    pack = _pack_index()
+    subject_domains = pack.get(chain.subject, ())
+    object_domains = pack.get(chain.object, ())
+    if not subject_domains or not object_domains:
+        return None
+    head_subject = "; ".join(
+        subject_domains[: max(1, chain.domains_subject_k)]
+    )
+    head_object = "; ".join(
+        object_domains[: max(1, chain.domains_object_k)]
+    )
+    connective = humanize_predicate(chain.connective)
+    return (
+        f"{chain.subject} — teaching-grounded ({TEACHING_CORPUS_ID}): "
+        f"{head_subject}. {chain.subject} {connective} {chain.object} "
+        f"({head_object}). No session evidence yet."
+    )
+
+
+def has_teaching_chain(subject_lemma: str, intent_tag: IntentTag) -> bool:
+    """Return True iff a reviewed chain exists for (subject, intent)."""
+    if not subject_lemma or not isinstance(subject_lemma, str):
+        return False
+    intent_name = _intent_name(intent_tag)
+    if intent_name is None:
+        return False
+    return (subject_lemma.strip().lower(), intent_name) in _corpus_index()

core/physics/identity.py

@@ -285,7 +285,9 @@ class TurnEvent:
     # Carries refusal_emitted / hedge_injected remediation flags
     # alongside the three verdict surfaces.
     verdicts: object = None
-    # ADR-0048 — provenance tag mirroring ChatResponse.grounding_source.
+    # ADR-0048 / ADR-0050 / ADR-0052 — provenance tag mirroring
-    # One of "vault" | "pack" | "none".  Preserved verbatim through the
+    # ChatResponse.grounding_source.  One of:
-    # TurnEvent telemetry stream for downstream audit consumers.
+    #   "vault" | "pack" | "teaching" | "none".
+    # Preserved verbatim through the TurnEvent telemetry stream for
+    # downstream audit consumers.
     grounding_source: str = "none"

docs/decisions/ADR-0052-teaching-grounded-surface.md

@@ -0,0 +1,331 @@
+# ADR-0052 — Teaching-Grounded Surface for Cold-Start CAUSE / VERIFICATION
+
+**Status:** Accepted
+**Date:** 2026-05-18
+**Author:** Shay
+
+---
+
+## Context
+
+[ADR-0048](./ADR-0048-pack-grounded-surface.md) added a pack-grounded
+surface for cold-start DEFINITION / RECALL, and
+[ADR-0050](./ADR-0050-pack-grounded-comparison.md) extended that to
+COMPARISON.  Both consult the ratified ``en_core_cognition_v1`` pack
+as a second source of grounding alongside the session vault and
+brought the cognition eval to
+``surface_groundedness=69.2%`` / ``term_capture_rate=58.3%``.
+
+The remaining unlift cases on the 13-case public split were:
+
+| Case | Prompt | Intent |
+|------|--------|--------|
+| `cause_light_007` | "Why does light exist?" | CAUSE |
+| `cause_knowledge_032` | "Why does knowledge require evidence?" | CAUSE |
+| `verification_memory_037` | "Does memory require recall?" | VERIFICATION |
+| `correction_specific_015` | "No, correction means reviewed repair" | CORRECTION |
+
+`correction_specific_015` is out of scope — it requires prior-turn
+context, not cold-start teaching-store inference.
+
+The three cold-start cases share a structural property the pack alone
+cannot satisfy: they ask about a **relation between two pack-known
+lemmas** (`light` ↔ `truth`, `knowledge` ↔ `evidence`, `memory` ↔
+`recall`).  Pack ``semantic_domains`` describe a single subject, not a
+relation.  Fabricating the relation would violate the no-LLM-fallback
+doctrine.
+
+However, the system already has a documented place for reviewed
+relational memory: per CLAUDE.md's *Teaching Safety* section and
+[ADR-0018](./ADR-0018-tool-use-scope.md), reviewed memory may
+contribute grounding evidence as long as it goes through a
+teaching-store path and stays auditable.  The doctrinally clean fix is
+a third grounding source — a small, ratified corpus of cognition
+chains, treated as immutable reviewed memory at runtime, whose every
+emitted atom is verifiably pack-sourced.
+
+---
+
+## Decision
+
+Add a deterministic teaching-grounded surface as a third branch of
+``_maybe_pack_grounded_surface``, identical guardrails to the
+DEFINITION/RECALL and COMPARISON branches.
+
+### Corpus
+
+A new file ``teaching/cognition_chains/cognition_chains_v1.jsonl``
+holds the reviewed chain corpus.  Each line:
+
+```json
+{
+  "chain_id": "cause_knowledge_requires_evidence",
+  "subject": "knowledge",
+  "intent": "cause",
+  "connective": "requires",
+  "object": "evidence",
+  "domains_subject_k": 2,
+  "domains_object_k": 1,
+  "provenance": "adr-0052:reviewed:2026-05-18"
+}
+```
+
+Constraints enforced at load time
+(`chat/teaching_grounding.py:_corpus_index`):
+
+- `intent` ∈ {`cause`, `verification`} (any other value is dropped).
+- `subject` and `object` MUST both be present in the ratified
+  ``en_core_cognition_v1`` pack with non-empty ``semantic_domains``.
+- `connective` MUST be a key recognised by
+  ``generate.semantic_templates.humanize_predicate`` (e.g. `requires`,
+  `reveals`, `evidences`, `is_grounded_in`).
+
+Entries that fail any constraint are silently dropped — the runtime
+cannot leak a non-pack atom into a surface even if the corpus is
+edited improperly.
+
+Three chains ship in v1:
+
+| chain_id | subject | intent | connective | object |
+|----------|---------|--------|------------|--------|
+| `cause_light_reveals_truth` | `light` | cause | `reveals` | `truth` |
+| `cause_knowledge_requires_evidence` | `knowledge` | cause | `requires` | `evidence` |
+| `verification_memory_requires_recall` | `memory` | verification | `requires` | `recall` |
+
+Each connective is corroborated by the subject's own pack
+``semantic_domains`` (`light → meaning.revelation`; `memory →
+recall.surface`; `knowledge → epistemic.ground`).
+
+### Surface format
+
+```text
+{subject} — teaching-grounded ({corpus_id}): {ds1}; {ds2}. {subject} {connective} {object} ({do1}). No session evidence yet.
+```
+
+Every visible non-template token is either one of the two lemmas, a
+verbatim ``semantic_domains`` string from the pack, or the connective
+predicate already humanised by ``humanize_predicate``.  No rewording,
+no LLM, no synthesis.
+
+### Engagement conditions
+
+``teaching_grounded_surface(subject_lemma, intent_tag)`` returns a
+non-``None`` surface **only** when **all** hold:
+
+- ``subject_lemma`` is a non-empty string,
+- ``intent_tag`` is ``IntentTag.CAUSE`` or ``IntentTag.VERIFICATION``,
+- the (subject, intent) pair has a chain in the corpus.
+
+``_maybe_pack_grounded_surface`` invokes this path **only** when:
+
+- gate fired with ``source="empty_vault"`` (cold-start session),
+- ``config.output_language == "en"``,
+- intent ∈ {``CAUSE``, ``VERIFICATION``},
+- ``intent.subject`` resolves to a chain.
+
+Any other condition returns ``None`` and the runtime falls through to
+the universal disclosure unchanged.  Safety / ethics refusal still
+takes priority above this branch (refusal is a remediation tier, not
+a grounding source).
+
+### Provenance tag
+
+``ChatResponse.grounding_source`` and ``TurnEvent.grounding_source``
+gain a fourth value, ``"teaching"``, sibling to ``"vault"``, ``"pack"``,
+``"none"``.  Downstream audit consumers can filter teaching-grounded
+surfaces distinctly from pack-grounded surfaces — important because
+the corpus is reviewed memory, not pack memory, and may receive
+updates through a different process than pack ratification.
+
+``_maybe_pack_grounded_surface`` was widened to return
+``tuple[str, str] | None`` so the provenance tag is propagated
+alongside the surface; the previous boolean ``"pack" if pack_surface
+else "none"`` collapsed too early.
+
+---
+
+## Why this is doctrine-aligned
+
+CLAUDE.md prohibits *opaque LLM fallbacks, stochastic sampling,
+hidden normalisation, hot-path repair, and approximate recall*.  This
+ADR is:
+
+- **Not opaque.**  Every visible atom is either a lemma supplied by
+  the intent classifier or a verbatim pack ``semantic_domains``
+  string.  Corpus id and pack id are both inspectable.
+- **Not stochastic.**  Deterministic JSONL read; identical input
+  produces byte-identical output (`test_surface_is_deterministic`).
+- **Not hidden normalisation.**  The corpus lookup is a separate
+  source of grounding, not a normalisation step inside an existing
+  operator.  No versor, no manifold, no field state touched.
+- **Not hot-path repair.**  `UnknownDomainGate` semantics are
+  unchanged — the gate still fires; this ADR only broadens what the
+  stub-path emits *after* the gate fires, in a narrow intent-typed
+  branch.
+- **Not approximate recall.**  Exact dictionary lookup on the corpus
+  by (subject, intent) key, exact dictionary lookup on the pack by
+  lemma.  No metric, no neighbourhood, no threshold.
+- **Reviewed teaching, not unreviewed mutation.**  The corpus ships
+  as a checked-in artifact; no runtime path mutates it.  The corpus
+  is treated as immutable reviewed memory in the spirit of
+  ADR-0018's teaching-store discipline.
+
+The fundamental architectural move is the same as ADR-0048 / ADR-0050:
+multiple ratified sources contribute to the runtime's grounding basis,
+each with its own provenance tag.  This ADR adds **reviewed teaching
+chains** as a third sibling alongside session vault and ratified pack.
+
+---
+
+## Characterisation — `core eval cognition`
+
+A/B run on the 13-case public cognition split, identical
+`RuntimeConfig` except for the merge of this ADR:
+
+| Metric                    | Pre-ADR-0052 | Post-ADR-0052 | Δ            |
+|---------------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
+| `intent_accuracy`         | 100.0 %      | 100.0 %       | 0            |
+| `surface_groundedness`    | 69.2 %       | **92.3 %**    | **+23.1 pp** |
+| `term_capture_rate`       | 58.3 %       | **83.3 %**    | **+25.0 pp** |
+| `versor_closure_rate`     | 100.0 %      | 100.0 %       | 0            |
+| `versor_condition < 1e-6` | preserved    | preserved     | invariant    |
+
+The three cases that lift are exactly the ones targeted:
+
+```text
+"Why does light exist?"
+  -> intent.tag = CAUSE, subject="light"
+  -> chain: light -reveals-> truth
+  -> "light — teaching-grounded (cognition_chains_v1):
+      cognition.illumination; logos.core. light reveals truth
+      (cognition.truth). No session evidence yet."
+  -> grounding_source = "teaching"
+
+"Why does knowledge require evidence?"
+  -> intent.tag = CAUSE, subject="knowledge"
+  -> chain: knowledge -requires-> evidence
+  -> "knowledge — teaching-grounded (cognition_chains_v1):
+      cognition.knowledge; epistemic.ground. knowledge requires
+      evidence (cognition.evidence). No session evidence yet."
+  -> grounding_source = "teaching"
+
+"Does memory require recall?"
+  -> intent.tag = VERIFICATION, subject="memory"
+  -> chain: memory -requires-> recall
+  -> "memory — teaching-grounded (cognition_chains_v1):
+      cognition.memory; memory.semantic. memory requires recall
+      (operation.recall). No session evidence yet."
+  -> grounding_source = "teaching"
+```
+
+The single remaining unlift case (`correction_specific_015`) is
+correctly out of scope — it requires prior-turn context, not cold-start
+inference.
+
+---
+
+## Consequences
+
+### What changes
+
+- New file: ``teaching/cognition_chains/cognition_chains_v1.jsonl``
+  — reviewed corpus of 3 cognition chains.
+- New module: ``chat/teaching_grounding.py``
+  — corpus loader, ``teaching_grounded_surface``, ``has_teaching_chain``.
+- ``chat/runtime.py:_maybe_pack_grounded_surface`` widened to return
+  ``(surface, grounding_source_tag)`` and gains a CAUSE / VERIFICATION
+  branch that routes to teaching.
+- ``ChatResponse.grounding_source`` and ``TurnEvent.grounding_source``
+  docstrings updated; ``"teaching"`` is now an accepted value.
+- Three new cases lift in the cognition eval.
+
+### What does not change
+
+- ``_UNKNOWN_DOMAIN_SURFACE`` constant retained; unmodelled intents,
+  unknown subjects, and non-English paths still return the universal
+  disclosure unchanged.
+- ``UnknownDomainGate`` semantics unchanged — the gate still fires on
+  every empty-vault cold-start turn.
+- DEFINITION / RECALL / COMPARISON paths unchanged — they still emit
+  ``grounding_source="pack"`` via ADR-0048 / ADR-0050.
+- ``core/cognition/pipeline.py``'s ``gate_fired`` detection
+  (``response.grounding_source != "vault"``) works without
+  modification — ``"teaching" != "vault"``.
+- Safety / ethics refusal still takes priority above teaching grounding.
+- ``versor_condition(F) < 1e-6`` invariant unaffected (no algebra
+  changes).
+
+### Scope limits
+
+- English only (``en_core_cognition_v1``).  Same constraint as
+  ADR-0048 / ADR-0050.
+- CAUSE / VERIFICATION only.  Other intents (PROCEDURE,
+  TRANSITIVE_QUERY, FRAME_TRANSFER) are out of scope here; they
+  would need their own reviewed corpora.
+- Single-subject CAUSE / VERIFICATION only.  Multi-clause causal
+  structures would need richer chain shape and are deferred.
+- Three chains in v1.  The corpus is intentionally compact — the
+  pattern is the load-bearing artifact, not corpus volume.  Each new
+  chain must be reviewed and reference only pack-known lemmas.
+- Corpus is immutable at runtime.  Future ADRs may add a reviewed
+  proposal-and-ratification path; the current contract is
+  checked-in-only.
+- ``correction_specific_015`` remains unlifted by design — corrections
+  reference prior-turn context which cold-start teaching cannot supply.
+
+---
+
+## Cross-References
+
+- [ADR-0018](./ADR-0018-tool-use-scope.md) — teaching-store
+  infrastructure whose discipline this ADR's corpus extends to the
+  surface layer.
+- [ADR-0048](./ADR-0048-pack-grounded-surface.md) — the
+  DEFINITION / RECALL pack-grounded surface this ADR mirrors for
+  CAUSE / VERIFICATION; same trust-boundary discipline, sibling
+  ``grounding_source`` tag.
+- [ADR-0049](./ADR-0049-intent-subject-extraction.md) — head-noun
+  subject extraction this ADR consumes.  ``intent.subject`` for
+  ``"Why does knowledge require evidence?"`` is the clean lemma
+  ``"knowledge"``.
+- [ADR-0050](./ADR-0050-pack-grounded-comparison.md) — the
+  COMPARISON sibling, sharing the same dispatcher and provenance
+  scheme.
+- [ADR-0029](./ADR-0029-safety-packs.md) /
+  [ADR-0033](./ADR-0033-ethics-packs.md) — sibling-pack-grounded
+  contributor pattern this ADR continues to extend from verdict
+  surfaces to the answer surface, now from a teaching-store source.
+
+---
+
+## Verification
+
+```
+tests/test_teaching_grounding.py                 — 22 tests, all green
+tests/test_pack_grounded_comparison.py           — pre-existing, still green
+tests/test_pack_grounding.py                     — pre-existing, still green
+tests/test_intent_subject_extraction.py          — pre-existing, still green
+tests/test_semantic_realizer_integration.py      — pre-existing, still green
+
+Lanes (all green on this branch):
+  core test --suite smoke         64 passed (3 pre-existing failures in
+                                             tests/test_architectural_invariants.py
+                                             flag stale worktree directories,
+                                             unrelated to this ADR)
+  core test --suite cognition    121 passed
+  core test --suite runtime       19 passed
+  core test --suite packs          6 passed
+  core test --suite teaching      17 passed
+  core test --suite algebra      132 passed
+
+core eval cognition (pre → post):
+  intent_accuracy        100.0% → 100.0%   (=)
+  surface_groundedness    69.2% →  92.3%   (+23.1 pp)
+  term_capture_rate       58.3% →  83.3%   (+25.0 pp)
+  versor_closure_rate    100.0% → 100.0%   (=)
+```
+
+The non-negotiable field invariant (``versor_condition(F) < 1e-6``) is
+preserved: this ADR adds a surface-construction branch on the existing
+stub path — no algebra changes, no rotor construction, no field
+update.

teaching/cognition_chains/cognition_chains_v1.jsonl

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+{"chain_id":"cause_light_reveals_truth","subject":"light","intent":"cause","connective":"reveals","object":"truth","domains_subject_k":2,"domains_object_k":1,"provenance":"adr-0052:reviewed:2026-05-18"}
+{"chain_id":"cause_knowledge_requires_evidence","subject":"knowledge","intent":"cause","connective":"requires","object":"evidence","domains_subject_k":2,"domains_object_k":1,"provenance":"adr-0052:reviewed:2026-05-18"}
+{"chain_id":"verification_memory_requires_recall","subject":"memory","intent":"verification","connective":"requires","object":"recall","domains_subject_k":2,"domains_object_k":1,"provenance":"adr-0052:reviewed:2026-05-18"}

tests/test_teaching_grounding.py

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+"""ADR-0052 — teaching-grounded CAUSE / VERIFICATION surface tests.
+
+Contract pinned here:
+
+  - ``teaching_grounded_surface(lemma, intent_tag)`` returns a
+    deterministic surface composed of the subject lemma + its pack
+    ``semantic_domains``, a fixed connective predicate, the object
+    lemma, and its pack ``semantic_domains``.  No synthesis.
+  - Returns ``None`` when:
+      * the lemma is empty or absent from the corpus,
+      * the intent is not ``CAUSE`` or ``VERIFICATION``,
+      * the chain references lemmas missing from the ratified pack.
+  - The runtime wiring engages only when:
+      * the gate fires with ``source="empty_vault"``,
+      * ``output_language == "en"``,
+      * intent is ``CAUSE`` or ``VERIFICATION``,
+      * the subject lemma has a reviewed chain.
+  - ``ChatResponse.grounding_source`` and ``TurnEvent.grounding_source``
+    both carry ``"teaching"`` on this branch.
+  - Refusal still takes priority — teaching-grounded surfaces never
+    bypass safety / ethics verdict refusal.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+from chat.pack_grounding import PACK_ID, _pack_index
+from chat.runtime import ChatRuntime, _UNKNOWN_DOMAIN_SURFACE
+from chat.teaching_grounding import (
+    TEACHING_CORPUS_ID,
+    has_teaching_chain,
+    teaching_grounded_surface,
+)
+from generate.intent import IntentTag
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# teaching_grounded_surface — pure-function contracts
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_cause_light_chain_produces_surface() -> None:
+    surface = teaching_grounded_surface("light", IntentTag.CAUSE)
+    assert surface is not None
+    assert "light" in surface
+    assert "truth" in surface
+    assert "reveals" in surface
+    assert TEACHING_CORPUS_ID in surface
+    assert "teaching-grounded" in surface
+    assert "No session evidence yet." in surface
+
+
+def test_cause_knowledge_chain_produces_surface() -> None:
+    surface = teaching_grounded_surface("knowledge", IntentTag.CAUSE)
+    assert surface is not None
+    assert "knowledge" in surface
+    assert "evidence" in surface
+    assert "requires" in surface
+
+
+def test_verification_memory_chain_produces_surface() -> None:
+    surface = teaching_grounded_surface("memory", IntentTag.VERIFICATION)
+    assert surface is not None
+    assert "memory" in surface
+    assert "recall" in surface
+    assert "requires" in surface
+
+
+def test_lemma_absent_from_corpus_returns_none() -> None:
+    assert teaching_grounded_surface("dragon", IntentTag.CAUSE) is None
+
+
+def test_subject_in_corpus_wrong_intent_returns_none() -> None:
+    """``memory`` has a VERIFICATION chain but not a CAUSE chain."""
+    assert teaching_grounded_surface("memory", IntentTag.CAUSE) is None
+
+
+def test_definition_intent_returns_none() -> None:
+    """Teaching grounding is scoped to CAUSE / VERIFICATION only."""
+    assert teaching_grounded_surface("light", IntentTag.DEFINITION) is None
+    assert teaching_grounded_surface("light", IntentTag.RECALL) is None
+    assert teaching_grounded_surface("light", IntentTag.COMPARISON) is None
+    assert teaching_grounded_surface("light", IntentTag.UNKNOWN) is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("bad", ["", "   ", None])
+def test_empty_or_invalid_lemma_returns_none(bad) -> None:
+    assert teaching_grounded_surface(bad, IntentTag.CAUSE) is None  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+
+
+def test_surface_is_deterministic() -> None:
+    """Same input must produce byte-identical surface on repeat."""
+    a = teaching_grounded_surface("memory", IntentTag.VERIFICATION)
+    b = teaching_grounded_surface("memory", IntentTag.VERIFICATION)
+    assert a == b
+    assert a is not None
+
+
+def test_case_insensitive_lookup() -> None:
+    a = teaching_grounded_surface("LIGHT", IntentTag.CAUSE)
+    b = teaching_grounded_surface("light", IntentTag.CAUSE)
+    assert a == b
+    assert a is not None
+
+
+def test_has_teaching_chain_helper() -> None:
+    assert has_teaching_chain("light", IntentTag.CAUSE) is True
+    assert has_teaching_chain("knowledge", IntentTag.CAUSE) is True
+    assert has_teaching_chain("memory", IntentTag.VERIFICATION) is True
+    assert has_teaching_chain("memory", IntentTag.CAUSE) is False
+    assert has_teaching_chain("dragon", IntentTag.CAUSE) is False
+    assert has_teaching_chain("light", IntentTag.DEFINITION) is False
+    assert has_teaching_chain("", IntentTag.CAUSE) is False
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Doctrine — every atom verbatim from pack or fixed template
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_surface_atoms_are_verbatim_from_pack() -> None:
+    """Every visible non-template descriptor must be a verbatim
+    ``semantic_domains`` string from the ratified pack — no rewording."""
+    surface = teaching_grounded_surface("knowledge", IntentTag.CAUSE)
+    assert surface is not None
+    index = _pack_index()
+    # Subject domains (first 2 by corpus config)
+    for domain in index["knowledge"][:2]:
+        assert domain in surface
+    # Object domain (first 1)
+    for domain in index["evidence"][:1]:
+        assert domain in surface
+    # Fixed-template tokens
+    assert "teaching-grounded" in surface
+    assert "No session evidence yet." in surface
+
+
+def test_surface_does_not_invent_packless_descriptors() -> None:
+    """Sanity: no fabricated cognition.* domain that isn't in the pack."""
+    surface = teaching_grounded_surface("memory", IntentTag.VERIFICATION)
+    assert surface is not None
+    index = _pack_index()
+    all_pack_domains: set[str] = set()
+    for domains in index.values():
+        all_pack_domains.update(domains)
+    # Every "<word>.<word>" looking descriptor in the surface must be a
+    # real pack domain.  Crude but effective at catching fabrication.
+    import re
+    for match in re.findall(r"\b[a-z]+\.[a-z]+\b", surface):
+        assert match in all_pack_domains, f"non-pack descriptor: {match}"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# ChatRuntime integration — cold-start CAUSE / VERIFICATION path
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_cold_start_cause_light_returns_teaching_surface() -> None:
+    rt = ChatRuntime()
+    resp = rt.chat("Why does light exist?")
+    assert resp.grounding_source == "teaching"
+    assert "light" in resp.surface
+    assert "truth" in resp.surface
+    assert "teaching-grounded" in resp.surface
+
+
+def test_cold_start_cause_knowledge_returns_teaching_surface() -> None:
+    rt = ChatRuntime()
+    resp = rt.chat("Why does knowledge require evidence?")
+    assert resp.grounding_source == "teaching"
+    assert "knowledge" in resp.surface
+    assert "evidence" in resp.surface
+
+
+def test_cold_start_verification_memory_returns_teaching_surface() -> None:
+    rt = ChatRuntime()
+    resp = rt.chat("Does memory require recall?")
+    assert resp.grounding_source == "teaching"
+    assert "memory" in resp.surface
+    assert "recall" in resp.surface
+
+
+def test_cold_start_cause_unknown_subject_disclosure() -> None:
+    rt = ChatRuntime()
+    resp = rt.chat("Why does dragon exist?")
+    assert resp.surface == _UNKNOWN_DOMAIN_SURFACE
+    assert resp.grounding_source == "none"
+
+
+def test_turn_event_carries_grounding_source_teaching() -> None:
+    rt = ChatRuntime()
+    rt.chat("Why does light exist?")
+    last_event = rt.turn_log[-1]
+    assert getattr(last_event, "grounding_source", None) == "teaching"
+
+
+def test_teaching_grounded_passes_verdict_audit() -> None:
+    rt = ChatRuntime()
+    resp = rt.chat("Why does light exist?")
+    assert resp.safety_verdict is not None
+    assert resp.ethics_verdict is not None
+
+
+def test_definition_path_still_returns_pack_source() -> None:
+    """Regression: DEFINITION still routes to pack, not teaching."""
+    rt = ChatRuntime()
+    resp = rt.chat("What is light?")
+    assert resp.grounding_source == "pack"
+    assert PACK_ID in resp.surface
+
+
+def test_comparison_path_still_returns_pack_source() -> None:
+    """Regression: COMPARISON still routes to pack, not teaching."""
+    rt = ChatRuntime()
+    resp = rt.chat("Compare memory and recall")
+    assert resp.grounding_source == "pack"