Closes the 'identity hedges are generic' gap. When IdentityCheck reports
that a specific axis is deviating AND the pack supplies an axis_hedges
entry for that axis, the assembler uses that axis's phrase instead of
ADR-0028's generic preferred_hedge_*. The hedge text now names what is
actually at issue.
Selection: lex-smallest axis_id in (ctx.deviation_axes ∩ axis_hedges).
Deterministic; loader emits axis_hedges in lex order on axis_id.
Example surface at alignment=0.30 (strong band) under default pack:
No deviation → 'It seems that truth reveals reality.'
truthfulness deviates → 'Evidence is thin that truth reveals reality.'
coherence deviates → 'This does not yet cohere: truth reveals reality.'
reverence deviates → 'Reports suggest truth reveals reality.'
Same trajectory + truthfulness deviation, three different packs:
default_general_v1 → 'Evidence is thin that truth reveals reality.'
precision_first_v1 → 'The evidence does not support that truth reveals reality.'
generosity_first_v1 → 'Truth reveals reality.' (above generosity's strong=0.20)
Schema (additive, optional):
surface_preferences.axis_hedges = {
<axis_id>: { 'strong': str, 'soft': str, 'qualifier': str },
...
}
Bounds: each phrase length 1–64; axis_id non-empty. Absent block →
ADR-0028 byte-for-byte fallback. Loader emits pairs in lex order on
axis_id for hashability + deterministic tie-break.
Files:
core/physics/identity.py
+ class AxisHedge (frozen: strong, soft, qualifier)
SurfacePreferences gains axis_hedges: Tuple = ()
packs/identity/loader.py
+ _build_axis_hedges(): parse + bounds-check + emit lex-ordered tuple
generate/surface.py
SurfaceContext gains deviation_axes: frozenset[str] + axis_hedges tuple
+ _axis_specific_phrase(ctx): lex-smallest match or None
_apply_hedge consults axis-specific phrase before ADR-0028 fallback
Depth languages (he, grc) unchanged — ADR-0030 canonical phrases
chat/runtime.py
_build_surface_context lifts identity_score.deviation_axes and
prefs.axis_hedges into SurfaceContext
packs/identity/*.json
Three v1 packs gain axis_hedges blocks (truthfulness, coherence,
reverence — each pack uses voice consistent with its character)
scripts/ratify_identity_packs.py (no change — idempotent)
packs/identity/*.mastery_report.json
Auto-refreshed. New SHAs:
default_general_v1 → 2ab7d469013509ba5030313ca9a609a443d0716e3ddcc5596f59858ce054f5d3
precision_first_v1 → 78aa1e6a68a35c2c8576b6196a52d421b94f6d11e006128986902a4fd08679af
generosity_first_v1 → 511f1ce20edd4266239da61443bfc93473a5433f20bfee6692a25a03073dc933
Tests: tests/test_identity_score_decomposition.py — 17 new tests:
per-axis phrase selection, band gating still applies, pack swap with
same deviation produces three different phrases, lex tie-break is
deterministic, depth-language fallback to ADR-0030, backward compat
with empty deviation_axes, and the contract that all three v1 packs
ship axis_hedges for all three default-pack axes.
Suite status (all green):
cognition 121, teaching 17, runtime 19, formation 182, smoke 67
identity+safety+English+depth divergence 71
score decomposition 17
Scope limits (documented in ADR-0031):
- English-only at v1 (depth languages use canonical ADR-0030 phrases)
- Lex tie-break is operational not semantic — pack authors can re-key
if they need a different priority
- No dominance-driven phrasing (Interpretation A); preserved as
forward-compatible follow-up
Docs: ADR-0031 (Accepted) recorded; docs/identity_packs.md gains
§Axis-specific hedge phrases section and updated v1-pack SHAs; memory
'identity-packs.md' refreshed.
Closes the ADR-0028 'English-only differentiation' gap. Hebrew and
Koine Greek surfaces now consult identity-pack surface_preferences for
hedge and claim-strength shaping, using language-appropriate canonical
hedge phrases. CORE's three-language foundation (English / Hebrew /
Greek) is now uniformly identity-aware at the realizer.
Algorithm: the same four-band hedge/claim-strength logic from ADR-0028
runs for all three languages. Thresholds and claim_strength come from
the identity pack (carried on SurfaceContext). Hedge phrases come
from ctx for English and from a new module-level constant
_DEPTH_HEDGE_PHRASES for Hebrew (he) and Koine Greek (grc).
he: 'נראה ש' / 'אולי' / 'במקרים מסוימים,'
grc: 'δοκεῖ ὅτι' / 'ἴσως' / 'ἐνίοτε,'
Pack swap visibly affects depth-language output: a precision_first
identity pulls hedges to higher alignment than default; a generosity
pack pulls them to lower alignment. Same trajectory through the
manifold → three different Hebrew surfaces under three different
packs. Same for Greek.
Files:
generate/surface.py
_DEPTH_HEDGE_PHRASES (new module constant)
_apply_hedge(surface, ctx, lang='en') — lang param added
_assemble_he(.., ctx) — ctx param added
_assemble_grc(.., ctx) — ctx param added
SentenceAssembler.assemble — passes context to he/grc
tests/test_identity_surface_divergence_depth.py — 15 new tests:
Hebrew hedge bands, Greek hedge bands, pack-swap divergence in
both depth languages, three-language hedge phrase distinctness,
backward compatibility with ctx=None
docs/decisions/ADR-0030-depth-language-hedge.md — Accepted
docs/identity_packs.md — closes known-limit #1
memory/identity-packs.md — refreshed
Backward compat:
- _apply_hedge default lang='en' so existing callers unaffected.
- English surface output byte-for-byte unchanged.
- _assemble_he / _assemble_grc with ctx=None match pre-ADR output
byte-for-byte (asserted by TestBackwardCompatibility).
Scope limits (documented in ADR):
- Depth-language hedge phrases are canonical defaults, not per-pack
overridable yet. Future ADR may add a 'languages' block to the
pack schema if a downstream deployment needs override capability.
- Contrast ('However, ...') and subordination ('Given that ..., ...')
remain English-only. Hedge is the dominant differentiator.
- Hebrew/Greek grammar / word order unchanged.
Suite status: cognition 121, teaching 17, runtime 19, formation 182,
smoke 67 — all green. Identity + safety + divergence suites: 26+15+15+15=71
all green.
Adds referent tracking, session graph traversal, unknown-domain gating, correction propagation, compositional surface assembly, and regression coverage.
Follow-up fixes included before merge:
- split probe/commit/finalize turn flow so unknown-domain checks run before current-query vault writes
- record real input tokens and input versors for sync and async session paths
- return true graph distances from backward walks and consume them in correction decay
- synchronize corrected graph outputs into vault-backed recall and live referent state
- regenerate correction responses from corrected context rather than correction text
- keep coreference pronouns lowercase in question bodies
- centralize elaboration-string construction to avoid plan/surface drift
- add targeted dialogue fluency regression tests
