All findings from the 2026-05-28 Phase 1-3a lookback review addressed
in one commit on the Phase 3a branch:
Wrong=0 hazard defense (the load-bearing fix):
- generate/math_candidate_graph.py: Phase 3a wiring now collects the
set of distinct proper-noun subjects seen in prior context. When
more than one exists, refuses with no_antecedent_ambiguous trace
event rather than guessing the most-recent (which was gender-blind
single-binding — wrong attribution in multi-actor problems).
- Refusals from the statement loop now preserve _statement_trace via
reader_trace in CandidateGraphResult (pre-existing latent issue:
Phase 2/3 trace events were dropped on early statement refusal).
- New tests assert: ambiguous case refuses with correct trace; single-
actor case still resolves normally.
Test coverage backfills (closes the 13 untested predicate-name gaps):
- TestCheckConstraintsInitialPredicateNames — 3 tests asserting the
exact predicate name on initial.value_grounds / initial.unit_grounds
/ initial.entity_grounds failure paths.
- TestCheckConstraintsOperationPredicateNames — 3 tests asserting
operation.verb_grounds / operation.value_grounds / operation.unit_grounds
failure-predicate-name parity.
- TestCheckConstraintsComposedInitialPath — 4 tests for the RAT-1
composed_initial path which was entirely untested in Phase 2
(parity manually verified during lookback review; now automated).
ADR amendment (honest doc vs impl drift):
- docs/decisions/ADR-0174-held-hypothesis-comprehension.md: appended
'Implementation Notes' section documenting:
- reevaluate signature differs from spec text (shipped is more
composable; treat as amended)
- Phase 2 wires per-candidate, not per-token (per-token is Phase 5)
- Lookback recompute is candidate-level, not token-level
- Hypothesis.constraint_state is never populated by Phase 2
- Multi-actor pronoun hazard defense rationale
- Honest LOC accounting: Phases 1-3a net +1,500 lines (Phase 5
delivers the projected net removal)
- Test coverage backfill summary
Cosmetic:
- lookback.py:297 unreachable raise — added # type: ignore[unreachable]
with comment explaining defensive future-proofing for Phase 3b.
Acceptance verified:
- 124/124 Phase 1+2+3a + reader tests pass (was 95/95 before backfills)
- Smoke 67/67, packs 141/141
- train_sample 3/47/0 preserved (wrong=0 invariant held)
- Multi-actor hazard live-tested: parse_and_solve refuses the
Alice/Bob/She case with no_antecedent_ambiguous trace event
See CLAUDE.md §Lookback Review Discipline and memory
feedback-lookback-review-discipline for the doctrine that surfaced
all of these issues at the right time.
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"""ADR-0174 Phase 3 — lookback re-evaluation operator.
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When a hypothesis carries unresolved slots (entries in
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``Hypothesis.unresolved``), a later token can refine those slots —
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binding a pronoun to its proper-noun antecedent, attaching a unit to a
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dangling quantity, narrowing an ambiguous verb category. This module
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provides the ``reevaluate`` operator that applies a refinement to a
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held hypothesis and re-runs the existing admissibility check.
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Phase 3a (this module): the **substrate** for lookback. Concrete
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refinement types:
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- :class:`PronounResolution` — bind a pronoun actor to a resolved
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proper-noun referent. The ``matched_actor_token`` stays as the
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pronoun (which IS in source, so grounding still passes); only the
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semantic actor field on the underlying Operation /
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InitialPossession is rewritten to the resolved name.
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Phase 3b (follow-up): :class:`CompoundClauseExpansion` and other
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refinement types covering the remaining compound-clause and verb-set
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narrowness layers. The reevaluate operator handles any refinement
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type implementing :class:`Refinement`; adding new types does not
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require ADR amendments to this module (only to the closed list of
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``VALID_REFINEMENT_KINDS`` so the trace consumer can branch
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deterministically).
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Trust boundary: this module never weakens an admissibility predicate.
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Every refined hypothesis is re-run through
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:func:`generate.comprehension.constraint_propagation.check_constraints`
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after refinement; a hypothesis that would fail constraints in its
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refined form is eliminated, returning ``None`` from ``reevaluate``.
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The ``wrong = 0`` invariant is preserved by construction — refinement
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can only convert a refused hypothesis into an admitted one if every
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admissibility sub-check passes on the refined candidate.
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"""
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from __future__ import annotations
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from dataclasses import dataclass
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from typing import Final, Literal, Union
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from generate.comprehension.constraint_propagation import (
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ConstraintResult,
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check_constraints,
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)
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from generate.comprehension.state import (
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ComprehensionStateError,
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Hypothesis,
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)
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# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# Closed set of refinement kinds (trace contract)
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# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# Each kind name identifies one concrete refinement subclass below.
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# Adding a new kind requires adding a subclass AND extending this set
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# (so the reader_trace consumer can branch deterministically without
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# pattern-matching on Python types).
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VALID_REFINEMENT_KINDS: Final[frozenset[str]] = frozenset(
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{
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"pronoun_resolution",
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# Phase 3b will add: "compound_clause_expansion", etc.
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}
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)
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# Closed slot names that may appear in Hypothesis.unresolved tuples.
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# Refinements bind to one of these slots; the reevaluate operator
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# matches refinement→slot via this closed set.
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VALID_UNRESOLVED_SLOTS: Final[frozenset[str]] = frozenset(
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{
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"actor_pronoun",
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# Phase 3b will add: "clause_separator", etc.
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}
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)
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# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# Refinement types — sealed union via Refinement Union alias
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# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
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class PronounResolution:
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"""Refinement: bind an unresolved-actor pronoun to a proper-noun antecedent.
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Phase 3a — applied to a held :class:`Hypothesis` carrying
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``"actor_pronoun"`` in its ``unresolved`` tuple. The refinement
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leaves the underlying candidate's ``matched_actor_token`` intact
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(the pronoun, which grounds in the held statement's source span),
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and rewrites the candidate's semantic actor field
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(``Operation.actor`` for :class:`CandidateOperation`,
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``InitialPossession.entity`` for :class:`CandidateInitial`) to the
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resolved name.
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The ``pronoun`` field carries the surface form for trace fidelity
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so the reader_trace event can record which pronoun was resolved at
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which token position.
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Fields:
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kind: Literal "pronoun_resolution" (matches
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VALID_REFINEMENT_KINDS membership; structural
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discriminator for the Union below).
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pronoun: Surface pronoun in the held statement
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(e.g. ``"She"``, ``"He"``, ``"it"``).
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resolved_to: Proper-noun referent
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(e.g. ``"Jan"``, ``"Georgie"``).
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evidence_source: Where the resolution came from — a closed set
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of values so the trace consumer can attribute
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deterministically.
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"""
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pronoun: str
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resolved_to: str
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evidence_source: Literal["discourse_prior_subjects", "running_subject"]
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kind: Literal["pronoun_resolution"] = "pronoun_resolution"
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def __post_init__(self) -> None:
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if not isinstance(self.pronoun, str) or not self.pronoun:
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raise ComprehensionStateError(
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"PronounResolution.pronoun must be non-empty str"
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)
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if not isinstance(self.resolved_to, str) or not self.resolved_to:
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raise ComprehensionStateError(
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"PronounResolution.resolved_to must be non-empty str"
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)
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if self.evidence_source not in (
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"discourse_prior_subjects",
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"running_subject",
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):
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raise ComprehensionStateError(
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"PronounResolution.evidence_source must be in "
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"{'discourse_prior_subjects', 'running_subject'}; "
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f"got {self.evidence_source!r}"
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)
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if self.kind != "pronoun_resolution":
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raise ComprehensionStateError(
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"PronounResolution.kind must be 'pronoun_resolution'"
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)
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# Sealed union of all Phase-3 refinement types. Phase 3b will extend
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# this with CompoundClauseExpansion etc.
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Refinement = Union[PronounResolution]
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# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# Internal: rebuild candidate with resolved actor
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# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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def _rebuild_candidate_with_resolved_actor(
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candidate: object, resolved_to: str
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) -> object | None:
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"""Rebuild a candidate replacing the semantic-actor field.
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For :class:`CandidateOperation`: rebuilds with a new
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:class:`Operation` carrying ``actor=resolved_to`` and keeps every
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other slot (operand, matched_verb, matched_value_token, etc.)
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intact. ``matched_actor_token`` deliberately stays as the pronoun
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so the grounding check (``_token_in(matched_actor_token, haystack)``)
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continues to pass against the held statement's source span.
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For :class:`CandidateInitial`: rebuilds with a new
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:class:`InitialPossession` carrying ``entity=resolved_to`` and
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preserves ``matched_entity_token`` as the pronoun.
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Returns ``None`` when the candidate is not a known type — the
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caller treats this as a refinement-no-op (the hypothesis remains
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held, lookback did not find anything to do here).
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"""
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# Lazy imports to avoid circular dependency on candidate-graph layer.
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from generate.math_candidate_parser import CandidateInitial
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from generate.math_problem_graph import (
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InitialPossession,
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Operation,
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)
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from generate.math_roundtrip import CandidateOperation
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if isinstance(candidate, CandidateOperation):
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old_op = candidate.op
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new_op = Operation(
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actor=resolved_to,
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kind=old_op.kind,
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operand=old_op.operand,
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target=old_op.target,
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)
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return CandidateOperation(
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op=new_op,
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source_span=candidate.source_span,
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matched_verb=candidate.matched_verb,
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matched_value_token=candidate.matched_value_token,
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matched_unit_token=candidate.matched_unit_token,
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matched_actor_token=candidate.matched_actor_token,
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matched_target_token=candidate.matched_target_token,
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matched_reference_actor_token=candidate.matched_reference_actor_token,
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)
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if isinstance(candidate, CandidateInitial):
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old_initial = candidate.initial
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new_initial = InitialPossession(
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entity=resolved_to,
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quantity=old_initial.quantity,
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)
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return CandidateInitial(
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initial=new_initial,
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source_span=candidate.source_span,
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matched_anchor=candidate.matched_anchor,
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matched_value_token=candidate.matched_value_token,
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matched_unit_token=candidate.matched_unit_token,
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matched_entity_token=candidate.matched_entity_token,
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composition_evidence=candidate.composition_evidence,
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)
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return None
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# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# reevaluate operator
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# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
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class ReevaluateResult:
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"""Outcome of a single reevaluate call.
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Fields:
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refined: The refined Hypothesis if admitted, else None.
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previous: The original hypothesis before refinement
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(carried so trace events can record what changed).
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refinement_kind: The refinement kind that was attempted
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(matches Refinement.kind on the input).
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constraint_result: The result of re-running check_constraints
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on the refined candidate (or None if refinement
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could not be applied because the candidate
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type was unknown).
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elimination_reason: Non-None iff refined is None.
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"""
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refined: Hypothesis | None
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previous: Hypothesis
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refinement_kind: str
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constraint_result: ConstraintResult | None
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elimination_reason: str | None
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def __post_init__(self) -> None:
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if self.refinement_kind not in VALID_REFINEMENT_KINDS:
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raise ComprehensionStateError(
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"ReevaluateResult.refinement_kind must be in "
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f"VALID_REFINEMENT_KINDS; got {self.refinement_kind!r}"
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)
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if self.refined is None and self.elimination_reason is None:
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raise ComprehensionStateError(
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"ReevaluateResult.refined=None requires a non-None "
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"elimination_reason"
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)
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if self.refined is not None and self.elimination_reason is not None:
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raise ComprehensionStateError(
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"ReevaluateResult.refined is not None but "
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f"elimination_reason={self.elimination_reason!r} is set; "
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"these are inconsistent"
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)
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def reevaluate(
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hypothesis: Hypothesis, refinement: Refinement
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) -> ReevaluateResult:
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"""Apply ``refinement`` to ``hypothesis``, re-run constraint check.
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Per ADR-0174 §Decision §Lookback: lookback walks open hypotheses
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and recomputes prior assignments when a later token resolves an
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earlier ambiguity. This operator is the per-hypothesis primitive
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that pass invokes.
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Semantics:
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- If the refinement targets a slot that isn't in
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``hypothesis.unresolved``, the refinement is a no-op: the
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function returns ``ReevaluateResult(refined=hypothesis, …)`` so
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the caller can keep the hypothesis unchanged. This matches
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the ADR's "uncontested tokens contribute no recomputation
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work" bound.
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- If the refinement applies but the rebuilt candidate fails the
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re-run constraint check, ``refined`` is ``None`` and
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``elimination_reason`` carries the first failing predicate's
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reason.
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- If the refinement applies and constraints pass, ``refined`` is
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a new :class:`Hypothesis` with the resolved slot removed from
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``unresolved`` and a ``category_assignments`` entry recording
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the refinement event.
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The returned :class:`ReevaluateResult` always includes the previous
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hypothesis so trace serialisation can record the before/after pair.
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"""
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# Dispatch on refinement kind. Phase 3a knows pronoun_resolution.
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# The defensive raise below is unreachable today (the Refinement
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# Union has one member), but it is correct future-proofing for
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# Phase 3b's CompoundClauseExpansion and other refinement types —
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# if a caller passes a non-Union type by accident, fail loudly.
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if isinstance(refinement, PronounResolution):
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return _apply_pronoun_resolution(hypothesis, refinement)
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raise ComprehensionStateError( # type: ignore[unreachable]
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f"reevaluate: unsupported refinement type {type(refinement).__name__}"
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)
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def _apply_pronoun_resolution(
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hypothesis: Hypothesis, refinement: PronounResolution
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) -> ReevaluateResult:
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"""Inner: rebuild candidate with resolved actor, re-run constraints."""
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if "actor_pronoun" not in hypothesis.unresolved:
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# No-op: this hypothesis doesn't carry the slot the refinement
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# targets. Return unchanged.
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return ReevaluateResult(
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refined=hypothesis,
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previous=hypothesis,
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refinement_kind=refinement.kind,
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constraint_result=None,
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elimination_reason=None,
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)
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rebuilt = _rebuild_candidate_with_resolved_actor(
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hypothesis.candidate, refinement.resolved_to
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)
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if rebuilt is None:
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# Candidate type unknown — refinement cannot apply. Return the
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# hypothesis unchanged; caller can decide whether to eliminate
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# on its own terms.
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return ReevaluateResult(
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refined=hypothesis,
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previous=hypothesis,
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refinement_kind=refinement.kind,
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constraint_result=None,
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elimination_reason=None,
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)
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# Build the refined hypothesis: same rank, same confidence_rank,
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# category_assignments extended with a refinement trace entry,
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# unresolved minus the now-resolved slot.
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#
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# The trace entry uses token_index=0 because Phase 3a applies
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# refinements at the problem level (after all sentences have been
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# processed), not at a specific token position. Phase 3b/4 may
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# specialise this when refinements fire mid-token-stream.
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refined_assignments = hypothesis.category_assignments + (
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(0, "pronoun_resolved", refinement.pronoun),
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)
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refined_unresolved = tuple(
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slot for slot in hypothesis.unresolved if slot != "actor_pronoun"
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)
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refined_hyp = Hypothesis(
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candidate=rebuilt,
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category_assignments=refined_assignments,
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constraint_state=hypothesis.constraint_state,
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confidence_rank=hypothesis.confidence_rank,
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unresolved=refined_unresolved,
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)
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# Re-run constraints. Refinement preserves wrong=0 by gating on the
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# same admissibility predicates that admit candidates today; a
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# refinement that produces a candidate failing any sub-check is
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# eliminated.
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result = check_constraints(refined_hyp)
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if result.admitted:
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return ReevaluateResult(
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refined=refined_hyp,
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previous=hypothesis,
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refinement_kind=refinement.kind,
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constraint_result=result,
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elimination_reason=None,
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)
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return ReevaluateResult(
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refined=None,
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previous=hypothesis,
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refinement_kind=refinement.kind,
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constraint_result=result,
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elimination_reason=(
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f"pronoun_resolution refined candidate failed re-check: "
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f"{result.elimination_reason}"
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),
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)
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__all__ = [
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"PronounResolution",
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"Refinement",
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"ReevaluateResult",
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"VALID_REFINEMENT_KINDS",
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"VALID_UNRESOLVED_SLOTS",
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"reevaluate",
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]
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