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    "prompt_id": "q1_physics_photon_vs_electron",
    "recorded_question": "A photon and a free electron each have a wavelength of 1.0 nm. Which one has more total energy, and roughly by what factor? Show the key steps briefly.",
    "assumptions": [
      "Both particles are in vacuum with wavelength lambda = 1.0 nm = 1.0e-9 m.",
      "The photon is massless (rest mass m_gamma = 0); its total energy equals its kinetic energy E_gamma = h * c / lambda.",
      "The electron is a free particle with rest mass m_e = 9.1093837139e-31 kg (CODATA 2022) and de Broglie momentum magnitude p = h / lambda.",
      "Because p * c = 1239.841984 eV is much smaller than the electron rest energy m_e * c^2 = 510998.950692 eV (p * c / (m_e * c^2) = 0.002426), the non-relativistic kinetic energy formula K_e = p^2 / (2 * m_e) = (p * c)^2 / (2 * m_e * c^2) agrees with the exact relativistic kinetic energy to within 3.6e-6 eV.",
      "Electron total relativistic energy E_e_total = sqrt((p * c)^2 + (m_e * c^2)^2) = m_e * c^2 + K_e_rel includes the rest energy m_e * c^2."
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        "quantity_id": "photon_total_energy",
        "name": "Photon energy (total = kinetic)",
        "symbol": "E_gamma",
        "formula": "E_gamma = (h * c) / lambda",
        "value_eV": 1239.841984,
        "value_keV": 1.239842,
        "reported_approx": "1.24 keV (1240 eV)",
        "units": "eV (or keV)"
      },
      {
        "quantity_id": "electron_kinetic_energy_nonrel",
        "name": "Electron kinetic energy (non-relativistic)",
        "symbol": "K_e_nonrel",
        "formula": "K_e_nonrel = p^2 / (2 * m_e) = (h * c / lambda)^2 / (2 * m_e * c^2)",
        "value_eV": 1.504121,
        "value_keV": 0.001504121,
        "reported_approx": "1.50 eV (about 1.5 eV; 1.504501 eV with rounded 1240 eV and 511 keV)",
        "units": "eV"
      },
      {
        "quantity_id": "electron_kinetic_energy_rel",
        "name": "Electron kinetic energy (exact relativistic)",
        "symbol": "K_e_rel",
        "formula": "K_e_rel = sqrt((p * c)^2 + (m_e * c^2)^2) - m_e * c^2",
        "value_eV": 1.504118,
        "value_keV": 0.001504118,
        "reported_approx": "1.504118 eV (differs from non-relativistic by 3.6e-6 eV)",
        "units": "eV"
      },
      {
        "quantity_id": "electron_rest_energy",
        "name": "Electron rest energy",
        "symbol": "E_e_rest",
        "formula": "E_e_rest = m_e * c^2",
        "value_eV": 510998.950692,
        "value_keV": 510.998951,
        "reported_approx": "511 keV (511,000 eV)",
        "units": "eV (or keV)"
      },
      {
        "quantity_id": "electron_total_energy",
        "name": "Electron total relativistic energy",
        "symbol": "E_e_total",
        "formula": "E_e_total = sqrt((p * c)^2 + (m_e * c^2)^2) = E_e_rest + K_e_rel",
        "value_eV": 511000.45481,
        "value_keV": 511.000455,
        "reported_approx": "511 keV (511.000 keV)",
        "units": "eV (or keV)"
      }
    ]
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    {
      "claim_id": "SSR-CLM-COUNCIL-2026-06-30-Q1-EKE-V1",
      "upstream_claim_ids": [
        "gpt-7"
      ],
      "literal_label": "Original claim: refuted",
      "status": "refuted",
      "quantity": "electron_kinetic_energy",
      "version": "1.0",
      "recorded_date": "2026-06-30",
      "assessed_date": "2026-06-30",
      "scope": "Intermediate caveat in the gpt Round 1 response (claim gpt-7 in q1_physics_photon_vs_electron.json) describing the kinetic energy of a 1.0 nm free electron.",
      "statement": "If the question were about kinetic energy instead of total energy, the photon and electron would be roughly equal here (~1.24 keV each), so the conclusion depends critically on \"total energy.\"",
      "stated_value": "1.24 keV (approximately 1240 eV)",
      "units": "keV",
      "formula_used": "E = h * c / lambda (massless photon energy formula misapplied to a massive electron)",
      "supersedes": null,
      "superseded_by": "SSR-CLM-COUNCIL-2026-06-30-Q1-EKE-V2",
      "depends_on": [],
      "verification_method": {
        "historical_run_method": "Stage 3 cross-provider reasoning prompt (investigateByReasoning in shadow-council/index.js, routed by isReasoningClaim in lib/claims.mjs to gemini with source title \"Independent reasoning re-derivation\" and url: null). Model reasoning in text, not an executed numerical test.",
        "current_crosscheck_method": "Deterministic Python 3 standard-library calculation performed on 2026-10-26 using 2019 SI exact constants (h, c, e) and CODATA 2022 electron mass (m_e), confirming K_e = 1.504121 eV (non-relativistic) and 1.504118 eV (relativistic), which is 824.3 times smaller than 1.24 keV."
      },
      "evidence_refs": [
        "CIT-COUNCIL-Q1-JSON",
        "CIT-COUNCIL-CLAIMS-MJS",
        "CIT-COUNCIL-SHADOW-JS",
        "CIT-CODATA-2022"
      ],
      "downstream_appearances": [
        {
          "surface": "Stage 2 anonymous peer critique in q1_physics_photon_vs_electron.json",
          "url": "https://github.com/thisisntjon/thecouncil/blob/af8643c6497fb10f83aca314da10fdea04e349bb/sample_outputs/live_runs/2026-06-30_writeup_run/q1_physics_photon_vs_electron.json",
          "treatment": "Missed by whole-answer peer evaluators (scored 95, 98, and 92); preserved in round1_answers and round2_evaluations as the refuted historical claim."
        },
        {
          "surface": "Stage 3 claim verification in q1_physics_photon_vs_electron.json",
          "url": "https://github.com/thisisntjon/thecouncil/blob/af8643c6497fb10f83aca314da10fdea04e349bb/sample_outputs/live_runs/2026-06-30_writeup_run/q1_physics_photon_vs_electron.json",
          "treatment": "Marked status: \"refuted\" under claim ID gpt-7 and excluded from the final synthesis derivation."
        }
      ],
      "explanation": "A 1.0 nm electron has momentum p = h / lambda and momentum-energy product p * c = 1239.84 eV, which equals the photon energy. Because the electron has rest mass m_e * c^2 = 510,998.95 eV, its kinetic energy is K_e = (p * c)^2 / (2 * m_e * c^2) = 1.504 eV, not p * c = 1.24 keV."
    },
    {
      "claim_id": "SSR-CLM-COUNCIL-2026-06-30-Q1-EKE-V2",
      "upstream_claim_ids": [
        "claude-8",
        "grok-6",
        "gemini-4",
        "gpt-7"
      ],
      "literal_label": "Current supported value",
      "status": "supported",
      "quantity": "electron_kinetic_energy",
      "version": "2.0",
      "recorded_date": "2026-06-30",
      "assessed_date": "2026-10-26",
      "scope": "Kinetic energy of a free electron in vacuum with de Broglie wavelength lambda = 1.0 nm, superseding refuted claim SSR-CLM-COUNCIL-2026-06-30-Q1-EKE-V1 (gpt-7).",
      "statement": "At wavelength lambda = 1.0 nm, a free electron has kinetic energy K_e = p^2 / (2 * m_e) = 1.504121 eV (non-relativistic) or 1.504118 eV (exact relativistic), reported to two significant figures in the recorded synthesis as approximately 1.5 eV.",
      "stated_value": "1.504121 eV non-relativistic / 1.504118 eV exact relativistic (approximately 1.5 eV in historical synthesis; 1.504501 eV with textbook rounded 1240 eV and 511 keV)",
      "units": "eV",
      "formula_used": "K_e_nonrel = p^2 / (2 * m_e) = (h * c / lambda)^2 / (2 * m_e * c^2); K_e_rel = sqrt((p * c)^2 + (m_e * c^2)^2) - m_e * c^2",
      "supersedes": "SSR-CLM-COUNCIL-2026-06-30-Q1-EKE-V1",
      "superseded_by": null,
      "depends_on": [],
      "verification_method": {
        "historical_run_method": "Stated in three initial Round 1 model answers (claude-8: 1.50 eV, grok-6: 1.505 eV, gemini-4: 1.50 eV), re-derived in text during Stage 3 verification of gpt-7, and cited in Stage 4 synthesis step 3 ([5][15][19]).",
        "current_crosscheck_method": "Verified on 2026-10-26 via deterministic Python 3 standard-library cross-check using 2019 SI exact constants and CODATA 2022 electron mass (tolerance +-1e-6 eV against exact constants; +-0.05 eV against two-significant-figure prose value 1.5 eV)."
      },
      "evidence_refs": [
        "CIT-COUNCIL-Q1-JSON",
        "CIT-CODATA-2022"
      ],
      "downstream_appearances": [
        {
          "surface": "Stage 4 final synthesis in q1_physics_photon_vs_electron.json (step 3)",
          "url": "https://github.com/thisisntjon/thecouncil/blob/af8643c6497fb10f83aca314da10fdea04e349bb/sample_outputs/live_runs/2026-06-30_writeup_run/q1_physics_photon_vs_electron.json",
          "treatment": "Reports K = (p * c)^2 / (2 * m_e * c^2) = (1240 eV)^2 / (2 * 511,000 eV) ≈ 1.5 eV with citations [5][15][19] (tracing to grok-6, claude-8, and gemini-4)."
        },
        {
          "surface": "The Council verification record (/evidence/council/) and canonical JSON (/evidence/council-claim-record.json)",
          "url": "https://simoneresearch.com/evidence/council/",
          "treatment": "Presents both the two-significant-figure historical value (~1.5 eV) and the deterministic CODATA 2022 cross-check values (1.504121 eV non-relativistic / 1.504118 eV relativistic)."
        },
        {
          "surface": "The Council case study (/work/council/#recorded-example)",
          "url": "https://simoneresearch.com/work/council/#recorded-example",
          "treatment": "Displays the four-stage trajectory showing the refuted 1.24 keV candidate step and the supported ~1.5 eV re-derivation, linked to this record."
        },
        {
          "surface": "Evidence index (/evidence/) and discovery indexes (/llms.txt, /llms-full.txt)",
          "url": "https://simoneresearch.com/evidence/",
          "treatment": "Summarizes the recorded 1.24 keV to 1.5 eV correction and links directly to /evidence/council/ and /evidence/council-claim-record.json."
        }
      ],
      "explanation": "Using exact 2019 SI constants and CODATA 2022 m_e, p * c = 1239.841984 eV and m_e * c^2 = 510998.950692 eV, yielding K_e_nonrel = 1.504121 eV and K_e_rel = 1.504118 eV."
    },
    {
      "claim_id": "SSR-CLM-COUNCIL-2026-06-30-Q1-ETOT-V1",
      "upstream_claim_ids": [
        "gpt-1",
        "gpt-6",
        "claude-1",
        "claude-9",
        "grok-1",
        "grok-8",
        "gemini-1",
        "gemini-6"
      ],
      "literal_label": "Downstream conclusion: revalidated (unchanged)",
      "status": "supported_after_revalidation",
      "quantity": "total_energy_comparison",
      "version": "1.1",
      "recorded_date": "2026-06-30",
      "assessed_date": "2026-10-26",
      "scope": "Overall answer to the 1.0 nm photon-versus-electron total-energy question in q1_physics_photon_vs_electron.json and downstream site summaries.",
      "statement": "At wavelength lambda = 1.0 nm, the free electron has more total energy than the photon by a factor of approximately 412 (electron total energy 511,000.45 eV ≈ 511 keV versus photon energy 1,239.84 eV ≈ 1.24 keV).",
      "stated_value": "Electron total energy 511.000455 keV vs. photon energy 1.239842 keV; ratio E_e_total / E_gamma = 412.149662 (approximately 412)",
      "units": "keV (ratio dimensionless)",
      "formula_used": "E_e_total = m_e * c^2 + K_e_rel; ratio = E_e_total / E_gamma",
      "supersedes": null,
      "superseded_by": null,
      "depends_on": [
        "SSR-CLM-COUNCIL-2026-06-30-Q1-EKE-V2"
      ],
      "revalidation_rule": "A changed or refuted upstream dependency flags affected downstream conclusions for revalidation rather than automatically marking them false. Replacing the refuted K_e ≈ 1.24 keV (SSR-CLM-COUNCIL-2026-06-30-Q1-EKE-V1) with the supported K_e = 1.504118 eV (SSR-CLM-COUNCIL-2026-06-30-Q1-EKE-V2) shifts E_e_total from ~512.24 keV to 511.000455 keV (0.24%), leaving the ~511 keV total energy and ~412 ratio intact upon revalidation.",
      "verification_method": {
        "historical_run_method": "Agreed across all four Round 1 answers (gpt, claude, grok, gemini) and preserved in Stage 4 synthesis.",
        "current_crosscheck_method": "Revalidated on 2026-10-26 via deterministic Python 3 standard-library calculation using 2019 SI exact constants and CODATA 2022 electron mass."
      },
      "evidence_refs": [
        "CIT-COUNCIL-Q1-JSON",
        "CIT-CODATA-2022"
      ],
      "downstream_appearances": [
        {
          "surface": "Stage 4 final synthesis in q1_physics_photon_vs_electron.json (conclusion & step 4)",
          "url": "https://github.com/thisisntjon/thecouncil/blob/af8643c6497fb10f83aca314da10fdea04e349bb/sample_outputs/live_runs/2026-06-30_writeup_run/q1_physics_photon_vs_electron.json",
          "treatment": "States E_electron = E_0 + K ≈ 511 keV + 0.0015 keV ≈ 511 keV and E_electron / E_photon ≈ 511 keV / 1.24 keV ≈ 412."
        },
        {
          "surface": "The Council verification record (/evidence/council/) and case study (/work/council/#recorded-example)",
          "url": "https://simoneresearch.com/evidence/council/",
          "treatment": "Notes explicitly that the overall total-energy conclusion did not change when the intermediate kinetic-energy claim was corrected."
        }
      ],
      "explanation": "Because the electron rest energy m_e * c^2 = 510,998.95 eV is more than 339,000 times larger than its kinetic energy K_e = 1.504 eV at 1.0 nm, correcting K_e does not alter the two-significant-figure total-energy ratio (~412)."
    }
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  "numerical_crosscheck": {
    "label": "Numerical cross-check performed now (2026-10-26), not independent replication of the historical model run",
    "performed_date": "2026-10-26",
    "environment": "Python 3 standard library (math, json); zero third-party packages or API keys",
    "constants_authority": "2019 SI exact defining constants (h, c, e) and CODATA 2022 recommended value for electron mass m_e (NIST SP 961)",
    "constants": {
      "h_J_s": {
        "value": 6.62607015e-34,
        "units": "J s",
        "status": "exact (2019 SI)"
      },
      "c_m_per_s": {
        "value": 299792458,
        "units": "m / s",
        "status": "exact (2019 SI)"
      },
      "e_J_per_eV": {
        "value": 1.602176634e-19,
        "units": "J / eV",
        "status": "exact (2019 SI)"
      },
      "m_e_kg": {
        "value": 9.1093837139e-31,
        "relative_standard_uncertainty": 3.1e-10,
        "units": "kg",
        "status": "CODATA 2022 recommended value"
      },
      "lambda_m": {
        "value": 1e-9,
        "units": "m (1.0 nm)",
        "status": "problem assumption"
      }
    },
    "command": "python3 -c \"import math, json; h=6.62607015e-34; c=299792458.0; e=1.602176634e-19; m_e=9.1093837139e-31; lam=1.0e-9; E_ph=(h*c/lam)/e; E_rest=(m_e*c*c)/e; K_nr=((h/lam)**2/(2*m_e))/e; E_tot=math.hypot(E_ph, E_rest); K_rel=E_tot-E_rest; out={'photon_energy_eV':round(E_ph,6),'electron_rest_energy_eV':round(E_rest,6),'electron_ke_nonrel_eV':round(K_nr,6),'electron_ke_rel_eV':round(K_rel,6),'electron_total_energy_eV':round(E_tot,6),'total_energy_ratio':round(E_tot/E_ph,6),'photon_to_electron_ke_ratio':round(E_ph/K_nr,6)}; print(json.dumps(out, indent=2)); assert abs(E_ph-1239.841984)<1e-5 and abs(K_nr-1.504121)<1e-5 and abs(K_rel-1.504118)<1e-5 and abs(E_tot-511000.454810)<1e-4\"",
    "expected_output": {
      "photon_energy_eV": 1239.841984,
      "electron_rest_energy_eV": 510998.950692,
      "electron_ke_nonrel_eV": 1.504121,
      "electron_ke_rel_eV": 1.504118,
      "electron_total_energy_eV": 511000.45481,
      "total_energy_ratio": 412.149662,
      "photon_to_electron_ke_ratio": 824.296898
    },
    "tolerances": [
      {
        "scope": "Exact CODATA 2022 deterministic check (asserted in command)",
        "tolerance": "+-1e-5 eV on photon and electron kinetic energy; +-1e-4 eV on electron total energy"
      },
      {
        "scope": "Textbook rounded constants (h*c = 1240 eV*nm, m_e*c^2 = 511,000 eV)",
        "tolerance": "Yields K_e_nonrel = 1240^2 / (2 * 511000) = 1.504501 eV (within +-0.0004 eV of CODATA 2022) and E_gamma / K_e = 824.19 (or 826.67 if dividing 1240 by a pre-rounded 1.50 eV)."
      },
      {
        "scope": "Two-significant-figure prose reporting in Stage 4 synthesis (~1.5 eV, ~1.24 keV, ~511 keV, factor ~412)",
        "tolerance": "+-0.05 eV on electron kinetic energy; +-5 keV on photon energy; +-0.5 on total-energy ratio."
      }
    ]
  },
  "comparison_summary": {
    "what_changed": [
      "Claim SSR-CLM-COUNCIL-2026-06-30-Q1-EKE-V1 (upstream ID gpt-7, stating electron kinetic energy at 1.0 nm is ~1.24 keV) is explicitly marked refuted and superseded by SSR-CLM-COUNCIL-2026-06-30-Q1-EKE-V2 (1.504121 eV non-relativistic / 1.504118 eV exact relativistic, or ~1.5 eV).",
      "This verification page now publishes a single canonical claim record in HTML (/evidence/council/) and JSON (/evidence/council-claim-record.json) alongside a deterministic Python 3 standard-library numerical cross-check performed on 2026-10-26."
    ],
    "what_did_not_change": [
      "The downstream total-energy conclusion (SSR-CLM-COUNCIL-2026-06-30-Q1-ETOT-V1: electron total energy ~511 keV exceeds photon energy ~1.24 keV by a factor of ~412) was flagged for revalidation when its kinetic-energy dependency changed and remained valid after revalidation because rest mass (510.999 keV) dominates.",
      "The pinned upstream artifact q1_physics_photon_vs_electron.json at commit af8643c6497fb10f83aca314da10fdea04e349bb is preserved unchanged."
    ]
  },
  "limitations": [
    {
      "id": "LIM-1-TOTAL-ENERGY-UNCHANGED",
      "title": "The overall total-energy conclusion did not change",
      "detail": "All four Round 1 model answers (gpt, claude, grok, gemini) and the Stage 4 synthesis reached the same overall conclusion: the 1.0 nm electron has ~412 times more total energy (~511 keV vs. ~1.24 keV). Catching gpt-7 corrected an intermediate kinetic-energy caveat, not the headline answer."
    },
    {
      "id": "LIM-2-INITIAL-ANSWERS-HAD-CORRECT-VALUE",
      "title": "Three of four initial model answers already contained the correct ~1.5 eV value",
      "detail": "In Round 1, claude (claim claude-8: 1.50 eV), grok (claim grok-6: 1.505 eV), and gemini (claim gemini-4: 1.50 eV) already derived the correct non-relativistic electron kinetic energy before peer critique or Stage 3 claim verification ran. Only gpt introduced the 1.24 keV kinetic-energy error."
    },
    {
      "id": "LIM-3-MODEL-REASONING-NOT-EXECUTED-CODE",
      "title": "The recorded Stage 3 verifier used model reasoning, not an executed independent numerical test",
      "detail": "In commit af8643c, claim gpt-7 (category: \"logical_deduction\") was routed by isReasoningClaim in lib/claims.mjs to investigateByReasoning in shadow-council/index.js, which prompted another language model (gemini) to re-derive the math in prose (source: { title: \"Independent reasoning re-derivation\", url: null }). It did not execute Python or an external calculator. In the same Stage 3 run, model reasoning also produced noisy verdicts on nearby claims: gemini-8 (\"1240 eV / 1.50 eV ≈ 824\") was marked refuted because 1240 / 1.50 = 826.67 even though unrounded constants give 824.30; grok-7 was marked partially_supported (0.6) due to sentence isolation; gpt-8 was marked partially_supported (0.3) with \"Reasoning verifier unparseable; provisionally partial.\"; and non-reasoning claims included provider search-grounding URLs despite the run README stating \"web search off.\""
    },
    {
      "id": "LIM-4-OFFLINE-FIXTURE-DISTINCT",
      "title": "The offline synthetic fixture is distinct from the recorded provider run",
      "detail": "Running npm run demo:fixture executes demo_fixture.mjs on a canned software-architecture prompt with zero API keys to demonstrate pipeline mechanics. It does not replay or re-verify the June 30, 2026 physics provider capture (q1_physics_photon_vs_electron.json)."
    },
    {
      "id": "LIM-5-NO-CAUSAL-ACCURACY-PROOF",
      "title": "This example does not establish that verification caused an accuracy improvement",
      "detail": "Because three of the four initial answers already contained ~1.5 eV and the Stage 4 synthesizer saw all four Round 1 answers alongside Stage 3 verdicts, this single recorded run cannot isolate whether Stage 3 caused the final synthesis to report ~1.5 eV, nor does it establish a benchmark accuracy or safety gain. Model agreement across providers is not independent corroboration. This public worked example is kept separate from any future held-out evaluation of reliability."
    }
  ],
  "prior_work_and_rights": {
    "nanopublication_mapping": {
      "assertion_subgraph": "Maps to claims[] (claim_id, status, literal_label, statement, stated_value, units, formula_used, supersedes, depends_on).",
      "provenance_subgraph": "Maps to verification_method, numerical_crosscheck (command, constants, expected_output, tolerances), and citations[] (pinned git commit af8643c and SHA-256 digests, analogous to Kuhn & Dumontier Trusty URIs).",
      "publication_info_subgraph": "Maps to record_id, schema_version, record_published_date, historical_event_date, numerical_check_date, revalidation_rule, limitations[], and licensing_and_crawler_notice.",
      "design_choice": "Adopts the Nanopublication three-subgraph separation (:assertion, :provenance, :publicationInfo) and content-addressed Trusty URI digests in plain JSON, HTML, and standard-library Python checks rather than requiring RDF/SPARQL triple stores or formal ontology authoring."
    },
    "prior_work": [
      {
        "name": "W3C PROV (PROV-O / PROV-DM)",
        "url": "https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-overview/",
        "credit": "Provenance graph concepts (entities, verification activities, revision links prov:wasRevisionOf, and derivation links prov:wasDerivedFrom) follow established W3C PROV standards rather than claiming novelty for provenance or versioning."
      },
      {
        "name": "Nanopublications & Trusty URIs (Groth et al. 2010; Kuhn & Dumontier 2014, 2016)",
        "url": "https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.78",
        "credit": "Separates each citable unit into three subgraphs (:assertion, :provenance, :publicationInfo) with cryptographic content digests (Trusty URIs). This record applies that three-part structure in plain JSON, HTML, and standard-library Python checks without RDF/SPARQL ontology overhead."
      },
      {
        "name": "FAIR Guiding Principles & Living Systematic Reviews (Wilkinson et al. 2016; Elliott et al. 2014)",
        "url": "https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.18",
        "credit": "Grounds machine-actionable identifiers, explicit provenance links, and incremental claim revalidation when upstream evidence changes."
      },
      {
        "name": "CODATA 2022 / NIST Fundamental Physical Constants (SP 961)",
        "url": "https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/",
        "credit": "Authoritative physical constants (h, c, e exact in the 2019 SI; m_e from CODATA 2022) used for the deterministic numerical cross-check."
      }
    ],
    "licensing_and_crawler_notice": "Source code and committed sample outputs in thisisntjon/thecouncil are available under the MIT License. Public availability on simoneresearch.com or in llms.txt / JSON endpoints does not grant implied endorsement, broader third-party training or redistribution rights beyond the repository license, or any guarantee that crawlers, search indexes, or language models will access, cite, or accurately interpret these records."
  },
  "citations": [
    {
      "id": "CIT-COUNCIL-Q1-JSON",
      "title": "Committed live-run capture: q1_physics_photon_vs_electron.json",
      "url": "https://github.com/thisisntjon/thecouncil/blob/af8643c6497fb10f83aca314da10fdea04e349bb/sample_outputs/live_runs/2026-06-30_writeup_run/q1_physics_photon_vs_electron.json",
      "revision_or_edition": "git commit af8643c6497fb10f83aca314da10fdea04e349bb (2026-07-02)",
      "sha256": "9c55830fb9f049a3a52ae0628c634f0b62bb8c45f04f6ad10ebe91314e901e3f",
      "note": "Contains Round 1 answers (gpt, claude, grok, gemini), Round 2 peer evaluations, Round 3 claim verifications (including gpt-7, claude-8, grok-6, gemini-4, gemini-8, grok-7, gpt-8), and Stage 4 synthesis."
    },
    {
      "id": "CIT-COUNCIL-CLAIMS-MJS",
      "title": "Claim routing helper: lib/claims.mjs",
      "url": "https://github.com/thisisntjon/thecouncil/blob/af8643c6497fb10f83aca314da10fdea04e349bb/lib/claims.mjs",
      "revision_or_edition": "git commit af8643c6497fb10f83aca314da10fdea04e349bb (2026-07-02)",
      "sha256": "4fb223718d105823ba3569959ab1fb8de7c8df7b",
      "note": "Defines isReasoningClaim (routing mathematical_derivation and logical_deduction claims to reasoning re-derivation) and chooseInvestigatorProvider."
    },
    {
      "id": "CIT-COUNCIL-SHADOW-JS",
      "title": "Claim-checking service: shadow-council/index.js",
      "url": "https://github.com/thisisntjon/thecouncil/blob/af8643c6497fb10f83aca314da10fdea04e349bb/shadow-council/index.js",
      "revision_or_edition": "git commit af8643c6497fb10f83aca314da10fdea04e349bb (2026-07-02)",
      "sha256": "2200a55248394ba1d6d4d255e347a74d336386bc",
      "note": "Implements investigateByReasoning (lines 434-459), prompting a model provider to re-derive mathematical/logical claims in text without executing external code."
    },
    {
      "id": "CIT-COUNCIL-FIXTURE-MJS",
      "title": "Deterministic offline fixture: demo_fixture.mjs",
      "url": "https://github.com/thisisntjon/thecouncil/blob/af8643c6497fb10f83aca314da10fdea04e349bb/demo_fixture.mjs",
      "revision_or_edition": "git commit af8643c6497fb10f83aca314da10fdea04e349bb (2026-07-02)",
      "sha256": "fb1ef5b0d2f0c41e187bd5966a5841d74a1509e1",
      "note": "Offline zero-API-key fixture on a software-architecture question, distinct from the recorded June 30, 2026 physics capture."
    },
    {
      "id": "CIT-CODATA-2022",
      "title": "CODATA 2022 Internationally Recommended Values of the Fundamental Physical Constants",
      "url": "https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/",
      "revision_or_edition": "CODATA 2022 / 2019 SI exact definitions",
      "note": "Defines exact h = 6.62607015e-34 J s, c = 299792458 m/s, e = 1.602176634e-19 J/eV, and m_e = 9.1093837139(28)e-31 kg."
    },
    {
      "id": "CIT-W3C-PROV",
      "title": "W3C PROV-Overview: An Overview of the PROV Family of Documents",
      "url": "https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-overview/",
      "revision_or_edition": "W3C Working Group Note 2013-04-30",
      "note": "Prior standard for representing entities, activities, agents, revisions (prov:wasRevisionOf), and derivations (prov:wasDerivedFrom)."
    },
    {
      "id": "CIT-NANOPUB-TRUSTY",
      "title": "Decentralized provenance-aware publishing with nanopublications & Trusty URIs (Kuhn & Dumontier 2014, 2016)",
      "url": "https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.78",
      "revision_or_edition": "PeerJ Computer Science 2:e78 (2016) & LNCS 8465 (2014)",
      "note": "Defines the :assertion, :provenance, and :publicationInfo subgraph triad and cryptographic Trusty URI artifact digests."
    },
    {
      "id": "CIT-FAIR-2016",
      "title": "The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship (Wilkinson et al. 2016)",
      "url": "https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.18",
      "revision_or_edition": "Scientific Data 3:160018 (2016)",
      "note": "Establishes findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable metadata requirements for machine-actionable research records."
    }
  ]
}
