Lands aborist/qa/quantifier.py with classify_question_quantifier(),
a pure function mapping a question string onto the ten-rung
intensity ladder (ticket #000008 §2):
ABSENT < SINGULAR < PROPORTIONAL < SMALL_NUM_EXPLICIT
< COMPARATIVE_BOUND < FEW < MANY < ABSENT < ALL
< OPEN_REQUEST < COMPREHENSIVE
Returns intensity, matched_token, explicit_count, is_broad,
operational_shape, scope_bound_hint, classifier_version. Pure: no
I/O, no model call, no retrieval call.
Highest-intensity-wins arbitration: COMPREHENSIVE strictly stronger
than OPEN_REQUEST (both > ALL). Catches "tell me everything about
all wars" → COMPREHENSIVE rather than dropping to one of the softer
shape detectors.
Scope_bound_hint heuristic (§10.1): bounded vs unbounded universals.
"All members of the Beatles" → bounded (corpus-known finite set).
"Winners of all major sports" → unbounded (scope undefined). Year-
anchored questions ("…in 2024") bound the universe to one event.
Heuristic only — corpus-arity check left for future refinement.
Wired into query() right after policy resolution. Both miss and
cache-hit paths surface quantifier_intensity, quantifier_matched
_token, scope_bound_hint, quantifier_explicit_count on the result
dict. claim_cap_applied is None until Phase 2 lands the cap-
application gate (default-off per §10.11.3 dry-run discipline).
61 new tests cover every rung, scope-bound detection (bounded /
unbounded / unknown), highest-wins arbitration, and regression
fixtures (factoid/wh-questions don't over-classify as broad).
russell@unturf.com
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