Per-sentence shape check (no model) emitting kind ∈
{phrase_component_reuse, circular, vacuous, ok, empty}:
- circular: subject content-tokens ⊆ predicate's and the predicate
leads with a subject token ("Water is water").
- phrase_component_reuse: subject quotes a phrase, predicate reuses
one of that phrase's own tokens as a bare "the/a/an <token>"
referent — the 2026-05-12 field case ("the phrase 'Zionist entity'
is used as the entity"), a token collision the verifier +
deflection + title-relevance all pass and NLI returns neutral on.
Copulas inside a quoted span are skipped so 'war is peace' doesn't
break the subject/predicate split.
- vacuous: predicate is only placeholder hypernyms + filler ("X is
a thing").
Conservative — no full token-salad parsing; legit definitions pass ok.
Surfaced in inspect_cache_key + the `arborist inspect` human view
(· incoherent: <kind>). Advisory only — never writes providence_cache
/ audit_events / run_dag_root; demote-only verifier hook deliberately
not wired. 9 tests; full suite green (2500 passed).
russell@unturf.com
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