CLI flags on `aborist query`:
--no-quantifier-guard Level 2 disable: kills the guard for
one call. Telemetry → None.
--allow-broad Emergent-search: classifier on, caps
off. For exploratory enumeration.
--reject-broad Strict reject: ALL/COMPREHENSIVE/
OPEN_REQUEST + scope_bound_hint==
"unbounded" returns UNGROUNDED before
the LLM call (saves ~10-15s). Bounded
universals (Beatles, year-anchored)
are NOT rejected per §10.1.
--apply-quantifier-caps Flip Phase 2 dry-run gate per-call.
Path from dry-run to live cap.
Three new soft-demote violation kinds (§10.3) — no new audit_mode
token; tails on the existing audit-line:
BROAD_QUANTIFIER_RUNAWAY "broad runaway"
BROAD_QUANTIFIER_CAP_APPLIED "broad cap N" (cap value rendered)
BROAD_QUANTIFIER_SCOPE_UNBOUND "broad unbounded"
All three cap the ladder at ANCHOR-WARRANTED. Plus one HARD demote
(early-return UNGROUNDED):
BROAD_QUANTIFIER_REJECTED "broad rejected" (preflight rejection)
The reject-broad path early-returns from query() before the LLM
call when policy enables quantifier_reject_broad AND the question
is broad-unbounded. Result schema mirrors a normal UNGROUNDED row
(answer_text carries the rejection rationale + actionable narrowing
hints). _render_query_human gets a dedicated branch for the new
status so operators see the rejection without --json.
Live verification (post-commit):
$ aborist query --reject-broad "Winners of all major sports?"
UNGROUNDED · via BROAD_QUANTIFIER_REJECTED · ALL ("all") · cap was 8
0/0 0.0s (preflight)
BROAD-QUANTIFIER PREFLIGHT REJECTED · scope unbounded
Question matched ALL intensity ("all") with an under-specified
universe. Narrow ... or run with --allow-broad for exploratory
enumeration.
$ aborist query --reject-broad "name all members of the Beatles"
UNGROUNDED · via claim_lattice · title mismatch 4/4 20.9s
[Beatles enumerated, scope_bound_hint=bounded → not rejected]
`quantifier_reject_broad` folded into _VERIFIER_POLICY_FIELDS so
flipping reject default invalidates prior cache records.
16 new tests cover: soft-demote registration, hard-demote NOT in
soft-demote set, ladder rung mapping for each kind, tail rendering
(including cap value interpolation), tail combination with
existing kinds, end-to-end render through _render_query_human,
governance-hash binding. Two skipped placeholders mark the
integration paths exercised by live bench.
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