{
  "code": "S45",
  "name": "Cascade stats",
  "shape": "stats",
  "family": "Evidence and pictures",
  "fits": "Three numbers that should feel like one designed object, beside a title, a short intro and up to three arrow points.",
  "use_when": "Proof points that need presence: three overlapping cards cascade down to the right, the last in front.",
  "slots": [
    {
      "name": "eyebrow",
      "holds": "what the numbers prove",
      "budget": "2-3 words"
    },
    {
      "name": "head",
      "holds": "the claim, one italic word",
      "budget": "under 8 words"
    },
    {
      "name": "intro",
      "holds": "what to take from the numbers",
      "budget": "under 24 words"
    },
    {
      "name": "points",
      "holds": "up to 3 arrow points",
      "budget": "under 6 words each"
    },
    {
      "name": "cards",
      "holds": "3 x (number top left, mono label, icon bottom left), cascading",
      "budget": "label 4 words or fewer"
    }
  ],
  "columns": 2,
  "density": "standard",
  "surface": "paper",
  "works_on": [
    "deck",
    "page"
  ],
  "library": "Hoffman",
  "dir": "S45-cascade-stats",
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    "audience_question": "How do these three differently weighted measures explain the opportunity?",
    "intent": "Read three linked figures together with a concise interpretation.",
    "reasoning_relation": "quantitative cluster with interpretive lead",
    "message_pattern": "[Conclusion], shown by [measure A], [measure B] and [measure C].",
    "required_content": [
      "Three qualified measures.",
      "One interpretation connecting them.",
      "Up to three concise implications."
    ],
    "narrative_positions": [
      "context",
      "explanation",
      "evidence: choose only when the page supports the surrounding argument"
    ],
    "requires_before": [
      "Define the service and reporting period."
    ],
    "enables_after": [
      "Show what participation and unresolved repairs mean for the next iteration."
    ],
    "slot_roles": {
      "eyebrow": "Name the domain of evidence.",
      "head": "State the bounded interpretation.",
      "intro": "Explain why these measures belong in one story.",
      "points": "Up to three specific implications or limits, not more unsupported statistics.",
      "cards": "Three numbers with concise definitions, units and source scope; order by relevance, not numerical magnitude."
    },
    "avoid_when": [
      "A calibrated ranking chart.",
      "A causal claim inferred from overlapping cards."
    ],
    "layout_specific_contract": "Three numbers that should feel like one designed object, beside a title, a short intro and up to three arrow points.",
    "provenance": {
      "basis": "interpretation of the existing layout and slot contracts",
      "review": "Tessel model-authored guidance; implementation approved by Nic, 2026-10-10",
      "corpus_evidence_status": "not yet established",
      "guide": "../SEMANTICS.md"
    },
    "variation_rule": "Read the selected option’s actual markup, slot count and source record. Preserve this reasoning relationship only if the option still expresses it; flag a mismatch before adapting.",
    "reader_outcome": "Read three linked figures together with a concise interpretation.",
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      "audience_question": "How do these three differently weighted measures explain the opportunity?",
      "reader_outcome": "Read three linked figures together with a concise interpretation.",
      "reasoning_relation": "quantitative cluster with interpretive lead",
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        "composition": "Three numbers that should feel like one designed object, beside a title, a short intro and up to three arrow points.",
        "selected_state": "Three numbers that should feel like one designed object, beside a title, a short intro and up to three arrow points.",
        "density": "standard",
        "columns": 2,
        "column_note": "Base metadata only; selected option can replace the base geometry."
      },
      "required_slots": [
        {
          "name": "eyebrow",
          "reader_question": "What kind of content or argument section am I reading?",
          "semantic_role": "Name the domain of evidence.",
          "content_unit_count": {
            "min": 1,
            "max": 1,
            "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
          },
          "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · eyebrow · what the numbers prove]",
          "layout_budget": {
            "authored": "2-3 words",
            "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
          },
          "markup": {
            "slot": "eyebrow",
            "occurrences": 1,
            "annotation_status": "present",
            "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
            "sample_word_counts": [
              2
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "head",
          "reader_question": "How do these three differently weighted measures explain the opportunity?",
          "semantic_role": "State the bounded interpretation.",
          "content_unit_count": {
            "min": 1,
            "max": 1,
            "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
          },
          "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · head · the claim, one italic word]",
          "layout_budget": {
            "authored": "under 8 words",
            "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
          },
          "markup": {
            "slot": "head",
            "occurrences": 1,
            "annotation_status": "present",
            "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
            "sample_word_counts": [
              4
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "intro",
          "reader_question": "What does the intro contribute to this page’s reader outcome?",
          "semantic_role": "Explain why these measures belong in one story.",
          "content_unit_count": {
            "min": 1,
            "max": 1,
            "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
          },
          "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · intro · what to take from the numbers]",
          "layout_budget": {
            "authored": "under 24 words",
            "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
          },
          "markup": {
            "slot": "intro",
            "occurrences": 1,
            "annotation_status": "present",
            "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
            "sample_word_counts": [
              19
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "points",
          "reader_question": "What does this distinct step, state, scenario or observation contribute?",
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          "content_unit_count": {
            "min": 1,
            "max": 1,
            "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
          },
          "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · points · up to 3 arrow points]",
          "layout_budget": {
            "authored": "under 6 words each",
            "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
          },
          "markup": {
            "slot": "points",
            "occurrences": 1,
            "annotation_status": "present",
            "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
            "sample_word_counts": [
              18
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "cards",
          "reader_question": "What specific quantity or comparable member supports the governing point?",
          "semantic_role": "Three numbers with concise definitions, units and source scope; order by relevance, not numerical magnitude.",
          "content_unit_count": {
            "min": 3,
            "max": 3,
            "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
          },
          "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · cards · 3 x (number top left, mono label, icon bottom left), cascading]",
          "layout_budget": {
            "authored": "label 4 words or fewer",
            "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
          },
          "markup": {
            "slot": "cards",
            "occurrences": 1,
            "annotation_status": "present",
            "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
            "sample_word_counts": [
              15
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "rejection_constraints": [
        "Relative card size or circle area treated as a calibrated scale without data geometry.",
        "Cherry-picked figures, incompatible time periods or counts presented as rates."
      ],
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        "option": "default",
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        "semantic_change": "retains base content relationship; changes presentation or disclosure",
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      },
      "provenance": {
        "status": "inferred composition evidence",
        "author_intent": "not independently confirmed",
        "basis": [
          "retained source composition where available",
          "authored layout and slot contracts",
          "static implementation inspection"
        ],
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        "source_visual_sha256": [
          "984e9174cfa8400ea52f401c83c0ced55308a18b9cac92c096f48836ab67ee78"
        ],
        "source_export": "private source images remain outside this draft site",
        "markup_sha256": "63e01a4427a90261828026ebcb25940a05e2c0dbc6e0f89d52ab972c54f3fea1",
        "limits": [
          "Static parsing inventories authored nodes; it does not certify rendered visibility, responsive fit or interactive state.",
          "Budgets are authored layout guidance, not a content-writing limit or proof of fit.",
          "Matching guidance is a draft inference; it does not establish facts, endorsement, causation or source author intent."
        ]
      },
      "adaptation_rules": [
        "Choose by audience question, reasoning relation and required content before aesthetic preference.",
        "Supply every required semantic role; retain visible unknowns as labelled real-content placeholders.",
        "A number needs source, scope and units; a quotation needs faithful wording and attribution.",
        "Do not infer importance from area, colour, depth or movement unless the content explicitly defines that encoding.",
        "Keep colour token roles, structural objects, licences and source records; changing content does not authorize changing them."
      ]
    },
    "rejection_constraints": [
      "Relative card size or circle area treated as a calibrated scale without data geometry.",
      "Cherry-picked figures, incompatible time periods or counts presented as rates."
    ],
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      "method": "static lxml markup plus authored option description; no rendered-visibility claim",
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        "eyebrow": 1,
        "head": 1,
        "intro": 1,
        "points": 1,
        "circles": 1,
        "cards": 1
      },
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          {
            "tag": "span",
            "classes": "eyebrow",
            "sample_word_count": 2,
            "repeated_children": 0
          }
        ],
        "head": [
          {
            "tag": "h2",
            "classes": "head",
            "sample_word_count": 4,
            "repeated_children": 2
          }
        ],
        "intro": [
          {
            "tag": "p",
            "classes": "sub",
            "sample_word_count": 19,
            "repeated_children": 0
          }
        ],
        "points": [
          {
            "tag": "div",
            "classes": "pts",
            "sample_word_count": 18,
            "repeated_children": 3
          }
        ],
        "circles": [
          {
            "tag": "div",
            "classes": "circs",
            "sample_word_count": 10,
            "repeated_children": 2
          }
        ],
        "cards": [
          {
            "tag": "div",
            "classes": "casc",
            "sample_word_count": 15,
            "repeated_children": 3
          }
        ]
      },
      "option_selectors": [
        "circles"
      ],
      "linked_implementation": [
        {
          "file": "../spreads.css",
          "sha256": "32da94472b0c9131e4d5dae7d5bf0498b09202a9e66294b4e4f23e6ddfbf37ba"
        },
        {
          "file": "../spread.js",
          "sha256": "3d99948b83f750bd4ae95dac08e3e50a395de7c149c90a6f1a1c0ea36a2634a4"
        }
      ]
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        "audience_question": "How do these three differently weighted measures explain the opportunity?",
        "intent": "Read three linked figures together with a concise interpretation.",
        "reader_outcome": "Read three linked figures together with a concise interpretation.",
        "reasoning_relation": "quantitative cluster with interpretive lead",
        "slot_roles": {
          "eyebrow": "Name the domain of evidence.",
          "head": "State the bounded interpretation.",
          "intro": "Explain why these measures belong in one story.",
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        },
        "matching": {
          "audience_question": "How do these three differently weighted measures explain the opportunity?",
          "reader_outcome": "Read three linked figures together with a concise interpretation.",
          "reasoning_relation": "quantitative cluster with interpretive lead",
          "content_shape": {
            "composition": "Three numbers that should feel like one designed object, beside a title, a short intro and up to three arrow points.",
            "selected_state": "Market circles: the numbers in overlapping circles sized by rank, the largest bleeding off the right edge",
            "density": "standard",
            "columns": 2,
            "column_note": "Base metadata only; selected option can replace the base geometry."
          },
          "required_slots": [
            {
              "name": "eyebrow",
              "reader_question": "What kind of content or argument section am I reading?",
              "semantic_role": "Name the domain of evidence.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · eyebrow · what the numbers prove]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "2-3 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "eyebrow",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  2
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "head",
              "reader_question": "How do these three differently weighted measures explain the opportunity?",
              "semantic_role": "State the bounded interpretation.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · head · the claim, one italic word]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "under 8 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "head",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  4
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "intro",
              "reader_question": "What does the intro contribute to this page’s reader outcome?",
              "semantic_role": "Explain why these measures belong in one story.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · intro · what to take from the numbers]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "under 24 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "intro",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  19
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "circles",
              "reader_question": "What does the circles contribute to this page’s reader outcome?",
              "semantic_role": "Two qualified figures in overlapping circles; explicitly name any subset relationship, and do not infer it from area.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 2,
                "max": 2,
                "basis": "Authored visible members in the selected arrangement; annotation occurrences can differ."
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · circles · Three qualified figures using overlapping circles as composition, not calibrated area.]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "3 figures with labels, units and source",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "circles",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  10
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "rejection_constraints": [
            "Relative card size or circle area treated as a calibrated scale without data geometry.",
            "Cherry-picked figures, incompatible time periods or counts presented as rates."
          ],
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            "option": "circles",
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            "semantic_change": "retains base content relationship; changes presentation or disclosure",
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          },
          "provenance": {
            "status": "inferred composition evidence",
            "author_intent": "not independently confirmed",
            "basis": [
              "retained source composition where available",
              "authored layout and slot contracts",
              "static implementation inspection"
            ],
            "source_visual_count": 1,
            "source_visual_sha256": [
              "984e9174cfa8400ea52f401c83c0ced55308a18b9cac92c096f48836ab67ee78"
            ],
            "source_export": "private source images remain outside this draft site",
            "markup_sha256": "63e01a4427a90261828026ebcb25940a05e2c0dbc6e0f89d52ab972c54f3fea1",
            "limits": [
              "Static parsing inventories authored nodes; it does not certify rendered visibility, responsive fit or interactive state.",
              "Budgets are authored layout guidance, not a content-writing limit or proof of fit.",
              "Matching guidance is a draft inference; it does not establish facts, endorsement, causation or source author intent."
            ]
          },
          "adaptation_rules": [
            "Choose by audience question, reasoning relation and required content before aesthetic preference.",
            "Supply every required semantic role; retain visible unknowns as labelled real-content placeholders.",
            "A number needs source, scope and units; a quotation needs faithful wording and attribution.",
            "Do not infer importance from area, colour, depth or movement unless the content explicitly defines that encoding.",
            "Keep colour token roles, structural objects, licences and source records; changing content does not authorize changing them."
          ],
          "previous_required_slots": [
            {
              "name": "eyebrow",
              "reader_question": "What kind of content or argument section am I reading?",
              "semantic_role": "what the numbers prove",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · eyebrow · what the numbers prove]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "2-3 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "eyebrow",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  2
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "head",
              "reader_question": "How do these three differently weighted measures explain the opportunity?",
              "semantic_role": "the claim, one italic word",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · head · the claim, one italic word]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "under 8 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "head",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  4
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "intro",
              "reader_question": "What does the intro contribute to this page’s reader outcome?",
              "semantic_role": "what to take from the numbers",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · intro · what to take from the numbers]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "under 24 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "intro",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  19
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "points",
              "reader_question": "What does this distinct step, state, scenario or observation contribute?",
              "semantic_role": "up to 3 arrow points",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · points · up to 3 arrow points]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "under 6 words each",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "points",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  18
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "circles",
              "reader_question": "What does the circles contribute to this page’s reader outcome?",
              "semantic_role": "Three qualified figures using overlapping circles as composition, not calibrated area.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 3,
                "max": 3,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · circles · Three qualified figures using overlapping circles as composition, not calibrated area.]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "3 figures with labels, units and source",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "circles",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  10
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "contract_correction": {
            "date": "2026-10-13",
            "basis": "Actual selected HTML/CSS inspection; previous required slots retained for review.",
            "records": [
              {
                "code": "S45",
                "option": "circles",
                "slots": [
                  "eyebrow",
                  "head",
                  "intro",
                  "circles"
                ],
                "counts": {
                  "circles": 2
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "narrative_profile": {
          "central_point": "Two qualified values can show a bounded relationship; circle area is not a calibrated quantity.",
          "communication_job": "Explain two related scales or populations, with the relation stated in words.",
          "audience_value": "Perspective grounded in evidence: creates a memorable hierarchy without treating position or card size as a numerical scale.",
          "reading_path": [
            "Two overlapping circles replace the three cards; the arrow points are hidden.",
            "Read the claim and introductory interpretation.",
            "Follow the cascading cards from the leading figure to the supporting figures.",
            "Use the short points to explain relationships or limitations, not repeat the values."
          ],
          "adaptation": {
            "required_inputs": [
              "Two figures with compatible population and time definitions.",
              "An explicit relationship: subset, contrast or independent measures."
            ],
            "slot_guidance": {
              "eyebrow": "Name the domain of evidence.",
              "head": "State the bounded interpretation.",
              "intro": "Explain why these measures belong in one story.",
              "circles": "Two qualified figures in overlapping circles; explicitly name any subset relationship, and do not infer it from area."
            },
            "can_change": [
              "Subject, names and wording within the active slot roles.",
              "Illustrations or supporting values where present, with their provenance and limits."
            ],
            "must_survive": [
              "Numbers retain units and provenance.",
              "Editorial prominence is not magnitude or causation."
            ]
          },
          "worked_example": {
            "fictional": true,
            "scenario": "A fictional repair program summarizes three dimensions of provision.",
            "slot_fills": {
              "eyebrow": "Pilot evidence",
              "head": "Participation is only one step.",
              "intro": "Thirty-six of 120 invited households joined the fictional pilot. The circles show these two groups schematically, not to scale.",
              "circles": [
                "120 · invited households; fictional pilot boundary.",
                "36 · participating households; subset of the same invited group."
              ]
            },
            "reasoning": "The denominator is explicit and the second group is a subset; the drawn areas cannot be read as proportional evidence.",
            "qualification": "Every organization, value and assertion in this example is fictional. Replace it with approved, sourced content before use."
          },
          "narrative_fit": {
            "before": "Define the service and reporting period.",
            "after": "Show what participation and unresolved repairs mean for the next iteration.",
            "good_uses": [
              "A three-measure evidence introduction."
            ],
            "poor_fits": [
              "Three required figures in the current two-circle branch.",
              "Area-accurate market sizing."
            ]
          },
          "evidence": {
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              ".opt-circles hides .casc and .pts.",
              "Current .circs contains two figures; selected matching now names circles2 and excludes hidden points."
            ],
            "interpretations": [
              "The communication job and reuse advice are inferred from the current arrangement and slot contract, not independently confirmed source intent."
            ],
            "not_verified": [
              "Original author intent, factual accuracy of sample copy and persuasion effects are not verified.",
              "No confidential archive or proposal corpus was used.",
              "Variant-specific source playback was not independently tested; the variation reading uses its current implementation and metadata."
            ],
            "references": [
              "dist/S45-cascade-stats/spread.json",
              "dist/S45-cascade-stats/spread.html",
              "02_product/spreads/S45-cascade-stats/source.webp (viewed for arrangement)"
            ]
          },
          "review": {
            "status": "reviewed",
            "basis": "Motif rechecked the corrected selected matching contract against active markup and example roles/cardinality. This confirms layout-contract adaptation, not source author intent, factual proof or rendered usability."
          },
          "variation_relationship": "different-job"
        },
        "required_content": [
          "Two figures with compatible population and time definitions.",
          "An explicit relationship: subset, contrast or independent measures."
        ],
        "requires_before": [
          "Define the service and reporting period."
        ],
        "enables_after": [
          "Show what participation and unresolved repairs mean for the next iteration."
        ],
        "avoid_when": [
          "Three required figures in the current two-circle branch.",
          "Area-accurate market sizing."
        ]
      }
    },
    "narrative_profile": {
      "central_point": "A small set of measures can support one interpretation while differing in editorial emphasis.",
      "communication_job": "Answer which three measures matter most and what together they imply.",
      "audience_value": "Perspective grounded in evidence: creates a memorable hierarchy without treating position or card size as a numerical scale.",
      "reading_path": [
        "Read the claim and introductory interpretation.",
        "Follow the cascading cards from the leading figure to the supporting figures.",
        "Use the short points to explain relationships or limitations, not repeat the values."
      ],
      "adaptation": {
        "required_inputs": [
          "Three qualified measures.",
          "One interpretation connecting them.",
          "Up to three concise implications."
        ],
        "slot_guidance": {
          "eyebrow": "Name the domain of evidence.",
          "head": "State the bounded interpretation.",
          "intro": "Explain why these measures belong in one story.",
          "points": "Up to three specific implications or limits, not more unsupported statistics.",
          "cards": "Three numbers with concise definitions, units and source scope; order by relevance, not numerical magnitude."
        },
        "can_change": [
          "Subject, names and wording within the active slot roles.",
          "Illustrations or supporting values where present, with their provenance and limits."
        ],
        "must_survive": [
          "Numbers retain units and provenance.",
          "Editorial prominence is not magnitude or causation."
        ]
      },
      "worked_example": {
        "fictional": true,
        "scenario": "A fictional repair program summarizes three dimensions of provision.",
        "slot_fills": {
          "eyebrow": "Pilot evidence",
          "head": "Access takes more than tools.",
          "intro": "The repair pilot combined shared equipment, staffed sessions and repeat visits; none alone describes its usefulness.",
          "points": "Check who returned; Explain unresolved repairs; Keep the period consistent.",
          "cards": [
            "24 · tools shared; May inventory.",
            "8 · staffed sessions; May schedule.",
            "12 · returning members; May attendance."
          ]
        },
        "reasoning": "Equipment, provision and return behavior are different dimensions of the same service. The descending cards do not suggest a causal sequence.",
        "qualification": "Every organization, value and assertion in this example is fictional. Replace it with approved, sourced content before use."
      },
      "narrative_fit": {
        "before": "Define the service and reporting period.",
        "after": "Show what participation and unresolved repairs mean for the next iteration.",
        "good_uses": [
          "A three-measure evidence introduction."
        ],
        "poor_fits": [
          "A calibrated ranking chart.",
          "A causal claim inferred from overlapping cards."
        ]
      },
      "evidence": {
        "observations": [
          "The retained source shows three staggered statistic cards beside a headline, intro and arrow points.",
          "Current HTML preserves three cards; the circles option is a separate branch."
        ],
        "interpretations": [
          "The communication job and reuse advice are inferred from the current arrangement and slot contract, not independently confirmed source intent."
        ],
        "not_verified": [
          "Original author intent, factual accuracy of sample copy and persuasion effects are not verified.",
          "No confidential archive or proposal corpus was used."
        ],
        "references": [
          "dist/S45-cascade-stats/spread.json",
          "dist/S45-cascade-stats/spread.html",
          "02_product/spreads/S45-cascade-stats/source.webp (viewed for arrangement)"
        ]
      },
      "review": {
        "status": "reviewed",
        "basis": "Motif inspected current metadata, active markup and the retained source arrangement, then checked the fictional example against the content roles. This is a layout-contract adaptation review."
      },
      "variation_relationship": "base"
    }
  },
  "options": [
    {
      "id": "circles",
      "what": "Market circles: the numbers in overlapping circles sized by rank, the largest bleeding off the right edge"
    }
  ],
  "also_seen_in": [],
  "source": {
    "ref": "Hoffman L33 Cascade stats",
    "url": "https://github.com/neekchan/hoffman-agency-design-system/blob/main/templates/deck/Deck.dc.html"
  }
}