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Dimming highlights the three foundations to check, not their completion.", "rows": "1 Define remit; 2 Train hosts; 3 Check tools; 4 Open intake; 5 Diagnose safely; 6 Refer limits; 7 Record handover. First three dimmed = foundations at risk of omission, not completed work." }, "reasoning": "Without the second row this is a process explanation, not evidence against an alternative.", "qualification": "Every organization, value and assertion in this example is fictional. Replace it with approved, sourced content before use." }, "narrative_fit": { "before": "Describe the shared goal and define each process fairly.", "after": "Show which foundations are actually missing and how to supply them.", "good_uses": [ "One seven-stage process with prerequisites." ], "poor_fits": [ "A comparison whose alternative is hidden." ] }, "evidence": { "observations": [ "Current HTML contrasts a seven-step row with three dimmed early steps against a five-step lower row.", "Viewed source capture is blurred; only arrangement is observable." ], "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/S73-step-grid/spread.json", "dist/S73-step-grid/spread.html", "02_product/spreads/S73-step-grid/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": "different-job" }, "required_content": [ "One seven-stage process with real dependencies.", "A stated reason for emphasizing the first three stages." ], "requires_before": [ "Describe the shared goal and define each process fairly." ], "enables_after": [ "Show which foundations are actually missing and how to supply them." ], "avoid_when": [ "A comparison whose alternative is hidden." ] } }, "narrative_profile": { "central_point": "A shorter process can omit foundations that the fuller process depends on.", "communication_job": "Answer which steps differ between two approaches and why those differences matter.", "audience_value": "Explanation and challenge: makes omissions visible without assuming that more steps always produce better results.", "reading_path": [ "Read the claim and context before interpreting the rows.", "Follow the seven-step row, noting which early stages are dimmed and what that dimming means.", "Compare the five-step alternative and identify genuine omissions or substitutions; alignment alone does not prove equivalent stages." ], "adaptation": { "required_inputs": [ "Two clearly named processes with seven and five stages.", "A justified explanation for dimmed early steps.", "Evidence or an explicit hypothesis for why the omissions matter." ], "slot_guidance": { "kicker": "Introduce the tension or missing foundation.", "head": "State the bounded comparison claim.", "context": "Explain what the comparison does and does not establish.", "rows": "Seven stages above and five below, each with short labels; state the meaning of dimming and row alignment." }, "can_change": [ "Subject, names and wording within the active slot roles.", "Illustrations or supporting values where present, with their provenance and limits." ], "must_survive": [ "Rows describe real or explicitly hypothetical alternatives.", "Dimmed status is explained.", "Geometric alignment does not silently assert equivalence." ] }, "worked_example": { "fictional": true, "scenario": "A fictional repair team compares a capability-first plan with a venue-first shortcut.", "slot_fills": { "kicker": "Before opening day", "head": "A room is not a service.", "context": "The fictional comparison contrasts a capability-first proposal with a venue-first shortcut. It is a planning hypothesis, not outcome evidence.", "rows": "Capability first: 1 Define remit; 2 Train hosts; 3 Check tools; 4 Open intake; 5 Diagnose safely; 6 Refer limits; 7 Record handover. First three dimmed = foundations often omitted, not completed work. Venue first: 1 Book hall; 2 Buy tools; 3 Invite members; 4 Attempt repairs; 5 Count attendance. Row alignment is schematic, not matched timing." }, "reasoning": "The short route starts visible activity without defining the safeguards. The claim concerns omitted preparation, not a universal law that seven steps beat five.", "qualification": "Every organization, value and assertion in this example is fictional. Replace it with approved, sourced content before use." }, "narrative_fit": { "before": "Describe the shared goal and define each process fairly.", "after": "Show which foundations are actually missing and how to supply them.", "good_uses": [ "Contrasting capability-building and activity-only approaches." ], "poor_fits": [ "A measured efficiency comparison without time or outcome data.", "Straw-man alternatives invented to guarantee a preferred winner." ] }, "evidence": { "observations": [ "Current HTML contrasts a seven-step row with three dimmed early steps against a five-step lower row.", "Viewed source capture is blurred; only arrangement is observable." ], "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/S73-step-grid/spread.json", "dist/S73-step-grid/spread.html", "02_product/spreads/S73-step-grid/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": "plain", "what": "No arrows between the steps" }, { "id": "one-row", "what": "One row of seven only" } ], "also_seen_in": [], "source": { "ref": "Private deck reference; original evidence retained in the private Spreads library." } }