Blocking
Cannot responsibly move
Without it, Wellzai cannot responsibly take the next useful action.
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From a Sentence to the Next Useful Step
What one sentence contains, and how much must be known before Wellzai acts on it.
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From a Sentence to the Next Useful Step
The sentence
One sentence holds more than it says
"I want to transition 600 acres but need financing." A constructed scenario the specifications use as an illustration and as a semantic test oracle.
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Only the first two branches were said. The others are Wellzai's reading.
Epistemic status
Every reading carries how it is known
An inferred or assumed value must never silently become a fact.
Four statuses
Explicit
The person said it, and the words are preserved.
Inferred
A reasonable reading of what was said, shown as a reading.
Assumed
Taken as given to proceed, and open to correction.
Unknown
Not known, and not filled in with a guess.
Unknowns
Not every unknown deserves a question
Each unknown is classed by what it does to the next useful move.
Three classes
Classes
Decision-shaping
Could change the plan
Wellzai can proceed, but the answer could change the search or the ranking. In the scenario: where and when.
Non-blocking
Useful later
Not worth the person's time yet. In the scenario: the exact amount, unless it would sharpen the first search.
Inquiry
Ask one question, or look instead
Where the network could answer it, the design has Wellzai look rather than ask.
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The answer re-runs the whole interpretation; it does not patch a field.
Stopping
Stopping is part of the policy
Both failures are tested.
Asking after enough is known, repeating a question, or asking again because the answer was "I don't know."
Moving on while still blocked: searching generic financing when the person never said what it is for.
The sequence
From expression to the next useful move
The aim is sufficiency for the next step, not completeness.
Sequence
Minimum Sufficient Intent
FromWhat was said
01
Preserve
The expression is kept exactly as written.
02
Mark
Explicit, inferred, assumed, unknown.
03
Triage
Blocking, decision-shaping, non-blocking.
04
Ask or look
One consequential question, or evidence instead, then move.
ToThe next useful move
The criterion
Enough, not everything
Do we know enough to take the next useful action without introducing unacceptable ambiguity or risk?
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