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CHK.2:5 - Archetypal Grounding

The selected card questions become this reusable template:

Set and comparison descriptionAll described cards present and readable?Wording matches the described edition?Set assembled for delivery?
Identify the physical set and the description of its contentsAnswer; count/inspection basis; observation time when reusedAnswer; comparison basis and observation timeAnswer; assembly observation and time

A constructed instance supplies the references and grounds:

Set and comparison descriptionAll described cards present and readable?Wording matches the described edition?Set assembled for delivery?
S; twenty cards, wording v2Yes: twenty present and readable, observed 10:00Yes: all cards compared with v2, observed 10:05Yes: assembled, observed 10:10

Suppose the wide table on a small screen separates the answer from its S/v2 reference. Transpose the same information so the recipient can recover both together:

Question for S against the description of twenty cards with wording v2Answer and basis
All described cards present and readable?Yes: twenty present and readable, observed 10:00
Wording matches v2?Yes: all cards compared with v2, observed 10:05
Set assembled for delivery?Yes: assembled, observed 10:10

If entries are recorded at 10:12, that time describes the recording. It neither changes the observation times nor shows when each condition first became true. A split view for counting and a view for wording comparison retain the S/v2 references and the relevant observation grounds. A detached green square cannot do that.

For an AI-assisted importer, a template can ask for an observed catalogue before and after a malformed input, with a reference to the input and the comparison performed. A field headed “Tests pass” loses the specific question if it is detached from those cases. When an observation tool fails, the form supports “unknown: post-import catalogue was not obtained”; it does not coerce the agent into a positive completion entry.