E.18.1:4.6 - Plain relation-selection branch
First say the unsettled question as one ordinary sentence: “Did this work change that pressure here?”, “Does this grant let this technician do this work now?”, or the equally concrete sentence for the current case. Then name the participants and relation that sentence asserts and take one row. Do not scan every pattern first.
| What you can truthfully state | Do next | Close this P2W move with |
|---|---|---|
| One relation-specific question and its participants. | Use the Relations map once, apply the pattern whose Solution answers that question, and keep the accepted problem distinction visible. | The result or exact stop defined by that pattern. |
| Two or more relation-specific questions. | Write one question per claim and apply the pattern that answers each question separately. | One result or blocker per question; no omnibus result. |
Only a cue such as result, approved, ready, a diagram arrow, or a familiar noun. | State the stronger claim the cue seems to suggest. If its relation and participants still cannot be named, preserve the cue and stop. | The cue plus the unanswered relation-specific question; no guessed answer. |
| The cited pattern returns a lower-use result or blocker. | Keep that result intact. | The returned stop or bounded continuation, not a P2W substitute. |
| A relied-on value later changes. | Use 4.5: reapply the exact guidance recorded for its earlier use, use the basis it supplied or located with current facts to reassess the earlier claim or result about the independently identified value, and reopen only the dependent continuation. | What still carries, what no longer carries, and the one next question. |
The ordinary case closes after the first row. The Relations map is for locating that one pattern or checking an exceptional branch; it is not a checklist to traverse.