KCAE.SEARCH:4.4 - Escape a consequential blind spot

When the query family is unfamiliar, the user rejects the interpretation or the necessary result remains missing, inspect the selection assumptions. Was the corpus reduced to one department? Were examples excluded? Did every query use the same translated diagnosis? Change the relevant assumption and choose a route not bound by it. The alternative need not be expensive: a glossary term, source table of contents or colleague’s exact reference may suffice.

For a direct semantic pass, use the independent enumerator from KCAE.INDEX:4.5. Partition by actual accessible source units, not by the failed relevance category. Allocate a bounded initial portion; retain source order or sampled strata, examined extent and reasons for further expansion. Inspect promising units fully and search for missing links across them. A new question can invalidate a prior “not useful” screen, so cache that result with its criterion and question rather than suppressing the unit forever.

If only part of a corpus was examined, return that extent and the practical consequence. “No adequate current automation rule was found in the inspected public manual and release notes; the supplier bulletin was inaccessible” is actionable. “There is no rule” is a stronger conclusion unsupported by that search. A complete deterministic search can establish absence of an exact string from an exact corpus; it cannot establish absence of every relevant meaning.