PSDA.2:4.6 - Return the usable scope and reopen basis
Return the scope in the smallest form that answers the current question. Keep the following content where it changes the recipient’s understanding or reliance; a local clarification can finish in the scope itself.
| Result position | Content needed by the recipient |
|---|---|
| receiving use | Subject, receiving question or Work and horizon; recipient and retained choice owner where the use has them. |
| formulation basis | Current formulations and the material differences the boundary preserves. |
| included scope | Bearers, concerns, relations, conditions, horizons, evidence, and intervention families included now. |
| exclusions and unknowns | Material omissions or uncertainties, reasons, consequences of error, and direct assurance still needed. |
| adequacy reason, where needed | Why this is the smallest usable scope, when the recipient needs that basis to judge the cut or avoid mistaking an exclusion for a settled fact. |
| dependent uses | Models, facilitation, alternatives, value treatment, comparison, recommendation, or inquiry results that consume the scope. |
| reopen basis | Observable triggers and the dimension to widen, narrow, replace, or re-formulate. |
If no defensible boundary is available, return the exact missing premise, blocker, narrowed claim, or abstention. Do not hide the stop by expanding the map.