# Conflict without a winner ## Intention I want to keep both opposite supports when there is no priority. Without a priority edge the result stays BOTH. ## Incorrect form and why it stays silent ```text title="Incorrect form" // eligible(p) и refused(q) считаются конфликтом allowed(p). ``` Different subjects yield different ground atoms. BOTH arises for one head and one argument tuple, not for any pair of opposite rules. ## Correct form ```law language "law.core" version "0.2"; package recipes.b.r09 version "0.1.0"; namespace "urn:recipe:b-rules:09"; entity Person; relation eligible(p: Person); relation special(p: Person); relation allowed(p: Person); relation refused(p: Person); rule Allow defeasible { for p: Person; when eligible(p); then allowed(p); } rule Refuse defeasible { for p: Person; when refused(p); then not allowed(p); } ``` ## Frozen execution scene | Facts and choice | Question | Answer | |---|---|---| | one bearer | `truth(allowed(entity_ref("urn:recipe:b-rules:09:p")))` | `BOTH` / `COMPUTED` | | different bearers | `truth(allowed(entity_ref("urn:recipe:b-rules:09:p")))` | `TRUE_ONLY` / `COMPUTED` | | refusal only | `truth(allowed(entity_ref("urn:recipe:b-rules:09:p")))` | `FALSE_ONLY` / `COMPUTED` | | no data | `truth(allowed(entity_ref("urn:recipe:b-rules:09:p")))` | `NEITHER` / `COMPUTED` | ```law test "one bearer" { given { context { legal_time @2026-09-13; decision_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00+05:00; knowledge_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00+05:00; timezone "Asia/Almaty"; } assert eligible(entity_ref("urn:recipe:b-rules:09:p")); assert refused(entity_ref("urn:recipe:b-rules:09:p")); } evaluate truth(allowed(entity_ref("urn:recipe:b-rules:09:p"))); expect truth_status == BOTH; expect evaluation_status == COMPUTED; } ``` ```law test "different bearers" { given { context { legal_time @2026-09-13; decision_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00+05:00; knowledge_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00+05:00; timezone "Asia/Almaty"; } assert eligible(entity_ref("urn:recipe:b-rules:09:p")); assert refused(entity_ref("urn:recipe:b-rules:09:q")); } evaluate truth(allowed(entity_ref("urn:recipe:b-rules:09:p"))); expect truth_status == TRUE_ONLY; expect evaluation_status == COMPUTED; } ``` ```law test "refusal only" { given { context { legal_time @2026-09-13; decision_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00+05:00; knowledge_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00+05:00; timezone "Asia/Almaty"; } assert refused(entity_ref("urn:recipe:b-rules:09:p")); } evaluate truth(allowed(entity_ref("urn:recipe:b-rules:09:p"))); expect truth_status == FALSE_ONLY; expect evaluation_status == COMPUTED; } ``` ```law test "no data" { given { context { legal_time @2026-09-13; decision_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00+05:00; knowledge_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00+05:00; timezone "Asia/Almaty"; } } evaluate truth(allowed(entity_ref("urn:recipe:b-rules:09:p"))); expect truth_status == NEITHER; expect evaluation_status == COMPUTED; } ``` ## Counterfactual Mutation: `rule Allow defeasible` → `rule Allow`; rejection LDC-E0201. Scenes that delete a fragment are marked explicitly in the table. ## Boundary BOTH at truth is an ordinary COMPUTED answer; a conflict of positions separately carries UNRESOLVED_NORMATIVE_CONFLICT. A kept conflict does not mean logical explosion. ## Pitfall Without a priority edge the result stays BOTH; opposite conclusions about different persons do not conflict.