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Get a separate answer for each reading

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I want to get a separate answer for each reading.

Mixing alternative results means executing a third program that the author did not choose.

Incorrect form
alternatives Broad;
Arxo Law
language "law.core" version "0.2";
package recipe.m07 version "1.0.0";
namespace "urn:recipe:m-queries:07";
source Act { kind policy; }
edition E of Act { language ru; officiality unofficial; materialization_status ABSTRACT_ONLY; in_force [@2026-01-01, infinity); }
fragment F in E { kind article; locator "1"; text ru unofficial "Учебная норма имеет два прочтения."; }
entity Person;
relation filed(p: Person);
relation accepted(p: Person);
rule Allow strict { for p: Person; when filed(p); then accepted(p); }
rule Deny strict { for p: Person; when filed(p); then not accepted(p); }
interpretation Broad of F { status disputed; include Allow; }
interpretation Narrow of F { status disputed; include Deny; }
interpretation_group Meaning { alternatives Broad, Narrow; selection exactly_one; }
Input / variantQuestionExpectation
1. both branches separatelyinterpretation_analysis(Meaning, truth(accepted(entity_ref("urn:recipe:m-queries:p"))))evaluation_status == INTERPRETATION_REQUIRED;
2. broadtruth(accepted(entity_ref("urn:recipe:m-queries:p")))truth_status == TRUE_ONLY; evaluation_status == COMPUTED;
3. narrowtruth(accepted(entity_ref("urn:recipe:m-queries:p")))truth_status == FALSE_ONLY; evaluation_status == COMPUTED;
both readings answered separately
lawtest
test "both readings answered separately" {
given {
context { legal_time @2026-09-13; decision_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00Z; knowledge_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00Z; timezone "UTC"; }
assert filed(entity_ref("urn:recipe:m-queries:p"));
}
evaluate interpretation_analysis(Meaning, truth(accepted(entity_ref("urn:recipe:m-queries:p"))));
expect evaluation_status == INTERPRETATION_REQUIRED;
}
broad reading establishes
lawtest
test "broad reading establishes" {
given {
context { legal_time @2026-09-13; decision_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00Z; knowledge_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00Z; timezone "UTC"; interpretation Broad; }
assert filed(entity_ref("urn:recipe:m-queries:p"));
}
evaluate truth(accepted(entity_ref("urn:recipe:m-queries:p")));
expect truth_status == TRUE_ONLY; expect evaluation_status == COMPUTED;
}
narrow reading refutes
lawtest
test "narrow reading refutes" {
given {
context { legal_time @2026-09-13; decision_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00Z; knowledge_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00Z; timezone "UTC"; interpretation Narrow; }
assert filed(entity_ref("urn:recipe:m-queries:p"));
}
evaluate truth(accepted(entity_ref("urn:recipe:m-queries:p")));
expect truth_status == FALSE_ONLY; expect evaluation_status == COMPUTED;
}

Nested results are pinned by the reading StableId:

ReadingtruthStatusevaluationStatus
BroadTRUE_ONLYCOMPUTED
NarrowFALSE_ONLYCOMPUTED

They match the separate scenes 2 and 3. The outer DATA result measured INTERPRETATION_REQUIRED: the current status projection keeps the absence of a choice from the original case. Results stay separate, but no separate rule sets the outer analysis status; this is an interface boundary, not a claim that nested branches were uncomputed.

Scene 1 runs on both evaluators, but the canonical documents differ in exactly four paths: the nested per-reading hashes of both alternatives and the derived proof and result hashes. The nested answers themselves match, and the separate scenes 2 and 3 keep full parity. Scene 1 therefore lives in resources and is pinned by the adapter to that concrete gap without normalization; the normative expectation is checked by both engines.

The analysis test is shown in a lawtest block: lower-test knows this form, while a program check, if the test is placed in law, reports E2105/E2109. This is inconsistency of surface stages; the nested hash divergence below is pinned separately.

Check of result fields and extra inputs:

Python
>>> import runpy
>>> checks = runpy.run_path("docs/recipes/m-queries/resources/check.py")
>>> checks["alternatives"](https://github.com/arxohq/law/blob/master/docs/recipes/m-queries/7)
True

The sidecar mutation reproduces LDC-E0201. Counterfactual table variants are executed separately; input errors are not passed off as NEITHER.

results_by_interpretation is a descriptive record. The surface query is interpretation_analysis; nesting is allowed once. No separate result of the example is Contradiction.

A choice must not leak between independent runs — see Two readings of one norm.

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