{
  "id": "T4",
  "by": "critic (fresh)",
  "intention": "Brief: a frozen brook carrying the eye through space toward a ruined choir, with a small walker, so that near snow, distant ruin and human scale bear on one another, not as assembled symbols of melancholy. Painter (INTENT-v2, ledger l:2): the distance between walker and ruin is the subject, on one ground plane (arbiter's A4 ruling); the brook is ice its whole length with a narrow lead closed where the walker crosses, turning away to end in the ice sheet that holds the ruin's reflection (A5 ruled for the painter); one overcast light from the left, short soft shadows; a track from the bottom edge; warm walker, ruin and reeds against the cold. The revision l:1 raises the weather band's top from y 240 to 205 units so the gable's tip stands inside the weather, answering T3.",
  "prior_checks": [
    {
      "test": "T1",
      "index": 0,
      "answered": true,
      "passage": "l:2, renders/l-002-2400.png, x 400-420 px, rows 1240-1250 (chunk.lua section 6, filmshadow poly 156-178 x 518-524): the wedge at the front foot reads L 24-35 on ice L 46-60 and snow 72; darker than everything it lies on, short (about 20-25 px, under a fifth of his 122 px height). No pale bar."
    },
    {
      "test": "T2",
      "index": 1,
      "answered": true,
      "passage": "l:2, rows 300-843 of 1920, columns 0-1800: row medians fall smoothly 79.5 (y 0.21) to 49.9 (y 0.435) with no stair; the eight rows with the largest share of columns stepping more than 3 L all lie at the horizon (rows 844-857); no row above it reaches 0.09. The seams at 0.293 and 0.349 are gone (chunk.lua section 1, feathered rects blur 35/40)."
    },
    {
      "test": "T3",
      "index": 0,
      "answered": true,
      "passage": "l:2, x 1880-2010 px, rows 560-640: the band's grade now runs from about row 490 (L 78) to row 630 (L 59); the tip's first stone pixels at row ~582 (y 0.303) stand at L 77-79 against band L 64-66 beside it, a 13-15 L margin, two thirds of the way down the grade, with no row step at the apex. The tip overlaps weather; no tangency."
    }
  ],
  "ledger_checks": [
    {
      "item": "bands",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "renders/l-002-2400.png: row medians L 79 above y 0.25, grading smoothly through 78.3 (0.256), 67.4 (0.294), 59.0 (0.331) to 49.9 at 0.435, then snow 73 below the horizon at 0.444. The ground takes the larger share; the whole gable (y 0.30-0.52) stands inside the band; the sky above carries only pale low-contrast dabs."
    },
    {
      "item": "horizon",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Ruled horizon at row 852-856 (y 0.444), the strongest row step in the picture (36% of columns step more than 3 L), just above the middle; the walker and the ruin both stand below it."
    },
    {
      "item": "figure_placement",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Walker at x 300-400 px (x 0.13-0.17), feet at row 1250 (y 0.65): near the left edge, on the brook, the width of the frame between him and the ruin."
    },
    {
      "item": "destination_placement",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Gable x 1870-2010 px, base at row 1000 (y 0.52), fragment to x 2350: near the right edge, base 148 px below the horizon against the walker's 398 px (ratio 2.7)."
    },
    {
      "item": "value_order",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Lead dark (L 20-30 near) below ice (49-61) below snow (72-73) below sky (79); band 50-63; the lit pier 80-82 against band 53.5; only the walker (L 17-24) is darker than the lead. No glow at the horizon."
    },
    {
      "item": "hue_relations",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Lit pier Lab b +11 to +12.5, walker warm brown, reeds b95 up to +13 by the ruin; ice and lead blue (lead visibly Prussian blue in the crossing), snow and sky near neutral (b 2-3). Warm at the two ends, cold between."
    },
    {
      "item": "path_continuity",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "The ice ribbon runs from the left edge (x 0, row 1230) across the walker to its tip near x 1820, row 1085, inside the left part of the sheet's ellipse, about 40 px short of the reflected pier: it reaches the ice that holds the image, not the stone."
    },
    {
      "item": "path_taper",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "The ribbon narrows from about 60 px at the left edge to about 20 px at its tip by the sheet, and turns up toward the ruin: visible as going away."
    },
    {
      "item": "figure_contrast",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Walker body L 17-26 against snow 72 and ice 50-60: the darkest compact shape on the field, found at a glance at 600 px reduction."
    },
    {
      "item": "figure_vs_path",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Both feet within the ice ribbon's lower margin (back foot x 320-330, front foot x 380-400, rows 1240-1250, ice to row ~1252): he stands on the ice, not in the lead (the lead is cut away under him)."
    },
    {
      "item": "destination_top",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Tip at row ~582 (y 0.303), L 77-79 against band L 64-66 beside it (13-15 L); the band's grade runs from row 490 to 630, so the tip sits well inside the weather, with no row step at the apex."
    },
    {
      "item": "destination_base",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "At row 1000 (y 0.52) the base is a straight line across the ruin; under the shaded walls (x 2120-2180) stone L 68-70 stands on ground 74-76, a found base; under the lit pier the step is only 80 to 75.5 (see failure)."
    },
    {
      "item": "near_surface",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Rows 1300-1920: snow L 71-72, low-contrast pale dabs larger toward the bottom, crossed by the shrinking track from the bottom-left edge. Calm, open, carrying the trace."
    },
    {
      "item": "meaning_path",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "The ribbon is crossed by the walker where the lead is closed (cut x 270-510 px), then goes away and up into the sheet beside the ruin's reflection: the way, the danger closed at the crossing, arrival at the image."
    },
    {
      "item": "meaning_light",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Stone: lit pier L 80-82 warm, right walls and fragment L 63-70 cool. Walker: left edge L 35-50 against right 22-24 in most rows (1158, 1182, 1198, 1214, 1230), carried as broken ochre strokes. Shadows: the walker's film wedge L 24-35 at the front foot (x 400-420, rows 1240-1250) on ice 46-60, short; the fragment's strip small at its foot. One overcast light, short soft shadows: visible."
    },
    {
      "item": "figure_facing",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Torso slants up to the right with the head at the top right, the carried round mass forward at chest height, back leg trailing to the left: going right, toward the ruin, in stride."
    },
    {
      "item": "figure_scale",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Walker 122 px tall in a 2400 px field, with about 1500 px of snow between him and the ruin: small against the field and the distance, not set beside the stone."
    },
    {
      "item": "destination_reading",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Pier found against the band by 25-28 L, tip by 13-15 L; mirrored below in the sheet; the ribbon stops at the reflection, not at the door."
    },
    {
      "item": "palette_logic",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "The only chroma above b +6 lies at the walker, the ruin, the reeds and the warm ground at the ruin's foot; sky, band, snow, ice and water are cold or neutral between them."
    },
    {
      "item": "reflection",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Below the base, rows 1002-1145 at x 1860-1960: a lighter, warmer column L 75-76, b +5-6 on the sheet L 70, shorter than the stone and soft-edged, with the arcade's posts visible in it. Visible (its value logic is challenged below)."
    },
    {
      "item": "reed_fringe",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Rows 850-885: warm stipple (b>6 share 0.14-0.23, b95 8-10) at x 0.08-0.17, nothing across x 0.21-0.54, and stronger again x 0.62-0.75 beside the ruin (b>6 share 0.17-0.33): thickest by the ruin, answered at the left."
    },
    {
      "item": "frozen_lead",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Ice ribbon L 49-61 along its course with the dark lead (L 20-35 near) down its middle, cut away under the walker and thinning out before the ribbon's tip."
    },
    {
      "item": "track",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Prints from the bottom edge at x ~120 px (row ~1890) up to x ~285 px (row ~1270), shrinking from about 25 px to about 10 px, ending at the walker's back foot."
    },
    {
      "item": "brief_A1",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Visible: a frozen brook (ice ribbon with a narrow lead) from the left edge toward the ruin, ending in the sheet beside the reflection, short of the stone."
    },
    {
      "item": "brief_A2",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Visible: a pointed gable with a tall lancet opening, a lower wall pierced by three small round-headed openings, a broken slab beyond; lit by day, not silhouetted."
    },
    {
      "item": "brief_A3",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Visible: a figure 122 px tall in a 2400 px picture, leaning into a stride, carrying a round mass, with his track behind him."
    },
    {
      "item": "brief_A4",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Visible: walker's feet 398 px below the horizon, ruin base 148 px below (2.7x farther), both on the one snow plane; the gable 420 px tall works out at about 9 walker-heights at that distance (about 16 m, a little under the ledger's 19 m); the near snow carries the track. The base's registration is challenged below."
    },
    {
      "item": "brief_A5",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Visible (ruled for the painter on the brook): track up from the bottom edge to the walker, ribbon across and away to the reflection, reflection up into the stone. The texture's near-large/far-small part is faint: pale dabs in the snow are larger at rows 1400-1900 than at 900-1100, low contrast."
    },
    {
      "item": "brief_A6",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Visible: no glow (the band is darkest at the horizon, L 49.9), no trees (reeds), no birds, flat overcast day; the reflection is the one device."
    },
    {
      "item": "brief_A7",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "Visible: the walk across that turns away, the two ends at the frame's edges; light from the left on stone and walker; warm ends against a cold middle."
    },
    {
      "item": "lead_lightens",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "The lead reads near-black blue (L 20-35) through the crossing and pales to a light blue-grey in the last rising stretch toward the sheet."
    },
    {
      "item": "path_darkest",
      "visible": true,
      "passage": "As lead_lightens: dark across the crossing (near 0.26), lightening in the turn into the distance (far 0.56)."
    }
  ],
  "failures": [
    {
      "claim": "The reflection is painted in one warm light pile (chunk.lua section 2, reflect) whatever it mirrors, so it is lighter than the snow and lighter than the stone's shaded walls. Under the lit pier it continues the stone downward as a pale column: the base, the line on which the A4 answer stands (ruin 2.7 walker-distances away, on one ground plane), registers by a 4.5 L step, and the column's own bottom edge on the snow (0.597) by 2.5 L. The ruin's foot is a soft joint inside a pale shape running from y 0.30 to 0.60, not a line on the ground; and under the shaded walls the reflection (75) is lighter than the wall it reflects (68-70), so the one light is reversed in the ice.",
      "cites": [
        "l:2"
      ],
      "passage": "renders/l-002-2400.png, x 1860-1960, column medians: stone L 80-81 b +11-13 rows 960-996; reflection L 75-76 b +5-6 rows 1002-1140; snow 72-73 below row 1150; ice sheet at x 1660-1760 L 69.9, snow beside it 72.9. Shaded walls x 2120-2180: L 68-70 above row 996, 74-76 below it. At 600 px reduction the pier and its reflection read as one light shaft standing in the sheet.",
      "consequence": "The ruin's scale is set by where its base sits on the walker's ground (the arbiter's A4 ruling). With the foot dissolved into a reflection lighter than the ground, the eye can take the column's bottom (y 0.60, close to the walker's 0.65) as the base, which makes the stone near and huge, or read it as floating on a light patch; the measured relation of human scale to distant ruin rests on a 4.5 L joint. And a reflection lighter than the shaded stone contradicts the 'one light for every body' that ties the two ends together.",
      "substantiated": true,
      "intent_item": "reflection",
      "against_brief": "The brief asks that the relation of near snow, distant ruin and human scale be consequential; that relation, on the arbiter's ruling, is carried by the ruin's base on the walker's ground plane, and the reflection as painted weakens exactly that base.",
      "brief_clause": "A4",
      "recorded_as": "reading dispute",
      "ruling": {
        "index": 0,
        "upheld": "critic",
        "why": "I actually sorta agree with both. I think the reflection should be lighter, a bit unexpected. But the break at the base is a bit too weak and would do better to pick up a bit of the distant path color and texture, lightly. So a subtle line where the ruin meets the ice, so the foot reads unmistakably on the ground, yet, hints at the road, with an implied curved line across the near full canvas. It can't be totally straight or too curved. Likely speckled like the road, faint. But present. ",
        "by": "RP",
        "t": "2026-10-11T13:09:34+00:00"
      }
    }
  ],
  "proposed": "l:2",
  "proposed_sha256": "37e2d87882577db5ef0d36cad0851ae6f1ec7d3ab3f6c4e4dbddd9fbfcb900da",
  "verdict": "returned_to_active",
  "t": "2026-10-11T12:54:26+00:00",
  "challenges_to_intent": [],
  "reading_disputes": [
    "The reflection is painted in one warm light pile (chunk.lua section 2, reflect) whatever it mirrors, so it is lighter than the snow and lighter than the stone's shaded walls. Under the lit pier it continues the stone downward as a pale column: the base, the line on which the A4 answer stands (ruin 2.7 walker-distances away, on one ground plane), registers by a 4.5 L step, and the column's own bottom edge on the snow (0.597) by 2.5 L. The ruin's foot is a soft joint inside a pale shape running from y 0.30 to 0.60, not a line on the ground; and under the shaded walls the reflection (75) is lighter than the wall it reflects (68-70), so the one light is reversed in the ice."
  ],
  "unanswered_prior": [],
  "arbitrated": {
    "by": "RP",
    "t": "2026-10-11T13:09:34+00:00"
  }
}