# THE COVE LEG — the narrator's chair — `two-frontiers-cove-r1`

Licence: **CC BY 4.0**. Every number in the article is written by the pinned scorer in this kit; none is typed by hand.

## What this kit withholds, and why

1. **The sealed bundle interiors.** `asks.json` carries each ask's id, role, sample count and its two pinned shas. It carries no `system`, `user`, `context`, `canon_facts`, `wire` or reference reply: the exam stays an exam, and the shas are what makes it checkable.
2. **The persona blocks.** The judge sheets carry them; this kit does not.
3. **The judge seats' raw emissions.** The validated verdict ARRAYS ship, under `verdicts/`. A seat's raw reply text does not.
4. **The arms' raw streams and attempt trees.** Refused by directory.

## What is withheld BY NAME, with its sha and its refusal class

A field or a file is never quietly absent from this kit: it is published, or itemised in `stripped.json` with the sentence that took it out, or named here with the mechanism that refuses it and — wherever bytes exist to hash — the sha256 of what a reader is not given.

- **class (1)** — the sealed bundle interiors — `system`, `user`, `context`, `canon_facts`, `wire` and the reference reply. The exam stays an exam. · refusal class: a FIELD ALLOWLIST (`ASK_FIELDS`) plus a refused source prefix: the sealed tree is not a source this builder may read from · sha256 `290bdef52d8b7bf668e1d085fe4f9656aa2e9bf87ea75b46986df60913d4f4d4`
- **class (2)** — the persona blocks — the sealed personas' own scripts and verbatim lines. The judge sheets carried them; this kit does not. A persona NAME may appear inside a note a judge wrote, and nowhere else (A7). · refusal class: STRIPPED from the kit copy and itemised in `stripped.json` with its reason · sha256 `c5730e5fcf2516254ee758f6a9668030141b2fa3621c188edae76d13d52375a3`
- **class (3)** — the judge seats' raw emissions beyond the validated verdict array, and their free text beyond the registered `note`. The verdict ARRAYS ship; the raw streams do not. · refusal class: refused BY DIRECTORY at the builder, plus a per-row strip (`reply_text`, `verbatim_retained`, `why`) itemised in `stripped.json` · no sha: one manifest sha per refused tree, under the freeze index's own rule
- **class (4)** — identifying material — no person's name, no account, no box name, no path, no port, no local-time offset, anywhere in this kit or on the page. · refusal class: the round's own publication screen, allowlist-aware, run over every byte of this kit before it is written (and again at G-PEN and G-SCREEN). The arms' attempt and sent trees are refused by directory on top of it. · no sha: this class is a PROPERTY of every file above rather than a file of its own, so there is nothing to hash. What it holds back where bytes did exist is listed as the withheld FILES below, each with its own sha256.
- `scorer.py` — withheld · refusal class: a name the hub's publication gate refuses (line 547) · sha256 `ff0b620d7901356503c2f24ad3308a9e76152723878f35431b1fb50eed0bed22` · the copied scorer, byte for byte: the module whose sha every scoring run re-hashes. Its own prose — not its arithmetic — carries a literal the hub's publication gate refuses, so the bytes are named by sha256 rather than shipped. The sha is the pin: `scores.json` carries the scorer's registered sha and the sha this run re-hashed, and every scoring run re-hashes it, so the identity claim is checkable even where the bytes are not published. The copied builder's own diff against the open call's ships as `sheet-builder-diff.json`.
- `sheet-builder.py` — withheld · refusal class: a name the hub's publication gate refuses (line 781) · sha256 `e9774bd98079c2fddd769adba14faa4cdb1caaba3e879729de04e8c44834cda6` · the one module copied WITH a registered diff (§6), byte for byte as it ran. Its own prose — not its arithmetic — carries a literal the hub's publication gate refuses, so the bytes are named by sha256 rather than shipped. The sha is the pin: `scores.json` carries the scorer's registered sha and the sha this run re-hashed, and every scoring run re-hashes it, so the identity claim is checkable even where the bytes are not published. The copied builder's own diff against the open call's ships as `sheet-builder-diff.json`.
- `receipts/20260907T004610Z-hostile-read.json` — withheld · refusal class: the publication screen, after the registered strip · sha256 `2a7101fa20f4703b4e95faf336d931fd2a9416fdb1f1a5329789262660ef0185` · this receipt still carries identifying material in a field this kit does not strip, so it is named with the sha256 of the bytes on disk rather than shipped. A reader who is handed those bytes another way can prove they are these bytes; the round's own freeze index pins the same sha.

## What was STRIPPED from the scorer's output, and why

The pinned scorer emits three things this round retires. 175 field(s) were removed from the copies in this kit and every removal is itemised in `stripped.json`. The scorer's own output is byte-identical and untouched in the repo; what ships is a redaction of it.

- `counting_rules.tie_band.basis` — it reads 'at three moments and one sample per cell'. This round has SIX judged asks, two of them at two samples, so the inherited sentence describes a different instrument. The band is NOT re-tuned — re-tuning a band after the instrument changed is the tuning a pre-registration exists to prevent — and the direction of the mismatch is the safe one: more moments cannot resolve worse than fewer, so 0.5 is an upper bound on what this exam can separate.
- `local_judge_axis` — this panel seats NO local-ollama judge, so `local_seats` is empty and the field's three hardcoded strings describe AUGUST's panel — one locally hosted seat, three gemma arms, a format-reminder rate — none of which is true here. `hosted_to_hosted` would summarise all 21 pairs.
- `tie_band_applications.*.curation_pair` — this round retires that rule. Its cards are the author's picks, labelled as picks, and no card is chosen by figure. With four arms a two-highest card plus a named lowest IS a podium over the rows.

## What does not run at all

- **four_arm_common_panel** — NOT-RUN — it would be five families, and for the two frontier arms that is a leave-TWO-out figure the pinned scorer does not compute. The glm and gemma arms' own five-family figures DO exist (a single leave-one-out from each) and are used only for the glm-vs-local pairing registered below.
- **per_ask_between_seat_anchor_spread** — NOT-RUN as a SCORER field — `anchor_report` groups by SCENARIO and this round has two asks per scenario, so its `by_scenario[*]` reports 14 seats for a seven-seat panel and its spread pools two DIFFERENT anchor replies. The report layer below re-groups the scorer's own anchor cells by (seat, ask) so all 36 that EXIST are kept — six asks × the six seats that sat — against the 42 a seven-seat panel would have filed; the difference is the retired chair (A6) and not a missing reading. The scorer's own by-scenario grouping is NOT printed: it pools two different anchor replies, which is the reason this field is NOT-RUN in the first place, and a row accounting for an absence must not promise a figure the page does not carry.
- **within_arm_spread_on_the_two_n2_asks** — NOT-RUN — the pinned scorer's `per_seat` projection carries no `sample` field, so no per-sample figure exists in scores.json and none can be derived from it. What publishes is the per-ask figure with both samples POOLED (`by_ask`) and its denominator; the raw per-letter verdicts in the kit's judge tree do carry `sample`, so a reader who wants the spread can compute it from published bytes and this page does not.

## The fence

Every sheet attaches the PUBLISHED REDACTED known-world-issues fence, sha256 `dfb49b79a8ed758ab3e2ffe127d8ed8f165fb384450ba75ce9019467a9a5001a` (11615 bytes). The internal file `afdf9d7476a51e93185e866548755c16258028e5b1920afc09001fcab661810c` is registered for provenance only and the harness refuses it by name: those bytes carry an absolute path under a person's home directory, and a judge sheet reaches seven third-party endpoints.

The fence names 58 open rows in its source worklist; as published it prints 39 table rows naming 64 distinct issue ids, because several open rows are grouped into one ranked row. All three counts print; none is dropped.

## Files

- `counting-rules.json` — every registered integer of §0 and the rule text behind each refusal
- `asks.json` — the six judged asks by id, role, sample count and the two pinned shas — no interior
- `seats.json` — the seven seats: seat, family, transport, model, cost state
- `arms.json` — the four arms: arm id, the model tag as served, family, transport, cost state, role, registered posture id and the seat family that recuses it
- `scores.json` — the pinned scorer's output, with the retired fields stripped and itemised
- `sheet-manifest.json` — the sheet set: letters per sheet, the mode receipt, the fence receipt, the blind rule
- `carriage.json` — per seat, per page: carried, on which attempt, and what it cost
- `auditions.json` — every seat's full-size audition
- `ladder.json` — the cut-off ladder, 7 down to 3, computed
- `replies.json` — every collected reply: arm, ask, sample, the narration verbatim, its reply sha256 and its leaked-reasoning counts — the join the page promises once per act
- `bill.json` — the bill in the four registered cost states, the calls behind every row, each multiplication as a string a reader can re-do, the caps and the one total this round draws
- `seal-manifest.json` — the open call's own seal manifest: each ask's verbatim visitor line, its wire sha256 and the instant the six bundles were sealed
- `sheet-keys.json` — the judge-sheet keys: letter → arm, sample and text sha per sheet, with the blind seed and the rule that drew the order. One sheet set, read by every seat
- `fence-served.md` — the exact bytes of the redacted fence every judge sheet attached
- `fence-diff.json` — the five-line diff between the served fence and the internal variant — line numbers, opcodes and the nature of each line, never the internal text
- `sheet-builder-diff.json` — that module's unified diff against the open call's own, both shas, and the six changes §6 enumerates
- `receipts/20260906T102000Z-co-sign-cove.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/20260906T181649Z-hostile-read.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/20260907T003500Z-operator-read-cove.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/20260907T010309Z-hostile-read.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/balances-cove.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/blind-seed-cove.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/cli-build-cove.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-calibrate-cove.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-effort-cove.2.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-effort-cove.3.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-effort-cove.4.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-effort-cove.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-egress-cove.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-fence-cove.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-id-cove.2.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-id-cove.3.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-id-cove.4.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-id-cove.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-outside-read-cove.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-panel-cove.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-pen-cove.10.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-pen-cove.11.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-pen-cove.2.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-pen-cove.3.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-pen-cove.4.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-pen-cove.5.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-pen-cove.6.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-pen-cove.7.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-pen-cove.8.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-pen-cove.9.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-pen-cove.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-prereg-cove.10.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-prereg-cove.11.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-prereg-cove.12.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-prereg-cove.13.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-prereg-cove.14.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-prereg-cove.15.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-prereg-cove.16.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-prereg-cove.17.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-prereg-cove.18.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-prereg-cove.19.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-prereg-cove.2.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-prereg-cove.3.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-prereg-cove.4.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-prereg-cove.5.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-prereg-cove.6.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-prereg-cove.7.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-prereg-cove.8.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-prereg-cove.9.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-prereg-cove.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-quota-cove-boundary.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-quota-cove-close.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-quota-cove-open.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-quote-cove.2.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-quote-cove.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-screen-cove.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-seal-cove.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-tools-cove.2.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-tools-cove.3.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-tools-cove.4.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-tools-cove.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `receipts/g-verse-cove.json` — one probe's own receipt, as it was filed
- `verdicts/deepseek-v4-pro/cove/sheet-S1-ask-A.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/deepseek-v4-pro/cove/sheet-S1-ask-B.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/deepseek-v4-pro/cove/sheet-S2-ask-A.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/deepseek-v4-pro/cove/sheet-S2-ask-B.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/deepseek-v4-pro/cove/sheet-S3-ask-A.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/deepseek-v4-pro/cove/sheet-S3-ask-B.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/gemma4-31b/cove/sheet-S1-ask-A.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/gemma4-31b/cove/sheet-S1-ask-B.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/gemma4-31b/cove/sheet-S2-ask-A.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/gemma4-31b/cove/sheet-S2-ask-B.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/gemma4-31b/cove/sheet-S3-ask-A.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/gemma4-31b/cove/sheet-S3-ask-B.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/kimi-k3/cove/sheet-S1-ask-A.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/kimi-k3/cove/sheet-S1-ask-B.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/kimi-k3/cove/sheet-S2-ask-A.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/kimi-k3/cove/sheet-S2-ask-B.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/kimi-k3/cove/sheet-S3-ask-A.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/kimi-k3/cove/sheet-S3-ask-B.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/mistral-large-3-675b/cove/sheet-S1-ask-A.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/mistral-large-3-675b/cove/sheet-S1-ask-B.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/mistral-large-3-675b/cove/sheet-S2-ask-A.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/mistral-large-3-675b/cove/sheet-S2-ask-B.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/mistral-large-3-675b/cove/sheet-S3-ask-A.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/mistral-large-3-675b/cove/sheet-S3-ask-B.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/nemotron-3-ultra/cove/sheet-S1-ask-A.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/nemotron-3-ultra/cove/sheet-S1-ask-B.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/nemotron-3-ultra/cove/sheet-S2-ask-A.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/nemotron-3-ultra/cove/sheet-S2-ask-B.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/nemotron-3-ultra/cove/sheet-S3-ask-A.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/nemotron-3-ultra/cove/sheet-S3-ask-B.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/qwen3.5-397b/cove/sheet-S1-ask-A.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/qwen3.5-397b/cove/sheet-S1-ask-B.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/qwen3.5-397b/cove/sheet-S2-ask-A.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/qwen3.5-397b/cove/sheet-S2-ask-B.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/qwen3.5-397b/cove/sheet-S3-ask-A.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `verdicts/qwen3.5-397b/cove/sheet-S3-ask-B.verdicts.json` — one seat's validated verdict array
- `stripped.json` — every field removed from this kit, with its reason
- `index.json` — the round, the window, every sha, and this file list