Epistemic Sonar™ — ART-2 Comparative Adjudication

Governing principle (V5 §0). The assistant may decompose, scan and check for completeness. It may never pass a gate, rule on language, or issue a verdict. Sanctified Judgement (Axis IV) remains a human act — every level below is closed by your attestation, and the trail is printed in the report.

LEVEL 1

The dispute, and the two claims

The disputed question

Claim A

Stated in its own terms

Source / tradition

Stratum

Governing Axis

Methodological Grid

Claim B

Stated in its own terms

Source / tradition

Stratum

Governing Axis

Methodological Grid

Proposes Stratum, Axis and Grid for each claim. You correct it.

Gate G1 — dispute & decomposition open

LEVEL 2

Neutral-language audit — on your framing, not theirs

The audit runs against your own statement of the two claims above. Asymmetric language is the commonest way a comparative adjudication is decided before it begins. Rule STRIKE or ADMIT on every flag.

Gate G2 — language audit open

LEVEL 3

Symmetry Table — the spine of ART-2

Every cell must be filled for both claims, in parallel form. The verdict stays locked until it is complete — that lock is the Symmetry Rule made mechanical rather than remembered.

Requirement	Claim A	Claim B

Gate G3 — symmetry established open

LEVEL 4

Adjudication — human only

No assistance is available at this level, by design. The instrument offers no suggestion, ranking or draft verdict. This is Axis IV.

Verdict

Grounds — tie each to a filled Symmetry Table cell

Conditions for reconsideration

Gate G4 — verdict adopted open

LEVEL 5

Issue the ART-2

Gate G5 — report issued open