{
  "handle": "Almostnot",
  "gloss": "Learn a pattern from near misses: excluded cases that differ from members by one stated feature",
  "mechanism": "To learn or teach a pattern, collect near misses, cases that resemble members but are deliberately excluded, and for each state the feature that excludes it. The pattern's definition, formed as in {{generalize}}, names the features the near misses lack as well as what members share.",
  "invariants": [
    "Each near miss states the feature that excludes it.",
    "The definition names the features learned from the near misses."
  ],
  "failure_modes": [
    "Far misses: excluded cases differ in many features, so none is learned.",
    "Feature leak: a near miss is excluded for a feature the definition never names."
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "path": [
      "Mind",
      "Reasoning"
    ],
    "ring": 2,
    "tier": 2,
    "related": [
      "Specialize#799d",
      "PatternDiscovery#742a"
    ],
    "minted": "2026-10-05T21:48:40+02:00"
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:Almostnot#mh:SHA-256:4d077fbd29b813e8cada6cc2c1c8bdbb34b81766a9f3fef3351aa7ad24a0f11f",
  "sema_ref": "Almostnot#4d07",
  "sema_stub": "4d07",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "generalize": "sema:Generalize#mh:SHA-256:29f133fe83dfe2cd7d2b432390f59e3a64a84866b964a2ca6199f8134ba64e7e"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Mind",
  "sema_category": "Reasoning",
  "used_by": {}
}