{
  "handle": "OntologyAdapt",
  "mechanism": "Derived from Piagetian psychology. When new data defies classification within the current ontology, the {{agent}} does not force-fit it or discard it. Instead, it triggers a 'Restructure' event, creating new root {{category}}s that accommodate the {{anomaly}} as a fundamental feature. Utilizes {{ontology_handshake}}.",
  "gloss": "Restructuring categories to fit data",
  "failure_modes": [
    "{{category}} explosion: a new {{category}} per {{noise}} point.",
    "Orphaned classifications: data under the old roots is not revisited after a restructure."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "{{conservation}} of Data: no {{anomaly}} is discarded during accommodation.",
    "A restructure fires only for a datum that both falls below `fit_threshold` and has survived validation.",
    "Accommodation creates {{category}}s admitting the {{anomaly}}; reshaping it to fit is assimilation."
  ],
  "preconditions": [
    "Data validated as true but unclassifiable"
  ],
  "postconditions": [
    "Data fits naturally in new structure"
  ],
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    "tier": 1,
    "ring": 1,
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    ],
    "path": [
      "Mind",
      "Inference"
    ],
    "related": [
      "MandatoryAbstraction"
    ]
  },
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "fit_threshold",
      "type": "Float",
      "range": "[0.0, 1.0]",
      "description": "Classification confidence below which a validated datum counts as unclassifiable."
    }
  ],
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  "sema_ref": "OntologyAdapt#a541",
  "sema_stub": "a541",
  "dependencies": {
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      "category": "sema:Category#mh:SHA-256:d2db51ecab5ef8f0e434bd592f729c2ba955f0609e68a48aac9a95232447a696",
      "conservation": "sema:Conservation#mh:SHA-256:0b32d007b27a9b5201c46931bdbabd09d08ff9d7b01cf49469f61709989507c2",
      "noise": "sema:Noise#mh:SHA-256:fd120b472352611acc251c4c87b08d06ae1187f9f4775d8a69b4ff9b326d2569",
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  "sema_layer": "Mind",
  "sema_category": "Inference",
  "used_by": {
    "references": {
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}