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feat: enforce single-value invariant (ADR-0004) and expose recognition span - #24

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  • ADR-0004 single-value invariant (opt-in): Grammar.single_value (default False) opts a grammar into the check. The engine clusters candidate spans by overlap into "mentions" and fails fast with MultipleMentionsError when ≥2 non-overlapping mentions resolve to distinct values. Cross-grammar multi-entity input (e.g. one number via E.164, another via national) is now caught; genuine single-mention ambiguity stays AMBIGUOUS. All 26 shipped grammar classes opt in; span-bearing seam probes stay exempt.
  • Span exposure: Candidate.span and ExecutionResult.span now carry the half-open [start, end) source range (previously None in the public result), populated from the RecognitionMatch / RecognizedRep span.

Test plan

  • New tests/integration/test_single_value_invariant.py and tests/integration/test_span_exposure.py.
  • Multi-entity assertions updated to expect MultipleMentionsError.
  • Full suite: 2109 passed. ruff check, pyright (0 errors), and import-linter lint all green.

Docs

  • docs/adr/0004-single-value-invariant.md rewritten for the opt-in / overlap-clustering design.
  • README "Recognition Span" section added.

Risk / notes

  • The 4 failures present before this branch (3 recognition-seam + 1 phone multi-number) are resolved; universal opt-in introduced no regressions.
  • Candidate.__eq__ / hashing now consider span; test doubles that omit it get None and remain equal to each other.

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  • New Features
    • Recognition results and candidates now expose half-open source character spans.
    • Single-value recognition detects multiple distinct mentions and raises MultipleMentionsError.
    • Repeated mentions resolving to the same value are accepted, while genuine single-mention ambiguity remains supported.
    • Ambiguous results provide spans for individual candidates, while the overall result span remains unset.
  • Documentation
    • Added guidance and examples for recognition spans.
    • Documented single-value behavior, error conditions, segmentation expectations, and resulting trade-offs.

ADR-0004 single-value invariant (opt-in):
- Grammar.single_value (default False) opts a grammar into the check.
- Engine clusters candidate spans by overlap into mentions and fails fast
  with MultipleMentionsError when >=2 non-overlapping mentions resolve to
  distinct values. Cross-grammar multi-entity input (e.g. one number via
  E.164, another via national) is now caught; genuine single-mention
  ambiguity stays AMBIGUOUS.
- All 26 shipped grammar classes opt in; seam probes stay exempt.

Span exposure (previously None in the public result):
- Candidate.span and ExecutionResult.span carry the half-open [start, end)
  source range, populated from the RecognitionMatch/RecognizedRep span.

Docs/tests: ADR-0004 updated; README Recognition Span section added; new
test_single_value_invariant.py and test_span_exposure.py; multi-entity
assertions updated to expect MultipleMentionsError.
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The PR adds half-open recognition spans to candidates and execution results. It adds opt-in single-value validation for grammars, raises MultipleMentionsError for distinct unsegmented mentions, marks built-in grammars accordingly, and updates documentation and tests.

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Single-value recognition

Layer / File(s) Summary
Span and invariant contracts
paxman/core/domain.py, paxman/core/errors.py, paxman/core/__init__.py, docs/adr/0004-single-value-invariant.md, README.md
Candidate and ExecutionResult expose optional half-open spans. Grammar defines the single_value flag. MultipleMentionsError is defined and exported. The invariant and span behavior are documented.
Span propagation and invariant enforcement
paxman/engine/orchestrator.py
Candidate collection retains recognition spans. Overlapping spans form one mention. Distinct non-overlapping canonical values raise MultipleMentionsError before deduplication.
Single-value grammar declarations
paxman/capabilities/*/grammar/*_recognition.py
Built-in Country, Currency, Date, Email, IP, ISBN, Money, Phone, and URL grammars set single_value = True.
Integration and unit validation
tests/integration/*, tests/unit/test_candidate.py
Tests cover multi-mention errors, duplicate values, genuine ambiguity, span exposure, formatting before deduplication, and Candidate span equality and hashing.

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The change adds opt-in single-value enforcement and exposes recognition spans, with no actionable merge-blocking risk remaining after normal checks and review.

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  participant Caller
  participant run_capability
  participant Grammar
  participant Candidate
  participant ExecutionResult
  Caller->>run_capability: canonicalize input
  run_capability->>Grammar: recognize spans
  Grammar-->>run_capability: recognized values and spans
  run_capability->>Candidate: create span-bearing candidates
  run_capability->>run_capability: enforce single-value invariant
  run_capability-->>ExecutionResult: return status, candidates, and winning span
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Inline comments:
In `@docs/adr/0004-single-value-invariant.md`:
- Around line 106-107: Update the public-surface consequence in the ADR to
acknowledge the new Candidate.span and ExecutionResult.span fields alongside
MultipleMentionsError, and remove the inaccurate claim that the ExecutionResult
shape is unchanged.

In `@paxman/core/domain.py`:
- Around line 174-179: Validate Candidate.span in the Candidate initializer
before storing it: allow None or a half-open range with non-negative start and
end greater than or equal to start, and reject invalid ranges such as negative
or descending bounds. Preserve valid spans and store the validated value through
the existing object.__setattr__ calls.

In `@paxman/engine/orchestrator.py`:
- Around line 394-399: Update the cluster-merging loop around _spans_overlap so
a span is merged into every overlapping cluster, not just the first match;
combine all matched clusters with the new span and remove the redundant cluster
entries, while preserving creation of a new singleton cluster when none overlap.
- Line 99: The orchestrator must not assign an arbitrary span from candidates[0]
when duplicate mentions resolve to the same value. Update the
_dedup_candidates() and ExecutionResult construction flow to return None
whenever validated source spans are not unique, or establish and document an
explicit representative-span policy; ensure the README’s “winning” span claim
matches the implemented behavior.
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azaharizaman and others added 3 commits August 17, 2026 12:50
Candidate.span now enforces the same half-open [start, end) and raw_text-length invariants as RecognitionMatch, so a malformed recognition position cannot propagate into ExecutionResult.

Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)

Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>
_enforce_single_value_invariant now merges ALL clusters a span overlaps into one connected component. Previously only the first matching cluster was merged, which could split a single logical mention and raise a false MultipleMentionsError.

ExecutionResult.span is wired to the source span of the single resolved value (None for MISSING/INVALID/AMBIGUOUS), closing the gap where it was always None.

Scope notes (intentionally skipped / out of scope):

- Span is derived from the candidate value count (len({value}) == 1) rather than status == Resolution.SUCCESS. Deliberate: the project forbids Resolution.* access outside _determine_status / _extract_canonical_value (test_status_computed_only_in_determine_status), so the gate lives in run_capability without touching that invariant.

- The pre-existing candidate-doubling (multiple validation rules firing per recognition, collapsed by _dedup_candidates) is unchanged: altering rule firing is a separate concern and dedup already yields one candidate.

- The MultipleMentionsError message text is unchanged from the PR #24 implementation; only the clustering correctness was corrected.

Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)

Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>
README 'Recognition Span' section describes ExecutionResult.span and per-candidate Candidate.span; ADR-0004 wording aligns with the connected-component clustering behavior.

Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)

Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>
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