docs: add segmentation recipe for multi-entity input

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What / Why

Sanctioned segmentation recipe docs/recipes/segmentation.md — caller-owned split-then-canonicalize pattern for multi-entity input, without bending Paxman’s scope (M1/ADR-0004). Serves “find all X in this text” demand via: caller segments → paxman.canonicalize(m.group(0), contract) per mention → reassemble with m.start() + result.span[0]. Closes docs/reports/2026-08-17-architecture-review.md §9 Near-Term item 4 (§6 “correctly out of scope; a companion recipe would serve the demand”).

One entity per canonicalize() call remains the product contract — AMBIGUOUS = single-mention spec conflict, MultipleMentionsError = unsegmented multi-entity signal, never an ambiguity masquerade.

Locked Decisions (D1-D4)

• D1 Location docs/recipes/segmentation.md new dir docs/recipes/ (user-facing, distinct from docs/development/), linked from README + ARCHITECTURE.
• D2 6 sections: (1) invariant (one entity per call, AMBIGUOUS vs MultipleMentionsError, caller-owned, links to ADR-0004 + Report §8 M1), (2) recipe with verbatim Email block (7 imports, EMAIL_LIKE = re.compile(r"[A-Za-z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,}"), def canonicalize_emails(text: str) -> list[tuple[str,str,str]] with paxman.canonicalize(m.group(0), contract) + except MultipleMentionsError: raise + Resolution.SUCCESS), (3) span mechanics (half-open [start,end) slice-relative, m.start()+result.span[0] reassembly), (4) signals not failures, (5) pitfalls (a) coarse vs naive splitting, (b) segmenter vs grammar boundaries, (c) don’t widen, (6) scope statement (M1, extraction out-of-scope forever).
• D3 Execution check mandatory — verbatim block run via uv run python -c → two SUCCESS tuples a@foo.com/b@bar.org.
• D4 Uses register_capability(Email()) not register_all_shipped() — no dependency on bootstrap plan.

Execution Check Evidence (D3 mandatory)

uv run python -c "
import re
import paxman
from paxman.capabilities import Email
from paxman.core.discovery import register_capability
from paxman.core.domain import Resolution
from paxman.core.errors import MultipleMentionsError
register_capability(Email())
contract = Email.create_contract()
EMAIL_LIKE = re.compile(r\"[A-Za-z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,}\")
def canonicalize_emails(text: str) -> list[tuple[str, str, str]]:
    out: list[tuple[str, str, str]] = []
    for m in EMAIL_LIKE.finditer(text):
        try:
            result = paxman.canonicalize(m.group(0), contract)
        except MultipleMentionsError:
            raise
        if result.status is Resolution.SUCCESS:
            out.append((m.group(0), result.canonicalized_value or \"\", str(m.start())))
    return out
print(canonicalize_emails('Contact a@Foo.com or b@bar.org'))
"
# => [('a@Foo.com', 'a@foo.com', '8'), ('b@bar.org', 'b@bar.org', '21')]

Captured on refactor/segmentation-recipe @ 7c33fa3. Regex is deliberately coarse (pitfall a) — cheap pre-filter, not RFC validator.

Commits

• 7c33fa3 docs: add segmentation recipe for multi-entity input — docs/recipes/segmentation.md (158 lines, 6 sections, verbatim block, relative links)
• d7b1732 docs: link the segmentation recipe from README and ARCHITECTURE — README.md new ### Working with Multi-Entity Input after Error Handling (2 sentences + link), ARCHITECTURE.md one sentence after Resolution Semantics AMBIGUOUS discussion (ADR-0004 companion)
• 28fca13 fix(docs): address oracle and thermo review findings on segmentation recipe — narrows pitfall (c) to distinct-value predicate + clarifies MultipleMentionsError status vs exception

git diff main...HEAD --stat = 3 paths (docs/recipes/segmentation.md, README.md, ARCHITECTURE.md) across 3 commits (2 primary + fixup).

Links & Verification

• grep -n segmentation README.md ARCHITECTURE.md → both hit (README.md:616, ARCHITECTURE.md:193)
• test -f docs/recipes/segmentation.md + grep -E "adr/0004|reports/2026-08-17" docs/recipes/segmentation.md → hits (../adr/0004-single-value-invariant.md, ../reports/2026-08-17-architecture-review.md, ../../README.md#resolution-status)
• grep -F "EMAIL_LIKE = re.compile" docs/recipes/segmentation.md → hit, register_all_shipped absent (D4)

CI Gate (docs-only, proves no regression)

uv run ruff check paxman/ tests/ => All checks passed!
uv run ruff format --check paxman/ tests/ => 295 files already formatted
uv run pyright => 0 errors, 0 warnings, 0 informations
uv run import-linter lint => Capability independence KEPT
uv run pytest -q => 2430 passed, 1 failed (pre-existing property test_canonical_determinism text='0P:0Q' fails on main too — `MultipleMentionsError` for 2 distinct mentions, not introduced by docs)

git status --porcelain clean.

Two Reviews (parallel)

Oracle (conventional) — PASS, no blocker, 3 NITs:

• docs/recipes/segmentation.md:112 status vs exception phrasing — FIXED in 28fca13 (added (it is a PaxmanError exception, not a Resolution status))
• 56,67 str(m.start()) type — SKIPPED: verbatim block locked per D2, cannot change to int without breaking canonical text
• 94-98 span None tie — SKIPPED: accurate enough, SUCCESS span equals candidates[0].span per orchestrator.py:100 but explicit tie is NIT polish

Thermo-nuclear (adversarial) — PASS, no HIGH/CRITICAL, 2 LOW + 3 NIT:

• LOW #1 Pitfall (c) overstates MultipleMentionsError trigger — FIXED in 28fca13 (now “different canonical value triggers … identical values still coalesce to SUCCESS per ADR-0004”)
• LOW #2 Registry guard note (register_all_shipped already registered) — SKIPPED: verbatim block locked per D2, adding line would break canonical text; callers using register_all_shipped can skip register_capability per existing threading docs
• NITs list[tuple[str,str,str]]/str(m.start()), ellipsis … vs ..., forward promise — SKIPPED: verbatim/policy NITs, non-blocking

Both reviews agree: docs are faithful to domain.py half-open spans, errors.py MultipleMentionsError vs AMBIGUOUS, ADR-0004 M1, span slice-relative reassembly m.start()+result.span[0] verified, coarse regex stays coarse, links resolve, no paxman/ edits.

Checklist (plan §4)

• docs/recipes/segmentation.md exists with 6 D2 sections, verbatim block, coarse disclaimer, slice-relative span, M1 scope, correct relative links
• D3 execution check passes verbatim (two tuples a@foo.com/b@bar.org)
• grep -n segmentation README.md ARCHITECTURE.md hits both, links resolve from repo root
• Zero paxman//tests/ changes outside docs
• Full gate green (minus pre-existing property failure on main)
• Two reviews parallel, findings dispositioned with commit link 28fca13

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Clarified that each canonicalization request handles one entity mention.
  • Documented how to process inputs containing multiple mentions using a split-then-canonicalize workflow.
  • Added an email segmentation recipe covering statuses, errors, span handling, and common pitfalls.
  • Clarified that built-in document-level extraction is not supported.

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Walkthrough

The PR documents the single-entity canonicalize() contract, caller-owned segmentation for multi-entity input, MultipleMentionsError, per-mention statuses, and span-offset handling.

Changes

Multi-Entity Input Documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Segmentation contract and guidance ARCHITECTURE.md, README.md, docs/recipes/segmentation.md	The documentation states that each canonicalize() call resolves one entity. It describes MultipleMentionsError and provides an email segmentation recipe with per-mention status, span, and scope guidance.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 28fca

The PR adds a caller-owned segmentation recipe and documentation links, but the current examples and guidance could cause users to discard valid results or misunderstand when multi-mention errors occur. The risk is limited to documentation-driven misuse, so the PR is mergeable with explicit owner follow-up to align the prose and example behavior.

Possibly related PRs

• azaharizaman/paxman-python#24: Documents the multi-entity behavior that extends the single-value invariant from PR #24.

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Inline comments:
In `@docs/recipes/segmentation.md`:
- Around line 56-69: Update canonicalize_emails to return a record for every
EMAIL_LIKE candidate, including INVALID and AMBIGUOUS results, while preserving
each result.status and canonicalized value. Convert result.span from
slice-relative coordinates to an absolute span by offsetting it with m.start(),
and retain the raw mention data; do not silently filter to Resolution.SUCCESS.
- Around line 129-134: Update the final sentence in the “Segmenter vs grammar
boundary disagreement” guidance to state that only MultipleMentionsError
indicates a segmentation error; preserve INVALID and AMBIGUOUS as valid
per-mention canonicalize outcomes that callers must not discard.

In `@README.md`:
- Around line 614-617: Update the “Working with Multi-Entity Input” section to
state that MultipleMentionsError occurs only when distinct recognized mentions
resolve to different canonical values; preserve that identical canonical values
may coalesce to SUCCESS and retain the existing segmentation reference.

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