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Which failure modes does Baker (1919) name in Chapters III-IV, and do they include diffuseness, two plays in one and starting too early?

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Baker's wording differs from the three labels asked about. Scoped to the pinned text: 'diffus*' and 'too early' are not used in Ch. III-IV, 'two plays' is not used (the two whole-book hits are in other senses), and 'exposition' does not occur in these chapters (E1). What he names in substance: (1) an unsettled chief interest, which gives a play that drifts between aims and leaves the audience confused (E2, E3); (2) crowding incident without massing (E4) and disconnected episodes (E5); (3) scenes written before the plot (E7); (4) hopping between peaks (E8); (5) mixed mood or genre (E9, E10). The nearest to 'starting too early' is Diderot's quoted instruction to discern the moment the action should begin (E14); it is not named as a fault.

Baker's wording differs from the three labels asked about. Scoped to the pinned text: 'diffus*' and 'too early' are not used in Ch. III-IV, 'two plays' is not used (the two whole-book hits are in other senses), and 'exposition' does not occur in these chapters (E1). What he names in substance: (1) an unsettled chief interest, which gives a play that drifts between aims and leaves the audience confused (E2, E3); (2) crowding incident without massing (E4) and disconnected episodes (E5); (3) scenes written before the plot (E7); (4) hopping between peaks (E8); (5) mixed mood or genre (E9, E10). The nearest to 'starting too early' is Diderot's quoted instruction to discern the moment the action should begin (E14); it is not named as a fault. Curator qualifications: Scoped negative: 'diffuseness' and 'two plays in one' are not Baker's words; the mapping is the worker's. Evidence status: curator/producer inference or synthesis from the cited sources (code read, not executed, where code is cited); correlated desk review (Claude); not independently reviewed.
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  • [inference] Baker's wording differs from the three labels asked about. Scoped to the pinned text: 'diffus*' and 'too early' are not used in Ch. III-IV, 'two plays' is not used (the two whole-book hits are in other senses), and 'exposition' does not occur in these chapters (E1). What he names in substance: (1) an unsettled chief interest, which gives a play that drifts between aims and leaves the audience confused (E2, E3); (2) crowding incident without massing (E4) and disconnected episodes (E5); (3) scenes written before the plot (E7); (4) hopping between peaks (E8); (5) mixed mood or genre (E9, E10). The nearest to 'starting too early' is Diderot's quoted instruction to discern the moment the action should begin (E14); it is not named as a fault. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts source

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