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How do I extract a graph from a finished branching work, what open graph data exists, and what choice-density measures have been used?

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Partially verified: the curator re-read none of the cited sources; S6, S7, S5, S8, S9 rest on the producer's pinned reading. Three first-person web sources: a 2017 post gives an edge-per-instruction extraction recipe (look at each page once, write an edge, label endings, render with Graphviz) and notes interest in reconvergence and cycles; the Transverse Reading Gallery states it holds 834 network graphs for 2,569 books with DOT and TGF files and edge lists; Swinehart's project classifies pages as branching, story or ending and plots page-type shares across 12 books, reporting a decline in endings and choices over time (qualitative reading of charts; no numeric table in the text read). Together they give an extraction method, open graph files and choice-density framing.

Partially verified: the curator re-read none of the cited sources; S6, S7, S5, S8, S9 rest on the producer's pinned reading. Three first-person web sources: a 2017 post gives an edge-per-instruction extraction recipe (look at each page once, write an edge, label endings, render with Graphviz) and notes interest in reconvergence and cycles; the Transverse Reading Gallery states it holds 834 network graphs for 2,569 books with DOT and TGF files and edge lists; Swinehart's project classifies pages as branching, story or ending and plots page-type shares across 12 books, reporting a decline in endings and choices over time (qualitative reading of charts; no numeric table in the text read). Together they give an extraction method, open graph files and choice-density framing. Curator qualifications: Partially verified: the curator re-read none of the cited sources; S6, S7, S5, S8, S9 rest on the producer's pinned reading. Curator GET 2026-10-23 of the sources not re-read (mechanical source evidence, not semantic verification): S6: HTTP 200, bytes equal to the producer pin; S7: HTTP 200, bytes equal to the producer pin; S5: HTTP 200, bytes equal to the producer pin; S8: HTTP 200, bytes equal to the producer pin; S9: HTTP 200, bytes equal to the producer pin. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  • [sourced_fact] Three first-person web sources: a 2017 post gives an edge-per-instruction extraction recipe (look at each page once, write an edge, label endings, render with Graphviz) and notes interest in reconvergence and cycles; the Transverse Reading Gallery states it holds 834 network graphs for 2,569 books with DOT and TGF files and edge lists; Swinehart's project classifies pages as branching, story or ending and plots page-type shares across 12 books, reporting a decline in endings and choices over time (qualitative reading of charts; no numeric table in the text read). Together they give an extraction method, open graph files and choice-density framing. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts source

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