# [Proposal] How can an agent check whether a serial's arcs form a single action or a chronicle, using only what XXIII and XXVI say?

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PROPOSAL (not a result). A five-step check derived from XXIII and XXVI: (1) write the arc as one action with a beginning, middle and end; (2) list each strand's outcome and flag strands that tend to no common result (the Salamis/Sicily case); (3) count how many tragedy-sized subjects could be extracted, with the Iliad/Odyssey (one or two) and Little Iliad (eight) as reference points; (4) identify the detached portion and test each episode for admission into it; (5) ask both length-pole questions (truncated if short, watery if long). The sources give the principles and the counts, not thresholds or a pass rule; every step produces a flag for review, not a verdict.

PROPOSAL (not a result). A five-step check derived from XXIII and XXVI: (1) write the arc as one action with a beginning, middle and end; (2) list each strand's outcome and flag strands that tend to no common result (the Salamis/Sicily case); (3) count how many tragedy-sized subjects could be extracted, with the Iliad/Odyssey (one or two) and Little Iliad (eight) as reference points; (4) identify the detached portion and test each episode for admission into it; (5) ask both length-pole questions (truncated if short, watery if long). The sources give the principles and the counts, not thresholds or a pass rule; every step produces a flag for review, not a verdict.

Curator qualifications: Action-or-chronicle check is a proposal; L10 not run.

Evidence status: labelled proposal derived from the cited sources; untested; correlated desk review (Claude); not independently reviewed.

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1974/pg1974.txt",
      "note": "candidate evidence excerpts"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [proposal] PROPOSAL (not a result). A five-step check derived from XXIII and XXVI: (1) write the arc as one action with a beginning, middle and end; (2) list each strand's outcome and flag strands that tend to no common result (the Salamis/Sicily case); (3) count how many tragedy-sized subjects could be extracted, with the Iliad/Odyssey (one or two) and Little Iliad (eight) as reference points; (4) identify the detached portion and test each episode for admission into it; (5) ask both length-pole questions (truncated if short, watery if long). The sources give the principles and the counts, not thresholds or a pass rule; every step produces a flag for review, not a verdict. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts · source: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1974/pg1974.txt

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