Translating Without a Judge

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Perturbation log — E-20260801f-tierD-run

Generated by build.py; do not hand-edit. Logged before dispatch. The build fails loudly if a before string is absent or not unique, if the written rows are not already in textual order, or if the sham misses the declared edit-kind match; the verifier rebuilds every variant from its reference plus these rows and asserts byte equality.

items.json SHA-256: 049acf1a46cbbb8dbc5dff4e3b163fc3c9750909105a9383d1ca6dbd8600a37b

The light dose is drawn, not chosen (design §5): sites = combination number int(sha256("E-20260801f-tierD-run|<item>"),16) % 56 in the sorted list of 3-subsets of 1..8, fixed by the design id and the item id alone and therefore independent of the content of any edit. Drawn sites: {"T3-GA": [1, 4, 8], "T3-HB": [6, 7, 8], "T3-K": [3, 5, 6], "T3-L": [1, 3, 7]}.

Sham edit-kind match — the S040 repair (R2), measured

O4's own profile, from S034's 24 targeted sites: 10 of 24 change the word count, 0 of 24 change no lexeme, +4.26% net. Criteria declared before the sham existed: each item ≥ 4 of 8 length-changing sites, 0 of 8 lexeme-neutral sites, net in [+2.0%, +6.0%].

item ref words var words net % length-changing sites lexeme-neutral sites
S-GA 299 310 +11 +3.68% 7 of 8 0
S-GB 308 316 +8 +2.60% 5 of 8 0
S-HA 324 335 +11 +3.40% 6 of 8 0
S-K 394 402 +8 +2.03% 4 of 8 0
S-L 397 408 +11 +2.77% 8 of 8 0

Every site

item arm site type Δwords lexeme before after basis
S-GA sham 1 free variation +1 yes From early morning a fine rain had been falling Ever since early morning a fine rain had been falling free variation
S-GA sham 2 free variation +2 yes at another it suddenly cleared in parts for an instant at another it cleared in parts all at once for an instant free variation
S-GA sham 3 free variation +0 yes The leaves faintly rustled over my head The leaves rustled faintly above my head free variation
S-GA sham 4 free variation +1 yes nor the chill and timid faltering of late autumn nor the chill and timid faltering of the late autumn free variation
S-GA sham 5 free variation +3 yes A slight breeze was faintly humming in the tree-tops. A slight breeze was faintly humming in the tops of the trees. free variation
S-GA sham 6 free variation +1 yes took all at once the soft lustre of white silk took on all at once the soft lustre of white silk free variation
S-GA sham 7 free variation +1 yes the tiny leaves lying on the earth were on a sudden flecked the tiny leaves that lay on the earth were on a sudden flecked free variation
S-GA sham 8 free variation +2 yes the glaring tints died away instantaneously the glaring tints died away in an instant free variation
S-GB sham 1 free variation +0 yes were still almost all green, though perceptibly paler were still almost all green, though noticeably paler free variation
S-GB sham 2 free variation +2 yes when the sunbeams suddenly pierced with tangled flecks of light when the sunbeams all at once pierced with tangled flecks of light free variation
S-GB sham 3 free variation +2 yes except that at times there rang out except that from time to time there rang out free variation
S-GB sham 4 free variation +1 yes I had been through a wood of tall aspen-trees with my dog I had been through a wood of tall aspen-trees along with my dog free variation
S-GB sham 5 free variation +0 yes I do not care for the eternal shaking I do not care for the everlasting shaking free variation
S-GB sham 6 free variation +2 yes bathed from root to top in one unbroken yellow glow bathed from the root to the top in one unbroken yellow glow free variation
S-GB sham 7 free variation +0 yes and so, not stopping to rest in the aspen wood and so, without stopping to rest in the aspen wood free variation
S-GB sham 8 free variation +1 yes after admiring the surrounding view a little after admiring the surrounding view for a little free variation
S-HA sham 1 free variation +3 yes A fine drizzling rain had been descending ever since dawn A fine drizzling rain had been descending ever since the break of day free variation
S-HA sham 2 free variation +2 yes interspersed at times with warm sunshine interspersed from time to time with warm sunshine free variation
S-HA sham 3 free variation +1 yes Now the sky would be completely veiled in porous white clouds Now the sky would be completely veiled over in porous white clouds free variation
S-HA sham 4 free variation +0 yes I sat, and gazed about me, and listened. I sat, and gazed round me, and listened. free variation
S-HA sham 5 free variation +0 yes The leaves were rustling in a barely audible manner overhead The leaves were rustling in a scarcely audible manner overhead free variation
S-HA sham 6 free variation +3 yes A faint breeze swept feebly across the tree-tops. A faint breeze swept feebly across the tops of the trees. free variation
S-HA sham 7 free variation +1 yes according to whether the sun shone forth, or was covered with a cloud according to whether the sun shone forth, or was covered over with a cloud free variation
S-HA sham 8 free variation +1 yes as they intertwined interminably and crossed one another before one's eyes as they intertwined without end and crossed one another before one's eyes free variation
S-K sham 1 free variation +0 yes had got itself lost in the far Yakut taiga had got itself lost in the distant Yakut taiga free variation
S-K sham 2 free variation +0 yes the sullen thicket still stood all round them the sullen thicket still stood all around them free variation
S-K sham 3 free variation +3 yes little smoky yurts spread and multiplied little smoky yurts spread out and grew in number free variation
S-K sham 4 free variation +0 yes they were themselves going wild without noticing it they were themselves growing wild without noticing it free variation
S-K sham 5 free variation +2 yes he had lived here, and here he expected to die he had lived here, and here he expected that he would die free variation
S-K sham 6 free variation +1 yes and now and then abused the others as heathen Yakuts and every now and then abused the others as heathen Yakuts free variation
S-K sham 7 free variation +2 yes in the ordinary way he lived on one flat cake in the ordinary way of things he lived on one flat cake free variation
S-K sham 8 free variation +0 yes who would hurl himself at him in a frenzy who would fling himself at him in a frenzy free variation
S-L sham 1 free variation +2 yes In that forest there was always a murmur — level and long-drawn In that forest there was always a murmur — even and long drawn out free variation
S-L sham 2 free variation +1 yes which the saw and the axe of the timber-jobber had not yet touched which the saw and the axe of the timber-jobber had as yet not touched free variation
S-L sham 3 free variation +1 yes their ranks closed tight overhead with their green crowns their ranks closed up tight overhead with their green crowns free variation
S-L sham 4 free variation +2 yes Here and there a slanting ray of the sunset still broke through between the trunks Here and there a slanting ray of the sunset still broke its way through between the trunks free variation
S-L sham 5 free variation +1 yes A storm was gathering towards evening. A storm was gathering up towards evening. free variation
S-L sham 6 free variation +1 yes it was all one could do to reach a night's lodging before the storm it was all that one could do to reach a night's lodging before the storm free variation
S-L sham 7 free variation +2 yes Of his own accord he quickened his pace towards the familiar forest lodge. Of his own accord he quickened his pace towards the familiar lodge in the forest. free variation
S-L sham 8 free variation +1 yes while the shapely, proud pines sway their heads high above it while the shapely and proud pines sway their heads high above it free variation
T8-L targeted 1 wrong referent +0 yes like the echo of far-off bells like the echo of far-off thunder «как отголосок дальнего звона» — звон is the ringing of bells
T8-L targeted 2 dropped negation -1 yes which the saw and the axe of the timber-jobber had not yet touched which the saw and the axe of the timber-jobber had already touched «которого не касались ещё пила и топор» — had NOT yet touched
T8-L targeted 3 invented detail +7 yes bright ferns had pushed their way up bright ferns had pushed their way up between the bared roots of the pines «пробились яркие папоротники» — no roots in the source sentence
T8-L targeted 4 dropped negation -1 yes and although I could not see the sky and although I could see the sky «хотя неба мне не было видно» — could NOT see it
T8-L targeted 5 wrong word sense +0 yes A storm was gathering towards evening. A menace was gathering towards evening. «К вечеру собиралась гроза» — гроза is the thunderstorm, not its figurative sense
T8-L targeted 6 wrong word sense +0 yes towards the familiar forest lodge towards the familiar forest sentry-box «к знакомой лесной сторожке» — сторожка is a keeper's hut
T8-L targeted 7 invented detail +4 yes A dog began to bark. A dog began to bark somewhere behind the fence. «Залаяла собака.» — no fence in the source
T8-L targeted 8 wrong referent +0 yes stands a little cluster of young oaks stands a little cluster of young pines «стоит кучка молодых дубов» — oaks
T3-GA targeted 1 wrong referent +0 yes about the middle of September about the end of October «около половины сентября» — the middle of September
T3-GA targeted 4 invented detail +6 yes I sat looking about and listening. I sat looking about and listening, with my gun across my knees. «Я сидел и глядел кругом, и слушал.» — no gun in the source sentence
T3-GA targeted 8 dropped negation +0 yes white as fresh-fallen snow, before the cold rays of the winter sun have caressed it white as fresh-fallen snow, after the cold rays of the winter sun have caressed it «до которого еще не коснулся холодно играющий луч зимнего солнца» — has NOT yet touched it
T3-HB targeted 6 invented detail +8 yes in the line of the glowing rays of the setting sun in the line of the glowing rays of the setting sun, which reach it before they reach anything else «приходится в упор рдеющим лучам заходящего солнца» — no such clause in the source
T3-HB targeted 7 dropped negation +0 yes and therefore, without halting to rest in that grove, I wended my way and therefore, after halting to rest in that grove, I wended my way «не остановясь в осиновой роще для отдыха» — WITHOUT stopping to rest
T3-HB targeted 8 wrong word sense +1 yes which is known to sportsmen alone which is known to one sportsman alone «который знаком одним охотникам» — одним here is the dative 'alone/only', not 'one'
T3-K targeted 3 dropped negation +1 yes they were themselves going wild without noticing it they were themselves going wild, and they noticed it «сами они незаметно дичали» — imperceptibly; morphological negation не-
T3-K targeted 5 dropped negation +0 yes he himself differed from the Yakuts neither in his habits nor in his way of life he himself differed from the Yakuts both in his habits and in his way of life «сам не отличался от якутов ни привычками, ни образом жизни» — did NOT differ
T3-K targeted 6 wrong word sense -1 yes on feast days and other extraordinary occasions on feast days and other emergencies «в других экстренных случаях» — экстренный is 'special/exceptional' here, not 'emergency'
T3-L targeted 1 wrong referent +0 yes like the echo of far-off bells like the echo of far-off thunder «как отголосок дальнего звона» — звон is the ringing of bells
T3-L targeted 3 invented detail +7 yes bright ferns had pushed their way up bright ferns had pushed their way up between the bared roots of the pines «пробились яркие папоротники» — no roots in the source sentence
T3-L targeted 7 invented detail +4 yes A dog began to bark. A dog began to bark somewhere behind the fence. «Залаяла собака.» — no fence in the source