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fix(negation): is_manner_frame no longer claims every "with no X"/"without X" - #143
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…thout X"
The manner_qualifiers bucket is INERT — no ranking or filtering code reads
it, it is surfaced only by /analyze and /inspect. So every compound
is_manner_frame claimed was not demoted, it was DISCARDED: the user's
constraint had zero effect on results.
is_manner_frame returned true unconditionally for any compound sitting in a
"with no X" / "without X" frame. That made every negation frame a manner
qualifier, so these all silently vanished:
a guitar tutorial with no music theory -> manner (should be excluded)
dessert recipes without artificial sweeteners -> manner (should be excluded)
best laptop for gaming without a dedicated gpu -> manner (should be excluded)
a tutorial with no wifi -> manner (should be excluded)
The frame marks the SYNTAX of a negation; it says nothing about what the negated
noun denotes. That is also why an earlier attempt at this fix substituted a
6-noun ATTRIBUTE_OBJECTS allow-list for the missing signal — the frame really
cannot tell "without soap" from "without artificial sweeteners" on its own.
The discriminator is the query's HEAD frame, not the noun: in an instructional
request ("how to clean a skillet without soap") the negated noun qualifies the
METHOD, and pages discussing the method are what the user wants; in a content
request ("dessert recipes without artificial sweeteners") it is a property of
the sought page. This reuses the existing open-class NON_LOCAL_HEAD_FRAMES
request vocabulary already in the file — no new noun list, no thresholds, no
per-query literals. Manner-pronoun evidence is still checked first and no
longer requires a frame.
Entity exclusions inside a how-to frame are unaffected: is_real_exclusion runs
earlier in the gate chain and its entity/contrastive/source-entity acceptances
are independent, so "how to deploy without nginx" still excludes nginx.
All four queries above now land in `declined` -> soft_negatives (demoted x0.1,
never hard-dropped), verified against a container built from this branch.
The six pinned manner cases still route to `manner` and yield empty `kept`.
Tests: d3_content_negation_frame_is_not_manner (new) asserts the bucket
behaviour for the four; d3_manner_cases_stay_out_of_exclusions_after_frame_
narrowing (new) re-asserts empty `kept` for the six pinned manner cases.
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe gateway now uses request openers to classify compound negation frames as manner qualifiers. New tests cover content-negation queries and procedural manner queries. ChangesManner frame classification
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Change: Bug fix Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Queries that start with some informational openers may still have their "without X" constraint ignored in ranking and filtering. This is a narrow gap in an otherwise improved fix, so the PR is mergeable with this follow-up noted. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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- Line 7142: Restrict the `NON_LOCAL_HEAD_FRAMES` check on `head` to procedural
openers, excluding informational phrases such as “what are,” “meaning of,” “cost
of,” and “price of.” Add a regression case showing that an informational query
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| // method rather than the content. Gate on the query's head frame against | ||
| // the existing open-class request-frame vocabulary. | ||
| let head = lc.trim_start(); | ||
| NON_LOCAL_HEAD_FRAMES.iter().any(|f| head.starts_with(f)) |
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Use procedural openers, not all non-local openers.
NON_LOCAL_HEAD_FRAMES also contains "what are", "meaning of", "cost of", and "price of". These openers do not establish instructional intent.
For example, "what are dessert recipes without artificial sweeteners" retains the same exclusion compound as the new content test. However, this predicate returns true because the query starts with "what are". The extractor then routes the content constraint to the inert manner bucket.
Restrict this check to procedural evidence. Add a regression case with an informational opener to ensure that content constraints still reach kept or dropped.
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Review comment at @services/gateway/src/main.rs at line 7142:
Restrict the `NON_LOCAL_HEAD_FRAMES` check on `head` to procedural openers,
excluding informational phrases such as “what are,” “meaning of,” “cost of,” and
“price of.” Add a regression case showing that an informational query with a
content constraint reaches `kept` or `dropped` rather than the inert `manner`
bucket.
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CI note: the 2 failures on this branch are PRE-EXISTING on masterThe
Confirmed pre-existing: master run 36731093193 ( Verification that the suite RAN BY NAME on this branch (not skipped): Locally, with the artifact mounted as RED proof (pre-fix
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Scope limit worth being explicit aboutLive Live I also noticed Result sets are empty in both probes because these branch containers are standalone (no SearXNG/intent-engine wired in), so I am reporting the constraint plumbing, not ranking effects. Ranking effect of the soft-negative path is covered by existing scoring tests, not re-measured here. |
Card t_46ac7a6c (oxiverse-qa-intentforge).
The defect
manner_qualifiersis inert — no ranking or filtering code reads it. It is surfaced only by/analyzeand/inspect. So a compoundis_manner_frameclaims is not merely demoted, it is discarded: the user's constraint has zero effect.is_manner_framereturnedtrueunconditionally for any compound sitting in awith no X/without Xframe. Reproduced against a container built from GitHub master (cc8780a), live/analyze:Why the frame alone is not evidence
The frame marks the syntax of a negation; it says nothing about what the negated noun denotes. That is exactly why an earlier attempt at this fix substituted a 6-noun
ATTRIBUTE_OBJECTSallow-list for the missing signal, and why it was correctly rejected under the hardcoding doctrine.The discriminator: request vs. content frame
Not the noun — the query's head frame. In an instructional request (
how to clean a skillet without soap) the negated noun qualifies the method, and pages discussing the method are what the user wants. In a content request (dessert recipes without artificial sweeteners) it is a property of the sought page.This reuses the existing open-class
NON_LOCAL_HEAD_FRAMESrequest vocabulary already in the file (the P10/P11 precedent) — no new noun list, no thresholds, no per-query literals. Manner-pronoun evidence is still checked first and no longer requires a frame.Entity exclusions inside a how-to frame are unaffected:
is_real_exclusionruns earlier in the gate chain and its entity/contrastive/source-entity acceptances are independent, sohow to deploy without nginxstill excludes nginx.Result — live
/analyzeagainst a container built from this branchdeclined→soft_negatives, demoted x0.1 in scoring, never hard-dropped — the safe direction: the constraint now has effect instead of vanishing.All six pinned manner cases still route to
mannerand yield emptykept.Tests
d3_content_negation_frame_is_not_manner(new) — asserts bucket behaviour for the four req-3 queries:mannerempty, and the term reacheskeptordropped.d3_manner_cases_stay_out_of_exclusions_after_frame_narrowing(new) — re-asserts emptykeptfor the six pinned manner cases.Both assert behaviour, never a noun list.
is_manner_framerestored): fails.bash scripts/gateway_test_container.sh→ 245 passed; 0 failed.Note: running the suite ad-hoc without the harness's calibration-artifact mount fails 2 unrelated
fix_if_32_intent_confidence_tests. Those assert a precondition that the artifact is mounted byscripts/gateway_test_container.sh; they are environmental, not caused by this change.Summary by CodeRabbit