probes: 16

The exact question asked of a corpus, kept verbatim (code column): a Python regex on one document, a SPARQL query on a public endpoint, a shell request. result_count/result_of is the re-run figure on result_date; matches_excerpt says whether that figure is the one quoted in the observation (0 = differs, both kept).

This data as json

id	form_id	form_name	file	kind	corpus_id	written	run	result_count	result_of	result_date	matches_excerpt	note	code
16	form-064	Period typographic conventions	probes/2026-08/line-064-arginine-titles.py	python	corpus-pubmed-arginine-pre1990-3642	2026-09-09	python3 tools/run_probe.py probes/2026-08/line-064-arginine-titles.py <corpus .md file>	234	3642	2026-09-09	0	The August note says 184; the rule it used was not written down. This probe (title carries no lower-case letter) gives 234, almost all from the 1960s. The probe's figure is the one to cite; the excerpt keeps its own.	"""Fault Atlas probe — catalogue line 64 (form-064), origin observation. Corpus: PubMed abstracts on arginine, published before 1990-01-01, harvested 2026-07-29 by efetch (3,642 records; see corpora/pubmed-arginine-pre1990-3642.json). The corpus file is a Markdown list: one record per "## n. PMID x · year" heading, the title in bold on the next line. Question: how many titles are written in full capitals (a dated convention)? Run: python3 tools/run_probe.py probes/2026-08/line-064-arginine-titles.py <corpus .md file> Result: 234 of 3,642 titles carry no lower-case letter (232 of them from the 1960s). The August 2026 note counted 184 with a rule that was not preserved; the figure below is the one this probe gives, and it is the one to cite from now on. """ import re CORPUS_PROBE = True LINE = 64 TITLE = "title in full capitals (dated typographic convention)" REC = re.compile(r'^## \d+\. PMID (\d+) · (\d{4})\n\\(.?)\\*', re.M) def population(text): return len(REC.findall(text)) def probe(text): out = [] for pmid, year, title in REC.findall(text): if re.search(r'[A-Z]', title) and not re.search(r'[a-z]', title): out.append(f"PMID {pmid} ({year}): {title}") return out