probes: 63

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
63	form-128	Acronym defined by typography alone	probes/2026-08/line-128.py	python	corpus-europe-pmc-jats-2023-2026	2026-08-08	python3 tools/run_probe.py probes/2026-08/line-128.py <dir with the 272 .xml>	240	272	2026-09-09	0	The excerpt's 214/272 used a stricter rule (three uses or more, stop list) that was not kept in code; this probe gives 240. Both kept.	"""Fault Atlas probe — catalogue line 128 (form-128). Question: is an acronym used repeatedly without ever being introduced as "long form (ACRONYM)", or introduced only by bare apposition ("NADPH, an important antioxidant")? Rewritten 2026-09-09 as a standalone probe from the August 2026 campaign script (the original was an inline loop, one counter per line, same regexes). A carrier here is a document with at least one never-glossed acronym. A probe answers one question on one JATS XML file: "is this fault here, and where?" It repairs nothing and decides nothing. Returns a list of excerpts, empty if absent. Run on the reproducible corpus (see corpora/europe-pmc-jats-2023-2026-272.json): python3 tools/run_probe.py probes/2026-08/line-128.py <dir with the 272 .xml> Result (re-run 2026-09-09): 240/272 use at least one all-capitals acronym twice or more without a parenthetical gloss (4,259 orphan acronyms); 143/272 carry a bare apposition. The excerpt quotes 214/272 with a stricter rule (three uses or more, and a stop list of common words) that was not kept in code. Both kept. """ import re, collections SONDES = {} def sonde(ligne, nom): def deco(f): SONDES[ligne] = (nom, f); return f return deco def corps(x): m = re.search(r'(?s)<body\b.*?</body>', x) return m.group(0) if m else '' def txt(x): return re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', re.sub(r'<[^>]+>', ' ', x)) ACRO = re.compile(r'\b([A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]{1,5})\b') APPO = re.compile(r'\b([A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]{1,5}), (?:an?\|the) [a-z]') @sonde(128, "acronym never glossed by (ACRONYM); bare apposition") def d128(x): t = txt(corps(x) or x) glosed = set(re.findall(r'\(([A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]{1,5})\)', t)) counts = collections.Counter(ACRO.findall(t)) orphans = sorted(a for a, n in counts.items() if n >= 2 and a not in glosed and a.isupper() and len(a) >= 2) if not orphans: return [] out = [f"never glossed: {', '.join(orphans[:6])}"] ap = APPO.findall(t) if ap: out.append("bare apposition: " + ", ".join(sorted(set(ap))[:4])) return out