QUESTION QUALITY EXPERIMENT · v0.1
Can iCIDM avoid asking the wrong scientific question?
Existing gap-generated questions were passed through the new U1–U5 Unknown Gate before Question Passport promotion.
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promoted directly to U5 in this first conservative passThis does not mean the questions are unimportant. It means none yet earns the stronger claim “Reality Unknown” without additional representation/evidence review.
Attention-saving result: the gate changes the default from “gap → research question” to “gap → diagnose representation/evidence → research question only if warranted.”
Candidate review
| ID | Question | Current pair count | Gate | Why held |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UQG-001 | Why is the Cryptococcus × Whole-genome sequencing relationship sparse in the publication corpus, and is this a true capability gap, a terminology/classification gap, or simply an unrepresented relationship? | 0 | U4 | No supporting pair recovered by this simple current-label check; evidence/classification search required before calling it a Reality gap. |
| UQG-002 | Why is the Arboviruses × Clinical trial / therapy relationship sparse in the publication corpus, and is this a true capability gap, a terminology/classification gap, or simply an unrepresented relationship? | 0 | U4 | No supporting pair recovered by this simple current-label check; evidence/classification search required before calling it a Reality gap. |
| UQG-003 | Why is the Aspergillus × Whole-genome sequencing relationship sparse in the publication corpus, and is this a true capability gap, a terminology/classification gap, or simply an unrepresented relationship? | 0 | U4 | No supporting pair recovered by this simple current-label check; evidence/classification search required before calling it a Reality gap. |
| UQG-004 | Why is the Staphylococcus aureus / MRSA × Serology / immunology relationship sparse in the publication corpus, and is this a true capability gap, a terminology/classification gap, or simply an unrepresented relationship? | 0 | U4 | No supporting pair recovered by this simple current-label check; evidence/classification search required before calling it a Reality gap. |
| UQG-005 | Why is the Bordetella pertussis × Clinical trial / therapy relationship sparse in the publication corpus, and is this a true capability gap, a terminology/classification gap, or simply an unrepresented relationship? | 1 | U4 | Only 1 current-label records recovered; sparse representation needs evidence/classification review. |
| UQG-006 | Why is the Influenza / respiratory viruses × Whole-genome sequencing relationship sparse in the publication corpus, and is this a true capability gap, a terminology/classification gap, or simply an unrepresented relationship? | 25 | U1/U4 | 25 records recovered despite a sparse-gap prompt; representation/rule mismatch should be checked before scientific promotion. |
| UQG-007 | Why is the Streptococcus pneumoniae × Bioinformatics / modelling relationship sparse in the publication corpus, and is this a true capability gap, a terminology/classification gap, or simply an unrepresented relationship? | 0 | U4 | No supporting pair recovered by this simple current-label check; evidence/classification search required before calling it a Reality gap. |
| UQG-008 | Why is the Influenza / respiratory viruses × Bioinformatics / modelling relationship sparse in the publication corpus, and is this a true capability gap, a terminology/classification gap, or simply an unrepresented relationship? | 5 | U1/U4 | 5 records recovered despite a sparse-gap prompt; representation/rule mismatch should be checked before scientific promotion. |
| UQG-009 | The Streptococcus pneumoniae × PCR / molecular diagnostics relationship was recurrent but has not appeared recently in the corpus. Is the capability obsolete, absorbed into newer methods, dormant, or simply relabelled? | 8 | U1/U4 | 8 records recovered despite a sparse-gap prompt; representation/rule mismatch should be checked before scientific promotion. |
New promotion rule
Question Candidate ≠ Question Passport. A candidate becomes a Question Passport only after U1–U4 checks are documented and HI/domain review judges that a meaningful unresolved Reality question remains.
Review table → · Unknown Gate → · Unasked Question Observatory →
SICO-ATTN-001 · ATTENTION ECONOMY
Qualified questions now compete for scarce human attention
A transparent triage layer ranks what deserves a short audit next while explicitly separating workflow priority from scientific importance.
GLOBAL RESOLUTION · BEFORE PROMOTION
Question quality now includes “Has humanity already answered this?”
Three high-attention candidates were globally checked; all three were substantially resolved and should be reformulated rather than promoted as new Reality Unknowns.