# Batch 248 process log - negated low-frequency property consolidation after Rule 205

Date: 2026-07-08
Batch: batch-248
Rule: 206
Type: construction consolidation

## Source pass

Starting point: 12,447 / 20,000 verified sentences after Batch 247 / Rule 205.

Rule 206 consolidates the ten Rule 205 low-frequency property adjectives in negated property-predicate frames. It uses
only independent pre-adjective `kari`, following Patz's statement that if an adjective is to be negated, `kari` may
precede it. It does not open the post-adjective privative interpretation `ADJ-kari`, degree, comparison, perception
verbs, action/event prose, source/use claims, illness/body-state readings, social-event prose, target morphology, or
productive reduplication.

Source basis:

- Patz grammar 3.1 says adjectives denote properties of nominal referents.
- Patz example 2 gives `Kirrbaji yalbay.` "The dugong is big", supporting simple NP + adjective predicates.
- Patz example 295 gives `Yinya mayi ngulkurr.` "That food is good", supporting `Yinya` + NP + adjective predicates.
- Patz negation section states that when an adjective is negated, `kari` may precede the adjective; the following
  `ADJ(-)kari` option is treated as privative and remains closed here.
- Rule 204 supplied local corpus precedent for independent `kari` before adjective predicators.
- Rule 205 supplied the lexical target set and the narrow support-noun readings.

Retained target heads:

- `barrangkul` flat.
- `jalngka` smooth / level; no itchy-feeling noun homonym.
- `kurru-kurru` crooked; no abstract wrongness/event prose.
- `darra` narrow / too small; no degree row.
- `yalmbar` wide.
- `kiray` quiet; no motion or secrecy adverb.
- `murru` round.
- `murru-murru` lumpy; lexicalized dictionary adjective only.
- `muru-muru` close together; lexicalized dictionary adjective only.
- `manun-manun` kind; character property only.

Support nouns and readings:

- `bubu` ground only; no country/ownership reading.
- `juku` wood only; no tree-use/source/action reading.
- `baral` road/path only; feel/perception verb homograph closed.
- `kambi` clothing only; flying-fox homograph closed.
- `kulji` pebble/stone only; money/coin secondary reading closed.
- `bama` person/people only; no kin/social-event row.
- `kari` is independent NEG particle only, never privative `-kari`.
- `yinya`, `yaluy`, and `yinyay` are demonstrative/local support only.

Explicit exclusions:

- No privative `-kari`; no post-adjective `ADJ-kari`; no degree `bajaku`/`baja`; no comparison; no target case,
  compound, plural, inchoative, causative, derivation, or productive reduplication.
- No `nyaji-l`, perception row, `baral` feel/perception verb row, motion/travel from `kiray`, secrecy adverb,
  body-state/itching from `jalngka`, abstract wrongness from `kurru-kurru`, social-event prose from `manun-manun`,
  food/eating/cooking, repair, ownership, money/coin reading, source/use, illness, or body-part row.
- No `yala`/`yanyu`; only already proven `yinya`, `yaluy`, and `yinyay` support forms are used.

## Authoring plan

Five negated property-predicate frame bands, ten target adjectives, 50 total rows:

1. Subject noun + `kari` + target adjective: "The X is not ADJ."
2. `Yinya` + subject noun + `kari` + target adjective: "That X is not ADJ."
3. Subject noun + `kari` + target adjective + `yaluy`: "The X here is not ADJ."
4. Subject noun + `kari` + target adjective + `yinyay`: "The X there is not ADJ."
5. `Yinya` + subject noun + `kari` + target adjective + `yinyay`: "That X there is not ADJ."

Exact duplicate preflight over all 50 planned Kuku surfaces returned no accepted, revised, or under-review collisions.

## Review notes

- Banking created 50 `under_review` rows. Status/confidence readback showed all 50 rows as `status=under_review`,
  `confidence=0.86`. Under-review lint was GREEN over 12,497 scanned rows and the verified total remained 12,447 before
  close.
- Five-lens review passed all 50 rows: morphology checked independent `kari` only, no post-adjective `ADJ-kari`, bare
  target adjectives, lexicalized hyphenated dictionary targets only, and uninflected `yinya`/`yaluy`/`yinyay`; lexicon
  checked retained Rule 205 adjective senses and support noun readings; syntax checked the five negative-property frame
  bands; fidelity checked literal "not" English; register stayed plain negated property description.
- `close_248.py` accepted all 50 rows, inserted 250 review rows, 33 lessons, and 20 lexeme/source-log rows, and recorded
  close evidence in `process_events`.
- Post-close lint was GREEN: 12,497 verified sentences and 107,192 Kuku words, with 0 rows left under review.
- Training export was refreshed after close: total_rows=12,497, train=10,466, dev=1,022, synthtest=1,009.
- Source books updated: operator guide handoff advanced to Rule 207 / `bank_249.py` / `close_249.py`; sample pages,
  grammar cheatsheet, and dictionary errata now include Batch 248 / Rule 206.
- `render-docs.sh` regenerated `public-docs/` after the source-book update.
- Live docs verified on `https://mobtranslate.com/docs/`: `/docs` redirects 301 to `/docs/`; the landing page, four
  rendered HTML documents, and four raw Markdown companions return 200; operator/sample/grammar/errata markers show
  Batch 248 / Rule 206 and the Rule 207 handoff; stale Batch 247 handoff markers are absent.
- Final audit remained GREEN: lint scanned 12,497 rows with 0 issues, DB status was 11,586 accepted / 911 revised /
  0 under_review, Batch 248 held 50 accepted rows, 250 review rows, 33 lessons, 20 lexeme/source-log rows, and the
  export manifest remained total_rows=12,497.
