Grading a vendor sentence in three levels
A documented mechanism names what is stored and when it is used. A claim describes a capability without naming a mechanism. An absence means the page does not address the point. All three are useful and none of them is a prediction about output. As of 2026-09-12.
| Grade | The test | What it lets a reader do |
|---|---|---|
| Documented | A named object, stage, unit or limit | Ask a specific question before paying |
| Claimed | An outcome asserted with no mechanism | Design a trial to check it |
| Absent | The page does not address it | Write it down as a question |
Inclusion rule. Three grades, applied to a single sentence at a time. A page that documents one point and claims another receives two different grades, recorded in separate cells. Order. From the most published evidence to the least.
1Grading is about evidence, never about plausibility
A claim graded as a claim is not doubted. Vendors describing an outcome without a mechanism are usually describing something real; the grade records only that a reader cannot interrogate it before buying.
Collapsing claimed and documented into a tick would make two very different quantities of evidence look identical, which is the specific failure this file exists to avoid.
2What would move a cell up a grade
One paragraph. Name the object, say what it contains, say how far it reaches and say what happens when two of them conflict. That is not a large ask and it is the difference between a feature a production can plan around and one it has to trial.
Where that paragraph appears, the cell moves, with the date it was read. Nothing about the product has to change for a grade to improve.
3Grades do not aggregate into a score
Counting documented cells and calling the total a ranking would treat a page's willingness to write things down as a measure of quality. Those correlate weakly and sometimes inversely.
So the grades stay in their cells. A reader comparing two products should read the sentences, not the count, which is why every cell on this file carries the wording rather than a symbol.
4Where the register holds these tools
The techniques above are general craft. Which tools document support for them, and in what words, is held in the register, each cell carrying the page it was read from and the date.
- The register — every entry on the same columns, with sources
- The stages — one page per column, read down instead of across
- The readings — one vendor on one column, sentence by sentence
Craft notes, not a register entry. No line here is attributed to a tool, and none should be read as a claim about one. The sourced material is on the register. Related: Why a date, Building a shortlist.
5How a serial stays consistent
Serial work like “Grades of evidence” depends on continuity; SceneMixer's guides describe how it keeps it:
A producer working in German can make a series whose cast speaks Indonesian: the interface and the working documents follow the interface language, the spoken dialogue follows the project setting.
SceneMixer, AI Short Drama in 15 Languages (2026): Interface, Scripts and the Dialogue Your Cast Actually Speaks — “Can the interface be in one language and the dialogue in another?” (read 2026-10-13)
SceneMixer separates the script language from the production language: the output (episode outlines, storyboards, on-screen text) follows your interface language, and target-region localization adapts character names, casting, and scenery for Western, East Asian, Southeast Asian, or Latin American audiences.
SceneMixer, Turn a Novel into a Video Series with AI — “Can I turn a Chinese web novel into an English-language drama?” (read 2026-10-13)