{"abstract":"Explicit NDF descriptors are treated as drop frame.","category":"Broadcast timecode arithmetic","checks":9,"contract":"Parse a rate descriptor: a known rate (23.976, 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, 60; redundant trailing decimal zeros allowed) with an optional case-insensitive DF/NDF suffix, optionally separated by a space or hyphen; surrounding whitespace ignored. Drop frame is only valid for 29.97 and 59.94. Return [num,den,drop] or None.","evaluation_group":"w2-broadcast-timecode-arithmetic-rate-descriptor","failed_approach":"Checking the first character for N never sees the N of an NDF suffix.","family":"w2-broadcast-timecode-arithmetic-rate-descriptor-non-drop-suffix","id":"FA-78696","implementations":{"attempt":{"sha256":"c4a770419cf0717168e14e6f37d63d32baea4b9ac66c2aa5b6adfd0a49f83a91","source":"\"\"\"Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only.\"\"\"\nimport json\n\nN = 1\nobservations = []\ndef solve(s):\n    t=s.strip().upper()\n    drop=t.endswith('DF') and not t.startswith('N')\n    base=t[:-3] if t.endswith('NDF') else t[:-2] if t.endswith('DF') else t\n    base=base.rstrip(' -')\n    if '.' in base:\n        base=base.rstrip('0').rstrip('.')\n    table={'23.976':(24000,1001),'23.98':(24000,1001),'24':(24,1),'25':(25,1),'29.97':(30000,1001),'30':(30,1),'50':(50,1),'59.94':(60000,1001),'60':(60,1)}\n    if base not in table:\n        return None\n    num,den=table[base]\n    if drop and den!=1001 or drop and num==24000:\n        return None\n    return [num,den,drop]\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\nfixtures = [[('regression: non-drop suffix', ['29.97 NDF'], [30000, 1001, False]), ('regression variant: non-drop suffix', ['59.94 ndf'], [60000, 1001, False]), ('partial repair probe: non-drop suffix', ['29.970NDF'], [30000, 1001, False]), ('partial repair variant: non-drop suffix', ['30.0 ndf'], [30, 1, False]), ('boundary control', ['29.97DF'], [30000, 1001, True]), ('boundary control', ['59.94-df'], [60000, 1001, True]), ('normal control', ['30DF'], None), ('normal control', ['30.0'], [30, 1, False]), ('normal control', [' 23.98df '], None)], [('regression: non-drop suffix', [' 30 ndf '], [30, 1, False]), ('regression variant: non-drop suffix', [' 23.98-NDF '], [24000, 1001, False]), ('partial repair probe: non-drop suffix', [' 29.97NDF '], [30000, 1001, False]), ('partial repair variant: non-drop suffix', ['24NDF'], [24, 1, False]), ('boundary control', ['30DF'], None), ('boundary control', ['30.0'], [30, 1, False]), ('normal control', [' 25 DF '], None), ('normal control', ['30'], [30, 1, False]), ('normal control', ['31-DF'], None)], [('regression: non-drop suffix', ['29.970NDF'], [30000, 1001, False]), ('regression variant: non-drop suffix', ['30 ndf'], [30, 1, False]), ('partial repair probe: non-drop suffix', ['50 ndf'], [50, 1, False]), ('partial repair variant: non-drop suffix', [' 24-NDF '], [24, 1, False]), ('boundary control', ['23.976'], [24000, 1001, False]), ('boundary control', ['29.97DF'], [30000, 1001, True]), ('normal control', [' 60 '], [60, 1, False]), ('normal control', ['23.976df'], None), ('normal control', [' 24.0DF '], None)], [('regression: non-drop suffix', [' 29.97NDF '], [30000, 1001, False]), ('regression variant: non-drop suffix', ['30NDF'], [30, 1, False]), ('partial repair probe: non-drop suffix', ['59.94 ndf'], [60000, 1001, False]), ('partial repair variant: non-drop suffix', [' 60-NDF '], [60, 1, False]), ('boundary control', ['59.94-df'], [60000, 1001, True]), ('boundary control', ['30DF'], None), ('normal control', [' 29.970 '], [30000, 1001, False]), ('normal control', [' 29.97df '], [30000, 1001, True]), ('normal control', ['25.00'], [25, 1, False])], [('regression: non-drop suffix', ['50 ndf'], [50, 1, False]), ('regression variant: non-drop suffix', ['30.0 ndf'], [30, 1, False]), ('partial repair probe: non-drop suffix', [' 23.98-NDF '], [24000, 1001, False]), ('partial repair variant: non-drop suffix', ['60NDF'], [60, 1, False]), ('boundary control', ['30.0'], [30, 1, False]), ('boundary control', ['23.976'], [24000, 1001, False]), ('normal control', [' 59.94-DF '], [60000, 1001, True]), ('normal control', [' 29.970 DF '], [30000, 1001, True]), ('normal control', [' 25 '], [25, 1, False])]]\nfor label, args, expected in fixtures[N-1]:\n    check(label, solve(*args), expected)\nprint(json.dumps({\"observations\": observations, \"passed\": all(x[\"passed\"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))\nraise SystemExit(0 if all(x[\"passed\"] for x in observations) else 1)\n"},"broken":{"sha256":"6721e1271727d7dbc7d1c44ab8bc1388bf305e860acffab496507a5628f749a7","source":"\"\"\"Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only.\"\"\"\nimport json\n\nN = 1\nobservations = []\ndef solve(s):\n    t=s.strip().upper()\n    drop='DF' in t\n    base=t[:-3] if t.endswith('NDF') else t[:-2] if t.endswith('DF') else t\n    base=base.rstrip(' -')\n    if '.' in base:\n        base=base.rstrip('0').rstrip('.')\n    table={'23.976':(24000,1001),'23.98':(24000,1001),'24':(24,1),'25':(25,1),'29.97':(30000,1001),'30':(30,1),'50':(50,1),'59.94':(60000,1001),'60':(60,1)}\n    if base not in table:\n        return None\n    num,den=table[base]\n    if drop and den!=1001 or drop and num==24000:\n        return None\n    return [num,den,drop]\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\nfixtures = [[('regression: non-drop suffix', ['29.97 NDF'], [30000, 1001, False]), ('regression variant: non-drop suffix', ['59.94 ndf'], [60000, 1001, False]), ('partial repair probe: non-drop suffix', ['29.970NDF'], [30000, 1001, False]), ('partial repair variant: non-drop suffix', ['30.0 ndf'], [30, 1, False]), ('boundary control', ['29.97DF'], [30000, 1001, True]), ('boundary control', ['59.94-df'], [60000, 1001, True]), ('normal control', ['30DF'], None), ('normal control', ['30.0'], [30, 1, False]), ('normal control', [' 23.98df '], None)], [('regression: non-drop suffix', [' 30 ndf '], [30, 1, False]), ('regression variant: non-drop suffix', [' 23.98-NDF '], [24000, 1001, False]), ('partial repair probe: non-drop suffix', [' 29.97NDF '], [30000, 1001, False]), ('partial repair variant: non-drop suffix', ['24NDF'], [24, 1, False]), ('boundary control', ['30DF'], None), ('boundary control', ['30.0'], [30, 1, False]), ('normal control', [' 25 DF '], None), ('normal control', ['30'], [30, 1, False]), ('normal control', ['31-DF'], None)], [('regression: non-drop suffix', ['29.970NDF'], [30000, 1001, False]), ('regression variant: non-drop suffix', ['30 ndf'], [30, 1, False]), ('partial repair probe: non-drop suffix', ['50 ndf'], [50, 1, False]), ('partial repair variant: non-drop suffix', [' 24-NDF '], [24, 1, False]), ('boundary control', ['23.976'], [24000, 1001, False]), ('boundary control', ['29.97DF'], [30000, 1001, True]), ('normal control', [' 60 '], [60, 1, False]), ('normal control', ['23.976df'], None), ('normal control', [' 24.0DF '], None)], [('regression: non-drop suffix', [' 29.97NDF '], [30000, 1001, False]), ('regression variant: non-drop suffix', ['30NDF'], [30, 1, False]), ('partial repair probe: non-drop suffix', ['59.94 ndf'], [60000, 1001, False]), ('partial repair variant: non-drop suffix', [' 60-NDF '], [60, 1, False]), ('boundary control', ['59.94-df'], [60000, 1001, True]), ('boundary control', ['30DF'], None), ('normal control', [' 29.970 '], [30000, 1001, False]), ('normal control', [' 29.97df '], [30000, 1001, True]), ('normal control', ['25.00'], [25, 1, False])], [('regression: non-drop suffix', ['50 ndf'], [50, 1, False]), ('regression variant: non-drop suffix', ['30.0 ndf'], [30, 1, False]), ('partial repair probe: non-drop suffix', [' 23.98-NDF '], [24000, 1001, False]), ('partial repair variant: non-drop suffix', ['60NDF'], [60, 1, False]), ('boundary control', ['30.0'], [30, 1, False]), ('boundary control', ['23.976'], [24000, 1001, False]), ('normal control', [' 59.94-DF '], [60000, 1001, True]), ('normal control', [' 29.970 DF '], [30000, 1001, True]), ('normal control', [' 25 '], [25, 1, False])]]\nfor label, args, expected in fixtures[N-1]:\n    check(label, solve(*args), expected)\nprint(json.dumps({\"observations\": observations, \"passed\": all(x[\"passed\"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))\nraise SystemExit(0 if all(x[\"passed\"] for x in observations) else 1)\n"},"fixed":{"sha256":"b88d4f33fe544a0e45ba0f552f670818cfa593451faf9ad39a492ed52655be4f","source":"\"\"\"Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only.\"\"\"\nimport json\n\nN = 1\nobservations = []\ndef solve(s):\n    t=s.strip().upper()\n    drop=t.endswith('DF') and not t.endswith('NDF')\n    base=t[:-3] if t.endswith('NDF') else t[:-2] if t.endswith('DF') else t\n    base=base.rstrip(' -')\n    if '.' in base:\n        base=base.rstrip('0').rstrip('.')\n    table={'23.976':(24000,1001),'23.98':(24000,1001),'24':(24,1),'25':(25,1),'29.97':(30000,1001),'30':(30,1),'50':(50,1),'59.94':(60000,1001),'60':(60,1)}\n    if base not in table:\n        return None\n    num,den=table[base]\n    if drop and den!=1001 or drop and num==24000:\n        return None\n    return [num,den,drop]\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\nfixtures = [[('regression: non-drop suffix', ['29.97 NDF'], [30000, 1001, False]), ('regression variant: non-drop suffix', ['59.94 ndf'], [60000, 1001, False]), ('partial repair probe: non-drop suffix', ['29.970NDF'], [30000, 1001, False]), ('partial repair variant: non-drop suffix', ['30.0 ndf'], [30, 1, False]), ('boundary control', ['29.97DF'], [30000, 1001, True]), ('boundary control', ['59.94-df'], [60000, 1001, True]), ('normal control', ['30DF'], None), ('normal control', ['30.0'], [30, 1, False]), ('normal control', [' 23.98df '], None)], [('regression: non-drop suffix', [' 30 ndf '], [30, 1, False]), ('regression variant: non-drop suffix', [' 23.98-NDF '], [24000, 1001, False]), ('partial repair probe: non-drop suffix', [' 29.97NDF '], [30000, 1001, False]), ('partial repair variant: non-drop suffix', ['24NDF'], [24, 1, False]), ('boundary control', ['30DF'], None), ('boundary control', ['30.0'], [30, 1, False]), ('normal control', [' 25 DF '], None), ('normal control', ['30'], [30, 1, False]), ('normal control', ['31-DF'], None)], [('regression: non-drop suffix', ['29.970NDF'], [30000, 1001, False]), ('regression variant: non-drop suffix', ['30 ndf'], [30, 1, False]), ('partial repair probe: non-drop suffix', ['50 ndf'], [50, 1, False]), ('partial repair variant: non-drop suffix', [' 24-NDF '], [24, 1, False]), ('boundary control', ['23.976'], [24000, 1001, False]), ('boundary control', ['29.97DF'], [30000, 1001, True]), ('normal control', [' 60 '], [60, 1, False]), ('normal control', ['23.976df'], None), ('normal control', [' 24.0DF '], None)], [('regression: non-drop suffix', [' 29.97NDF '], [30000, 1001, False]), ('regression variant: non-drop suffix', ['30NDF'], [30, 1, False]), ('partial repair probe: non-drop suffix', ['59.94 ndf'], [60000, 1001, False]), ('partial repair variant: non-drop suffix', [' 60-NDF '], [60, 1, False]), ('boundary control', ['59.94-df'], [60000, 1001, True]), ('boundary control', ['30DF'], None), ('normal control', [' 29.970 '], [30000, 1001, False]), ('normal control', [' 29.97df '], [30000, 1001, True]), ('normal control', ['25.00'], [25, 1, False])], [('regression: non-drop suffix', ['50 ndf'], [50, 1, False]), ('regression variant: non-drop suffix', ['30.0 ndf'], [30, 1, False]), ('partial repair probe: non-drop suffix', [' 23.98-NDF '], [24000, 1001, False]), ('partial repair variant: non-drop suffix', ['60NDF'], [60, 1, False]), ('boundary control', ['30.0'], [30, 1, False]), ('boundary control', ['23.976'], [24000, 1001, False]), ('normal control', [' 59.94-DF '], [60000, 1001, True]), ('normal control', [' 29.970 DF '], [30000, 1001, True]), ('normal control', [' 25 '], [25, 1, False])]]\nfor label, args, expected in fixtures[N-1]:\n    check(label, solve(*args), expected)\nprint(json.dumps({\"observations\": observations, \"passed\": all(x[\"passed\"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))\nraise SystemExit(0 if all(x[\"passed\"] for x in observations) else 1)\n"}},"limitations":"A deterministic bounded teaching model with a stipulated toy contract; it does not claim conformance to SMPTE or any broadcast standard. This reproducer isolates one failure mechanism. Results cover the supplied fixtures. Variants within a family share a test contract and should remain grouped when constructing evaluation splits. Related mechanisms with a shared evaluation_group must also remain together; these controlled models are not independent production incidents.","method":"Deterministic executable model with adversarial boundary fixtures.","provenance":{"created_by":"Failure Map","dependencies":"Python standard library","family":"w2-broadcast-timecode-arithmetic-rate-descriptor-non-drop-suffix","generated_at":"2026-09-29T14:49:37.924005+00:00","license":"CC0-1.0","python":"3.12.14","seed":1,"split":"open-access"},"relevance":"Timecode arithmetic errors misplace edits, commercial breaks and captions against the broadcast clock.","repair":"Drop frame requires a DF suffix that is not NDF.","root_cause":"Drop frame is detected by the substring DF, which NDF also contains.","sha256":"7e12483f92c2205e5786438be47fa57b3e29259a225f7644b92fc802da14bdfd","title":"Frame-rate descriptor parsing: non-drop suffix · case 01","variant":1,"variant_policy":"Five numbered records share a model and may reuse boundary 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