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Word bigrams cross a record boundary · case 01

Word bigrams cross a record boundary.

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ROOT CAUSE

The implementation applies an operation whose text or grammar semantics violate this contract: Given a list of word-token records, return bigrams within records only.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Implement the complete stated contract, including the boundary fixtures: Given a list of word-token records, return bigrams within records only.

Unsuccessful approach: The attempted repair handles the primary example but still violates a separate boundary of the same contract.

Case contract

Given a list of word-token records, return bigrams within records only.

Why this case matters

A local executable model for consumers of structured text; oracle values are authored literals, not outputs copied from the repaired implementation.

1 / The failure

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import re, unicodedata, json, csv, io, html, base64, binascii, codecs, struct
from urllib.parse import quote, unquote, unquote_to_bytes, urlencode, parse_qsl, urlsplit, urlunsplit
from email.header import decode_header, make_header
from email.utils import getaddresses
from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
import shlex, string, textwrap

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    try:
        return [list(p) for p in zip([v for row in x for v in row],[v for row in x for v in row][1:])]
    except Exception as exc:
        return {"error": type(exc).__name__}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('boundary 1', solve([['a', 'b'], ['c', 'd']]), [['a', 'b'], ['c', 'd']])
check('boundary 2', solve([['a', 'b', 'c']]), [['a', 'b'], ['b', 'c']])
check('boundary 3', solve([['a'], ['b']]), [])
check('boundary 4', solve([]), [])
print(json.dumps({"observations": observations, "passed": all(x["passed"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))
raise SystemExit(0 if all(x["passed"] for x in observations) else 1)
Boundary fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
boundary 1[['a', 'b'], ['b', 'c'], ['c', 'd']][['a', 'b'], ['c', 'd']]Failed
boundary 2[['a', 'b'], ['b', 'c']][['a', 'b'], ['b', 'c']]Passed
boundary 3[['a', 'b']][]Failed
boundary 4[][]Passed

SHA-256 / bef3c3bec02421936b302a55861b6527e034a7aa41fca203eaf4cc8e03d2a44c

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import re, unicodedata, json, csv, io, html, base64, binascii, codecs, struct
from urllib.parse import quote, unquote, unquote_to_bytes, urlencode, parse_qsl, urlsplit, urlunsplit
from email.header import decode_header, make_header
from email.utils import getaddresses
from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
import shlex, string, textwrap

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    try:
        return [[row[i],row[i+1]] for row in x for i in range(0,len(row)-1,2)]
    except Exception as exc:
        return {"error": type(exc).__name__}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('boundary 1', solve([['a', 'b'], ['c', 'd']]), [['a', 'b'], ['c', 'd']])
check('boundary 2', solve([['a', 'b', 'c']]), [['a', 'b'], ['b', 'c']])
check('boundary 3', solve([['a'], ['b']]), [])
check('boundary 4', solve([]), [])
print(json.dumps({"observations": observations, "passed": all(x["passed"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))
raise SystemExit(0 if all(x["passed"] for x in observations) else 1)
Boundary fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
boundary 1[['a', 'b'], ['c', 'd']][['a', 'b'], ['c', 'd']]Passed
boundary 2[['a', 'b']][['a', 'b'], ['b', 'c']]Failed
boundary 3[][]Passed
boundary 4[][]Passed

SHA-256 / 998daf9b89444145e3ac63d1453aceb5ed9c1ec05bcc750ecbc0ec2c836ec7f4

3 / The verified repair

Exit 0
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import re, unicodedata, json, csv, io, html, base64, binascii, codecs, struct
from urllib.parse import quote, unquote, unquote_to_bytes, urlencode, parse_qsl, urlsplit, urlunsplit
from email.header import decode_header, make_header
from email.utils import getaddresses
from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
import shlex, string, textwrap

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    try:
        return [[row[i],row[i+1]] for row in x for i in range(len(row)-1)]
    except Exception as exc:
        return {"error": type(exc).__name__}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('boundary 1', solve([['a', 'b'], ['c', 'd']]), [['a', 'b'], ['c', 'd']])
check('boundary 2', solve([['a', 'b', 'c']]), [['a', 'b'], ['b', 'c']])
check('boundary 3', solve([['a'], ['b']]), [])
check('boundary 4', solve([]), [])
print(json.dumps({"observations": observations, "passed": all(x["passed"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))
raise SystemExit(0 if all(x["passed"] for x in observations) else 1)
Boundary fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
boundary 1[['a', 'b'], ['c', 'd']][['a', 'b'], ['c', 'd']]Passed
boundary 2[['a', 'b'], ['b', 'c']][['a', 'b'], ['b', 'c']]Passed
boundary 3[][]Passed
boundary 4[][]Passed

SHA-256 / 0dfe7ac87589046512b8a0cc53db96edba95d0eb7aaf263d319ab5de62f6a2c6

Verification & scope

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.

Observations recorded using Python 3.12.14 at 2026-09-29T14:37:33.636790+00:00.

Case digest / c42a2354b55f26f56afb84633c21b0fd3ca308979cb95ce8d025b8b7cc5547dc