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Bounding box topological relation: within operand completeness · case 01

A box poking out of the top of another is reported as within.

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ROOT CAUSE

The within test omits the maxy comparison.

VERIFIED REPAIR

At the within operand completeness step restore `if b[0] <= a[0] and b[1] <= a[1] and b[2] >= a[2] and b[3] >= a[3]:`, leaving the rest of the model unchanged.

Unsuccessful approach: The maxy comparison is back but the miny comparison is now missing.

Case contract

Input [a, b], closed boxes [minx, miny, maxx, maxy] with positive width and height. Return "equals" if identical, else "disjoint" if separated with no shared point, else "contains" if a covers b (shared edges allowed), "within" if b covers a, else "touches" if the boxes share only boundary, else "overlaps".

Why this case matters

Spatial indexes and map tile filters prune candidates with envelope relations before exact geometry tests.

1 / The failure

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    a, b = x
    if a == b:
        return 'equals'
    if a[2] < b[0] or b[2] < a[0] or a[3] < b[1] or b[3] < a[1]:
        return 'disjoint'
    if a[0] <= b[0] and a[1] <= b[1] and a[2] >= b[2] and a[3] >= b[3]:
        return 'contains'
    if b[0] <= a[0] and b[1] <= a[1] and b[2] >= a[2]:
        return 'within'
    if a[2] == b[0] or b[2] == a[0] or a[3] == b[1] or b[3] == a[1]:
        return 'touches'
    return 'overlaps'
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[('control #0', [[3, 0, 9, 4], [9, 3, 13, 11]], 'touches'), ('control #1', [[6, 3, 7, 5], [3, 1, 9, 6]], 'within'), ('control #2', [[5, 9, 6, 10], [3, 9, 10, 13]], 'within'), ('control #3', [[8, 2, 9, 4], [1, 10, 4, 15]], 'disjoint'), ('control #4', [[1, 1, 7, 5], [4, 5, 9, 8]], 'touches'), ('control #5', [[9, 7, 16, 13], [1, 10, 7, 13]], 'disjoint'), ('control #7', [[1, 7, 6, 11], [0, 6, 7, 7]], 'touches'), ('boundary #18', [[0, 0, 5, 5], [0, 5, 5, 9]], 'touches')], [('control #3', [[8, 2, 9, 4], [1, 10, 4, 15]], 'disjoint'), ('control #4', [[1, 1, 7, 5], [4, 5, 9, 8]], 'touches'), ('control #5', [[9, 7, 16, 13], [1, 10, 7, 13]], 'disjoint'), ('control #6', [[3, 1, 4, 5], [8, 8, 12, 15]], 'disjoint'), ('control #7', [[1, 7, 6, 11], [0, 6, 7, 7]], 'touches'), ('control #8', [[2, 1, 4, 2], [3, 1, 6, 4]], 'overlaps'), ('control #12', [[8, 9, 9, 16], [4, 4, 11, 11]], 'overlaps'), ('boundary #18', [[0, 0, 5, 5], [0, 5, 5, 9]], 'touches')], [('control #6', [[3, 1, 4, 5], [8, 8, 12, 15]], 'disjoint'), ('control #7', [[1, 7, 6, 11], [0, 6, 7, 7]], 'touches'), ('control #8', [[2, 1, 4, 2], [3, 1, 6, 4]], 'overlaps'), ('control #9', [[7, 2, 15, 6], [8, 4, 14, 11]], 'overlaps'), ('control #10', [[7, 1, 10, 3], [7, 0, 14, 3]], 'within'), ('control #11', [[2, 7, 10, 9], [10, 8, 12, 13]], 'touches'), ('boundary #18', [[0, 0, 5, 5], [0, 5, 5, 9]], 'touches'), ('boundary #28', [[0, 6, 5, 9], [0, 0, 5, 6]], 'touches')], [('control #7', [[1, 7, 6, 11], [0, 6, 7, 7]], 'touches'), ('control #10', [[7, 1, 10, 3], [7, 0, 14, 3]], 'within'), ('control #11', [[2, 7, 10, 9], [10, 8, 12, 13]], 'touches'), ('control #12', [[8, 9, 9, 16], [4, 4, 11, 11]], 'overlaps'), ('control #13', [[5, 3, 9, 9], [7, 8, 8, 15]], 'overlaps'), ('control #14', [[3, 2, 10, 3], [8, 5, 14, 7]], 'disjoint'), ('control #15', [[3, 5, 7, 12], [9, 2, 16, 3]], 'disjoint'), ('boundary #18', [[0, 0, 5, 5], [0, 5, 5, 9]], 'touches')], [('control #12', [[8, 9, 9, 16], [4, 4, 11, 11]], 'overlaps'), ('control #13', [[5, 3, 9, 9], [7, 8, 8, 15]], 'overlaps'), ('control #14', [[3, 2, 10, 3], [8, 5, 14, 7]], 'disjoint'), ('control #15', [[3, 5, 7, 12], [9, 2, 16, 3]], 'disjoint'), ('boundary #16', [[0, 0, 5, 5], [5, 0, 9, 5]], 'touches'), ('boundary #17', [[0, 0, 5, 5], [5, 5, 9, 9]], 'touches'), ('boundary #18', [[0, 0, 5, 5], [0, 5, 5, 9]], 'touches'), ('boundary #19', [[0, 0, 10, 10], [0, 0, 5, 5]], 'contains')]]
for label, args, expected in fixtures[N-1]:
    check(label, solve(args), expected)
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
control #0touchestouchesPassed
control #1withinwithinPassed
control #2withinwithinPassed
control #3disjointdisjointPassed
control #4touchestouchesPassed
control #5disjointdisjointPassed
control #7withintouchesFailed
boundary #18touchestouchesPassed

SHA-256 / 815dc0f6053d5d32329fda2a63889ca7cc166cf9f476ed0f0c7ba522fb74a7e2

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    a, b = x
    if a == b:
        return 'equals'
    if a[2] < b[0] or b[2] < a[0] or a[3] < b[1] or b[3] < a[1]:
        return 'disjoint'
    if a[0] <= b[0] and a[1] <= b[1] and a[2] >= b[2] and a[3] >= b[3]:
        return 'contains'
    if b[0] <= a[0] and b[2] >= a[2] and b[3] >= a[3]:
        return 'within'
    if a[2] == b[0] or b[2] == a[0] or a[3] == b[1] or b[3] == a[1]:
        return 'touches'
    return 'overlaps'
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[('control #0', [[3, 0, 9, 4], [9, 3, 13, 11]], 'touches'), ('control #1', [[6, 3, 7, 5], [3, 1, 9, 6]], 'within'), ('control #2', [[5, 9, 6, 10], [3, 9, 10, 13]], 'within'), ('control #3', [[8, 2, 9, 4], [1, 10, 4, 15]], 'disjoint'), ('control #4', [[1, 1, 7, 5], [4, 5, 9, 8]], 'touches'), ('control #5', [[9, 7, 16, 13], [1, 10, 7, 13]], 'disjoint'), ('control #7', [[1, 7, 6, 11], [0, 6, 7, 7]], 'touches'), ('boundary #18', [[0, 0, 5, 5], [0, 5, 5, 9]], 'touches')], [('control #3', [[8, 2, 9, 4], [1, 10, 4, 15]], 'disjoint'), ('control #4', [[1, 1, 7, 5], [4, 5, 9, 8]], 'touches'), ('control #5', [[9, 7, 16, 13], [1, 10, 7, 13]], 'disjoint'), ('control #6', [[3, 1, 4, 5], [8, 8, 12, 15]], 'disjoint'), ('control #7', [[1, 7, 6, 11], [0, 6, 7, 7]], 'touches'), ('control #8', [[2, 1, 4, 2], [3, 1, 6, 4]], 'overlaps'), ('control #12', [[8, 9, 9, 16], [4, 4, 11, 11]], 'overlaps'), ('boundary #18', [[0, 0, 5, 5], [0, 5, 5, 9]], 'touches')], [('control #6', [[3, 1, 4, 5], [8, 8, 12, 15]], 'disjoint'), ('control #7', [[1, 7, 6, 11], [0, 6, 7, 7]], 'touches'), ('control #8', [[2, 1, 4, 2], [3, 1, 6, 4]], 'overlaps'), ('control #9', [[7, 2, 15, 6], [8, 4, 14, 11]], 'overlaps'), ('control #10', [[7, 1, 10, 3], [7, 0, 14, 3]], 'within'), ('control #11', [[2, 7, 10, 9], [10, 8, 12, 13]], 'touches'), ('boundary #18', [[0, 0, 5, 5], [0, 5, 5, 9]], 'touches'), ('boundary #28', [[0, 6, 5, 9], [0, 0, 5, 6]], 'touches')], [('control #7', [[1, 7, 6, 11], [0, 6, 7, 7]], 'touches'), ('control #10', [[7, 1, 10, 3], [7, 0, 14, 3]], 'within'), ('control #11', [[2, 7, 10, 9], [10, 8, 12, 13]], 'touches'), ('control #12', [[8, 9, 9, 16], [4, 4, 11, 11]], 'overlaps'), ('control #13', [[5, 3, 9, 9], [7, 8, 8, 15]], 'overlaps'), ('control #14', [[3, 2, 10, 3], [8, 5, 14, 7]], 'disjoint'), ('control #15', [[3, 5, 7, 12], [9, 2, 16, 3]], 'disjoint'), ('boundary #18', [[0, 0, 5, 5], [0, 5, 5, 9]], 'touches')], [('control #12', [[8, 9, 9, 16], [4, 4, 11, 11]], 'overlaps'), ('control #13', [[5, 3, 9, 9], [7, 8, 8, 15]], 'overlaps'), ('control #14', [[3, 2, 10, 3], [8, 5, 14, 7]], 'disjoint'), ('control #15', [[3, 5, 7, 12], [9, 2, 16, 3]], 'disjoint'), ('boundary #16', [[0, 0, 5, 5], [5, 0, 9, 5]], 'touches'), ('boundary #17', [[0, 0, 5, 5], [5, 5, 9, 9]], 'touches'), ('boundary #18', [[0, 0, 5, 5], [0, 5, 5, 9]], 'touches'), ('boundary #19', [[0, 0, 10, 10], [0, 0, 5, 5]], 'contains')]]
for label, args, expected in fixtures[N-1]:
    check(label, solve(args), expected)
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
control #0touchestouchesPassed
control #1withinwithinPassed
control #2withinwithinPassed
control #3disjointdisjointPassed
control #4touchestouchesPassed
control #5disjointdisjointPassed
control #7touchestouchesPassed
boundary #18withintouchesFailed

SHA-256 / 80471e20fa6bf46a1c348f8cef5c48d3774a5ee386d07e489acd0480909ffc4e

3 / The verified repair

Exit 0
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    a, b = x
    if a == b:
        return 'equals'
    if a[2] < b[0] or b[2] < a[0] or a[3] < b[1] or b[3] < a[1]:
        return 'disjoint'
    if a[0] <= b[0] and a[1] <= b[1] and a[2] >= b[2] and a[3] >= b[3]:
        return 'contains'
    if b[0] <= a[0] and b[1] <= a[1] and b[2] >= a[2] and b[3] >= a[3]:
        return 'within'
    if a[2] == b[0] or b[2] == a[0] or a[3] == b[1] or b[3] == a[1]:
        return 'touches'
    return 'overlaps'
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[('control #0', [[3, 0, 9, 4], [9, 3, 13, 11]], 'touches'), ('control #1', [[6, 3, 7, 5], [3, 1, 9, 6]], 'within'), ('control #2', [[5, 9, 6, 10], [3, 9, 10, 13]], 'within'), ('control #3', [[8, 2, 9, 4], [1, 10, 4, 15]], 'disjoint'), ('control #4', [[1, 1, 7, 5], [4, 5, 9, 8]], 'touches'), ('control #5', [[9, 7, 16, 13], [1, 10, 7, 13]], 'disjoint'), ('control #7', [[1, 7, 6, 11], [0, 6, 7, 7]], 'touches'), ('boundary #18', [[0, 0, 5, 5], [0, 5, 5, 9]], 'touches')], [('control #3', [[8, 2, 9, 4], [1, 10, 4, 15]], 'disjoint'), ('control #4', [[1, 1, 7, 5], [4, 5, 9, 8]], 'touches'), ('control #5', [[9, 7, 16, 13], [1, 10, 7, 13]], 'disjoint'), ('control #6', [[3, 1, 4, 5], [8, 8, 12, 15]], 'disjoint'), ('control #7', [[1, 7, 6, 11], [0, 6, 7, 7]], 'touches'), ('control #8', [[2, 1, 4, 2], [3, 1, 6, 4]], 'overlaps'), ('control #12', [[8, 9, 9, 16], [4, 4, 11, 11]], 'overlaps'), ('boundary #18', [[0, 0, 5, 5], [0, 5, 5, 9]], 'touches')], [('control #6', [[3, 1, 4, 5], [8, 8, 12, 15]], 'disjoint'), ('control #7', [[1, 7, 6, 11], [0, 6, 7, 7]], 'touches'), ('control #8', [[2, 1, 4, 2], [3, 1, 6, 4]], 'overlaps'), ('control #9', [[7, 2, 15, 6], [8, 4, 14, 11]], 'overlaps'), ('control #10', [[7, 1, 10, 3], [7, 0, 14, 3]], 'within'), ('control #11', [[2, 7, 10, 9], [10, 8, 12, 13]], 'touches'), ('boundary #18', [[0, 0, 5, 5], [0, 5, 5, 9]], 'touches'), ('boundary #28', [[0, 6, 5, 9], [0, 0, 5, 6]], 'touches')], [('control #7', [[1, 7, 6, 11], [0, 6, 7, 7]], 'touches'), ('control #10', [[7, 1, 10, 3], [7, 0, 14, 3]], 'within'), ('control #11', [[2, 7, 10, 9], [10, 8, 12, 13]], 'touches'), ('control #12', [[8, 9, 9, 16], [4, 4, 11, 11]], 'overlaps'), ('control #13', [[5, 3, 9, 9], [7, 8, 8, 15]], 'overlaps'), ('control #14', [[3, 2, 10, 3], [8, 5, 14, 7]], 'disjoint'), ('control #15', [[3, 5, 7, 12], [9, 2, 16, 3]], 'disjoint'), ('boundary #18', [[0, 0, 5, 5], [0, 5, 5, 9]], 'touches')], [('control #12', [[8, 9, 9, 16], [4, 4, 11, 11]], 'overlaps'), ('control #13', [[5, 3, 9, 9], [7, 8, 8, 15]], 'overlaps'), ('control #14', [[3, 2, 10, 3], [8, 5, 14, 7]], 'disjoint'), ('control #15', [[3, 5, 7, 12], [9, 2, 16, 3]], 'disjoint'), ('boundary #16', [[0, 0, 5, 5], [5, 0, 9, 5]], 'touches'), ('boundary #17', [[0, 0, 5, 5], [5, 5, 9, 9]], 'touches'), ('boundary #18', [[0, 0, 5, 5], [0, 5, 5, 9]], 'touches'), ('boundary #19', [[0, 0, 10, 10], [0, 0, 5, 5]], 'contains')]]
for label, args, expected in fixtures[N-1]:
    check(label, solve(args), expected)
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
control #0touchestouchesPassed
control #1withinwithinPassed
control #2withinwithinPassed
control #3disjointdisjointPassed
control #4touchestouchesPassed
control #5disjointdisjointPassed
control #7touchestouchesPassed
boundary #18touchestouchesPassed

SHA-256 / 4c95b18aa0ee998fefb75930aea5e3c40e1abb226f5713132e2e1b3287ed845b

Verification & scope

Stipulated deterministic toy contract on a bounded input domain; results are rounded as stated and no conformance with any published standard or library is claimed. 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 2026-09-29T14:48:21.008410+00:00.

Case digest / 215b23700284a2718026567fc5938bd9a4578439421646057f5649f7e2c4f5dc