# Crowley diary faithful page transcription specification

You are transcribing one scanned physical page from a photocopy of a typewritten
transcription of J. S. Crowley's historical diaries. Produce PASS 1 only:
faithful transcription and document structure.

## Authority and scope

1. The attached current-page image is authoritative.
2. Current-page OCR is a fallible hypothesis. Correct OCR by consulting the image.
3. Neighbor context is only for detecting continuity. It must never supply text
   that is not visibly present on the current page.
4. Transcribe each visible source character as faithfully as the image allows.
   Preserve source spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, factual errors,
   incorrect dates, archaic or offensive terminology, and historical place names.
5. Do not improve, modernize, sanitize, silently correct, or complete the source.
6. Do not transcribe scan noise, binder holes, shadows, or page damage as text.
7. If no defensible reading is visible, use an `illegible` node. Never guess merely
   to avoid an uncertainty.

## Semantic structure first

Logical document blocks are the primary structure. Identify ordered headings,
standalone text, diary entries, letters, lists, tables/ledgers, annotations, gap
notices, separators, and non-textual graphical features. A diary entry or letter owns ordered semantic content
parts. Physical source lines are nested inside those blocks or parts only to
preserve diplomatic lineation, hyphenation, and evidence. Do not treat each
physical line as an independent document block.

Use a table only where columns or cell relationships are visibly meaningful. Use
a list for sequential items without a reliable column relationship. Do not infer
numeric values or repair arithmetic.

## Graphical and non-textual source features

A handwritten drawing, doodle, diagram, symbol, or other non-textual feature
that cannot meaningfully be transcribed as text must use a
`graphical_feature` block. Do not invent words for it. Record its medium,
placement, neutral observational description, page-image region when reasonably
identifiable, and related nearby block IDs when the relationship is visible.
Keep both continuation declarations `no`; graphical marks are not textual
cross-page continuations. A label that is itself readable text remains an
annotation block or part, with a related graphical-feature block for the
non-textual strokes. Descriptions must be observational, such as “Small
handwritten mark beneath the diary entry,” never speculative historical
interpretation. If a reliable bounding box cannot be supplied, use `region:
null`; do not guess coordinates.

## Physical source lines

Transcribe every visible physical text line in order. Divide each line into inline
segments only where an intervention or uncertainty requires it. Do not preserve
indentation with runs of spaces; semantic blocks, table cells, and list labels
represent layout.

For `line_end`:

- `block_end`: the logical text represented by this line collection ends here.
- `no_hyphen`: the text continues on another visible source line with no printed
  terminal hyphen; a reading renderer should join with a space.
- `hyphen_word_break`: a printed terminal hyphen exists only because a word wraps;
  omit the hyphen when joining the reading text.
- `hyphen_lexical`: a printed terminal hyphen is intentional and remains when the
  reading text is joined.
- `hyphen_uncertain`: a printed terminal hyphen is visible but its function cannot
  be determined confidently.

Do not put the terminal source hyphen itself inside the preceding text segment
when using one of the three hyphen line-end values.

Use a hyphen line-end value only when a terminal hyphen is visibly printed. Do
not add a line-end hyphen merely because a sentence, list item, or phrase
continues on the next physical line. Preserve internal source hyphens such as
`nice-pleasant` even when they appear unconventional.

## Inline distinctions

- `text`: clearly visible source text.
- `unclear`: a visible but uncertain reading. Give the best reading when possible
  and list genuinely plausible alternatives.
- `illegible`: text is present but no defensible reading can be supplied.
- `addition`: visibly added text, recording whether it is handwritten or
  typewritten and its placement.
- `deletion`: visibly cancelled text. Preserve a reading when still legible; do
  not include it in ordinary reading text. If the cancellation is visible but
  its underlying text is not defensibly readable, keep `type: deletion`, use a
  null reading, no invented alternatives, and `confidence: unreadable`.
- `correction`: an original and replacement are visibly related. Preserve both;
  do not decide that the replacement is historically true.

Confidence vocabulary:

- `high`: plainly legible with no plausible competing reading.
- `medium`: the proposed reading is likely, with a minor visual ambiguity.
- `low`: multiple readings remain plausible.
- `unreadable`: no defensible reading can be supplied.

Never invent decimal confidence scores.

## Dates and editorial interpretation

`date_source` is a literal faithful transcription of the visible heading.
`date_normalized` is separate editorial metadata:

- `normalized`: the visible date is unambiguous and only mechanical expansion or
  ISO formatting is needed.
- `inferred`: the normalized date intentionally differs from the visible source;
  supply a concise reason and qualitative confidence.
- `ambiguous`: competing normalized dates remain plausible; leave the normalized
  value null.
- `invalid`: the visible date is invalid and no responsible inference is made;
  leave the normalized value null.
- `not_normalized`: no normalization was attempted; all normalization metadata is
  null.

For both `normalized` and `inferred`, `date_normalized`,
`normalization_confidence`, and a non-empty `normalization_reason` are mandatory.
For `inferred`, the reason must state the visible conflict. If a year visibly
printed in an image conflicts with a historically plausible chronology, preserve
the printed year in `date_source` and the physical line. Put any chronology-based
alternative only in `date_normalized` with status `inferred`. Never copy an
inferred year back into faithful text.

Never alter the faithful line text to match the normalized date. Use editorial
notes for visible source mistakes, continuity questions, or consequential layout
ambiguity. Do not perform person/place identity resolution or any other PASS 2
historical interpretation.

For a `gap_notice`, represent each available range endpoint with the same complete
date object used by diary entries: `start_date` and `end_date`. Either endpoint may
be null only when it is genuinely unavailable. If the source gives `Nov. 28.` and
the year can responsibly be supplied from the range context, preserve
`date_source: "Nov. 28."`, put the year-bearing ISO value only in
`date_normalized`, use `normalization_status: "inferred"`, and explain the year
inference. Never label a context-supplied year as merely `normalized`.

## PoC regression rules and examples

- **Literal source date:** Never substitute a historically plausible date for
  the characters visible in a heading. Faithful line text and `date_source` must
  agree with the image. Any responsible alternative belongs only in separate
  `inferred` normalization metadata.
- **Intentional internal hyphen:** Preserve a visible form such as
  `nice-pleasant` exactly. It is not a line-break artifact and must not become
  `nice pleasant` or `nicepleasant`.
- **Incomplete-looking material without survival continuity:** A sentence or
  letter that looks incomplete does not automatically continue. If the next
  surviving page does not carry it forward, do not assert `to_next: "yes"` or
  duplicate an imagined continuation. Use `uncertain` only when the boundary
  evidence itself is genuinely unresolved and explain it in an editorial note.
- **Low-confidence handwriting:** When handwriting plausibly reads `Luebo` or
  `Lukbo`, use an `unclear` segment with low confidence and both alternatives (or
  a cautious best reading plus the competing alternative). Do not promote one to
  high-confidence text. If neither is defensible, use `illegible`.
- **Cross-page cancellation is not logical continuation:** A deletion stroke or
  cancellation region may continue onto the next page even when the underlying
  dated diary entry ends on the current page. Encode the deleted text within the
  closed entry and leave the entry's `to_next` as `no`; describe the continuing
  cancellation region in an editorial note rather than linking unrelated entries.
- **Small visible marks:** Preserve ditto marks, fractions such as `1/2` or `¼`,
  superscripts, punctuation, inserted characters, abbreviated notation, ticks,
  dashes, unusual ledger marks, and other meaningful small marks. Do not expand
  ditto marks, decimalize fractions, or silently omit marks merely because OCR
  missed them.

## Page boundaries and continuity

Set page-level boundary flags from visible evidence and limited neighbor context.
Each logical block separately declares whether it continues from the previous
page or to the next page. Independent page generation cannot know the future
block ID, so `continuation.previous` and `continuation.next` must always be null.
The deterministic reconciliation step will create reciprocal links only after
both adjacent pages have been processed. Never copy neighbor text onto this page.

## Mechanical output rules

- Return one JSON object matching the supplied schema and nothing else.
- Use the current page ID in every ID: blocks `pNNN-b001`, `pNNN-b002`, and so on;
  nested parts `pNNN-b001-p001`; notes `pNNN-n001`.
- Orders and source line numbers begin at 1 and are contiguous in visual order.
- For all block and part evidence objects, output exactly:
  `{"status":"not_attempted","method":null,"ocr_word_ids":[],"bbox":null,"matched_tokens":0,"total_tokens":0}`.
- Set editorial-note responsibility to `model`.
- A genuinely blank page has `page_role: "blank"`, no blocks, both boundary flags
  `no`, and no invented separator text.

## Run-specific evidence

CURRENT SOURCE PAGE: page-007

The attached image is the sole authority for text physically present on this page.

<current_page_ocr status="non_authoritative_hypothesis">
girls and John Hare = they went in for some tea and
after looking around at the beautiful scenery I went
back to the station and boarded the 8 o'clock train
and went to Gork (fare 8 pence) The scenery between
Cork and Queenstown is simply superb. Along the river
the beautiful fields (very small) divided by stone
fences. Castles apearing in sight occasionally and
fine stone houses = nicely kept up with beautiful
grassy lawns. Arriving at Cork I had a ride from one
depot to another across the city on an Irish Jaunting
care My first ride in one of these carriages. I then
put my telescope in the parcel room and took a receipt
for it paying for same one penny. I paid the man for
taking me across the city 1 shilling. I then walked
around the city some going through the most principal
streets ~ stopping at St. Finnebas's Cathedral (Episco~
pal) saw the famous statue of St. Matthew - crossed
over St. Patricks & Parnell's bridges ~ went in to a
catholic church a few minutes mass going on very poor
people who had no money were compelled to kneel the
whole time, no seats to sit on. Grand structure. I
got cold and to see those poor ignorant people suffer
tortures while counting their beads was more than I
could stand so I came out before mass was 1/2 over.

I then went around to what was supposed to be a very
respectable restaurant and had breakfast. Everything
very dirty compared to our American stile, but quite
clean for Ireland. As I saw afterwards. I then went
to the Bandon Station purchased my ticket for Drimo-
league and the scenery between Cork and Bandon is
grend. A very fertile country very much like the
country on the hills of N.Y. State in Ch ng County.
From Bandon to Drimoleague the country poorer very
boggy and moors barren. Left Cork at 12 n and arrived
at Drimoleague at 2:30 p.m. Found on a little inquiry
a Mrs. Nancy M°Carthy (2nd cousin) who made herself
known readily and who made me go home and spend the
night with her. Two single daughters at home and she
offered me one for a wife. Hannah her name, and
offered to give me 200 pounds in gold too. A good.s
fortune. I ate my first meal (supper) at her house
Irish potatoes and fish - My! a regular old Irish
meal. Slept in a bed with two of her sons — the two
young ladies in another bed beside the one I was in.
Retired about 12 midnight and arose & next morning
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Nov. 16 - Monday
Rather late about arising  great preparations about
getting ready to land.  Drawing in toward Ireland.
Nothing of importance happened except I became much
interested in Miss Jennie Holland, and we had several
nice walks together.  I told her how I liked her and
How I hated to leave her - we were out until after 12
midnight and then I Packed my trunk and telescope
preparatory to landing at Queenstown at 3 o'clock
Tuesday morning.

Nov. 17 - Tuesday
At 4 o'clock this a.m. the steward called me to get
up and have some coffee as we were soon to stop at
Queenstown.  I got up and nearly all on board got up
to see those off who were going to land at Q.  But
something was wrong at the signal stations and the
tender (the boat on which we were unloaded) did not
get the news of our arrival so we anchored about 2
hours.  Miss H and myself had a nice-pleasant time
walking and talking until the tender came.  I then
got on the tender and went up the Cork Harbor to
Queenstown about an hour's ride.  The water in the
harbor was very placid and as it was just getting
light the hills & garrisons on either side looked
beautiful.  The scenery is grand.  We arrived at Q.
at 7 a.m. I together with a lot of others, and went
into the Custom House and had our packages opened
and inspected - no goods which were subject to duty,
except a box of cigars which I was careful to take
out of the box and put in my overcoat pocket.  I
then went uptown with Mrs. Abraham, the Garrigan
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breakfasted at 10 ~ Bread & tea. A good stone house

2 story ~ good horse stables at each end (stone) about
forty feet north of the house, running paralel with it
was a cow stable (stone) all the houses & stables have
slate roofs between the stable & house and immediately
in front of the door for the houses have but one doors
was a large pile of manure, a very favorite spot to
prepare and mix their manure for the fields.

Wednesday Nov. 18 = 96

Went with Tom M°C as far as Castle Donovan where he
attended school. C.D..an old castle which Cromwell
shot the top off with a cannon ball from Drimoleague
distance about 3 miles. I then went into the school
house and visited a short time. Almost took the teach-
er's breath. Finally he recovered and we got into a
conversation. He had the boys of the parrish while

in the other end a Mistress had the girls. Their sal-
aries cach 200 pounds per year. I then walked across
the country about 3 miles farther East to Pookeid, the
place where my grandfather Daniel Kline lived and saw
the old house where I was born ~ the old house now is
in ruins and is called like all other deserted old
houses (colough) Dennis Kline a brother to the Mrs.
M°Carthy I staid with last night and also a cousin on
my mother's side lives on my grandfather's place. He
is a well to-do farmer and has two nice farms. No one
at home but one girl Hannah Kline (daughter) a beauti-+
ful light haired girl with beautiful complexion bright
rosy cheeks ~ nice even snow-white tee
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Return only the JSON object required by the supplied output schema.
