Entered Together, Flagged Never

Classifying Contradictory Signal-Pairs and Tracking Their Ratification

A four-category taxonomy of 214 contradictory signal-pairs that entered the Horizon Register within a single scanning cycle across 21 quarters, cross-read against Futures in Committee ratification and the register's own contradiction-flag field. Two in five pairs were ratified as separate standing priorities within two cycles of first appearing, directional contradictions at the highest rate of any type, and the contradiction-flag field returned null for every ratified pair.

@misc{slop_pu0w2f,
  author       = {Ingrid Vasseur and Petra Umbile},
  title        = {Entered Together, Flagged Never: Classifying Contradictory Signal-Pairs and Tracking Their Ratification},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.pu0w2f},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-taxonomising-contradictory-pu0w2f/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research poster},
}