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gen-define-deixis-and-give-one-short-worked-example-1fb3

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2026-05-29 02:59:17 UTC · anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5

Prompt

Define deixis and give one short worked example.
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Generation

# Deixis **Deixis** is the use of words whose meaning depends on context—specifically, who is speaking, when, and where. These words "point" to elements in the communicative situation rather than having fixed meanings. ## Main Categories: - **Person deixis**: I, you, we, they - **Spatial deixis**: here, there, this, that - **Temporal deixis**: now, then, yesterday, today ## Worked Example: **Sentence**: "I'll meet you here tomorrow." **Analysis**: - **"I"** (person) = refers to the speaker (changes with each new speaker) - **"you"** (person) = refers to the addressee (changes with each conversation) - **"here"** (spatial) = refers to the speaker's current location (could be Paris, a café, etc.) - **"tomorrow"** (temporal) = the day after the utterance is spoken (changes daily) **Key point**: This same sentence spoken by different people, in different places, or on different days refers to completely different meetings, yet the sentence structure remains identical. The deictic words shift their reference based on the context of utterance.
17 tokens in · 271 tokens out · 6859 ms · $0.0041

The four gates

RED
pass
no disqualifying input patterns detected
FLOOR
pass
output above protective minimum; no mismatches
WAY
pass
no declared way_path (Way check NA); no coercion language
EXECUTION
deferred
no witnesses available (Witness Roll not yet constituted)

Verifier results

scripture_anchors NOT_APPLICABLE
0 Scripture citation(s) extracted
theology_doctrine NOT_APPLICABLE
no doctrine keyword patterns detected

Metrics

Total latency
6866.7 ms
Base LLM
6859.1 ms
Verifiers
0.4 ms
Gates
0.1 ms
Cost
$0.0041

Trail

02:59:17 received prompt_chars=48 verifiers=['scripture_anchors', 'theology_doctrine']
02:59:17 red_gate decision=pass reason=no disqualifying input patterns detected
02:59:24 base_llm_call model=anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5 tokens_in=17 tokens_out=271 latency_ms=6859.1 cost_usd=0.0041
02:59:24 verifier:scripture_anchors verdict=NOT_APPLICABLE summary=0 Scripture citation(s) extracted
02:59:24 verifier:theology_doctrine verdict=NOT_APPLICABLE summary=no doctrine keyword patterns detected
02:59:24 floor_gate decision=pass reason=output above protective minimum; no mismatches
02:59:24 way_gate decision=pass reason=no declared way_path (Way check NA); no coercion language
02:59:24 execution_gate decision=deferred reason=no witnesses available (Witness Roll not yet constituted)
02:59:24 signed hash_algo=sha256 hash=sha256:8c543b3b05b45284e5368de9bdb97a1d88508ef1b641baa75a86e53da4d1fd82

Content hash

sha256:8c543b3b05b45284e5368de9bdb97a1d88508ef1b641baa75a86e53da4d1fd82

SHA256 over the canonical JSON (excluding this field). Tamper detection. Ed25519 signing planned for v2 once the operator’s signing key is provisioned on disk.

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