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gen-define-modus-tollens-and-give-one-short-worked-example-9b06

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2026-05-29 03:48:46 UTC · anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5

Prompt

Define modus tollens and give one short worked example.
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Generation

# Modus Tollens **Definition:** Modus tollens is a valid form of logical argument that works by denying the consequent. It has this structure: 1. If P, then Q 2. Not Q 3. Therefore, not P ## Worked Example **Argument:** 1. If it's raining, then the ground is wet 2. The ground is not wet 3. Therefore, it's not raining **Explanation:** Since we know that rain would make the ground wet (premise 1), and we observe the ground is dry (premise 2), we can validly conclude it isn't raining (conclusion). If it *were* raining, that would contradict our observation of dry ground.
19 tokens in · 165 tokens out · 4996 ms · $0.0025

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
5003.6 ms
Base LLM
4996.3 ms
Verifiers
0.2 ms
Gates
0.0 ms
Cost
$0.0025

Trail

03:48:46 received prompt_chars=55 verifiers=['scripture_anchors', 'theology_doctrine']
03:48:46 red_gate decision=pass reason=no disqualifying input patterns detected
03:48:51 base_llm_call model=anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5 tokens_in=19 tokens_out=165 latency_ms=4996.3 cost_usd=0.0025
03:48:51 verifier:scripture_anchors verdict=NOT_APPLICABLE summary=0 Scripture citation(s) extracted
03:48:51 verifier:theology_doctrine verdict=NOT_APPLICABLE summary=no doctrine keyword patterns detected
03:48:51 floor_gate decision=pass reason=output above protective minimum; no mismatches
03:48:51 way_gate decision=pass reason=no declared way_path (Way check NA); no coercion language
03:48:51 execution_gate decision=deferred reason=no witnesses available (Witness Roll not yet constituted)
03:48:51 signed hash_algo=sha256 hash=sha256:8cd22901f46235036ef0b4d6ee1250cf1b43d4e02297681e17ca18903b66ed9e

Content hash

sha256:8cd22901f46235036ef0b4d6ee1250cf1b43d4e02297681e17ca18903b66ed9e

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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