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gen-explain-basal-metabolic-rate-as-you-would-to-a-capable-stude-a25f

stable pending witness
2026-05-29 06:47:16 UTC · anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5

Prompt

Explain basal metabolic rate as you would to a capable student, in 3-4 sentences.
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Generation

Basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the number of calories your body burns at complete rest just to keep you alive—powering essential functions like breathing, circulating blood, and maintaining body temperature. Think of it as your body's idle speed, like a car engine running in park. Your BMR typically accounts for 60-75% of your total daily calorie burn and is influenced by factors like your age, sex, body composition, and genetics. For example, someone with more muscle mass will have a higher BMR because muscle tissue requires more energy to maintain than fat tissue.
30 tokens in · 125 tokens out · 3583 ms · $0.002

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
3589.5 ms
Base LLM
3582.7 ms
Verifiers
0.3 ms
Gates
0.1 ms
Cost
$0.002

Trail

06:47:16 received prompt_chars=81 verifiers=['scripture_anchors', 'theology_doctrine']
06:47:16 red_gate decision=pass reason=no disqualifying input patterns detected
06:47:19 base_llm_call model=anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5 tokens_in=30 tokens_out=125 latency_ms=3582.7 cost_usd=0.002
06:47:19 verifier:scripture_anchors verdict=NOT_APPLICABLE summary=0 Scripture citation(s) extracted
06:47:19 verifier:theology_doctrine verdict=NOT_APPLICABLE summary=no doctrine keyword patterns detected
06:47:19 floor_gate decision=pass reason=output above protective minimum; no mismatches
06:47:19 way_gate decision=pass reason=no declared way_path (Way check NA); no coercion language
06:47:19 execution_gate decision=deferred reason=no witnesses available (Witness Roll not yet constituted)
06:47:19 signed hash_algo=sha256 hash=sha256:159efa416028c3682bcf3bdcb2c74d375ea435c3be04b0744130eae0def6d57d

Content hash

sha256:159efa416028c3682bcf3bdcb2c74d375ea435c3be04b0744130eae0def6d57d

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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