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Layout tests on half C: rule replication, line-position information, language signatures under normalisation, line crowding: four departures from language under raw, normalised and interior…

Layout tests on half C: rule replication, line-position information, language signatures under normalisation, line crowding: Four departures from language under raw, normalised and interior versions of half C.

Not supported (coupling is inside the language range on raw half C already)raw: h2 2.13, gain 0.31, coupling 0.086, 4-gram repeats 0; normalised: h2 2.08, gain 0.34, coupling 0.059, 4-gram repeats 0; interior: h2 2.04, gain 0.27, coupling 0.045, 4-gram repeats 00

Result

Run	Measured	Result	Against	Decision	Date
RUN-252	Four departures from language under raw, normalised and interior versions of half C	raw: h2 2.13, gain 0.31, coupling 0.086, 4-gram repeats 0; normalised: h2 2.08, gain 0.34, coupling 0.059, 4-gram repeats 0; interior: h2 2.04, gain 0.27, coupling 0.045, 4-gram repeats 0	Languages at the same length: h2 min 2.51, gain min 1.11, coupling max 0.096 (interior 0.059) · Latin in the same lines 233 4-gram repeats	Not supported (coupling is inside the language range on raw half C already)	28 Oct

What it used and found

Layout tests on half C: rule replication, line-position information, language signatures under normalisation, line crowding

Method

MTH

Exploration split

Dataset

DAT

Line-edge rules learned on half E (46 minimal alternations at paragraph start, line start and line end)

Dataset

DAT

ZL3b transcription

Dataset

DAT

The departures from language are not layout effects

Answer it tests

ANS

Entropy, word order and phrases are not layout effects

Evidence it produced

EVD

Form-function coupling is uneven across the book

Evidence it produced

EVD

Parameters

T34 (half C)

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Layout tests on half C: rule replication, line-position information, language signatures under normalisation, line crowding: four departures from language under raw, normalised and interior… [Run RUN0DCABK5Y035Y]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/RUN0DCABK5Y035Y

@misc{mysteriesdept_run0dcabk5y035y,
  title     = {Layout tests on half C: rule replication, line-position information, language signatures under normalisation, line crowding: four departures from language under raw, normalised and interior…},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Run, catalog key RUN0DCABK5Y035Y},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/RUN0DCABK5Y035Y}
}