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KeyCan computational methods produce readings of unread graphs that palaeographers accept?

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Does a model trained only on graphs read before 2016 place the readings accepted by the Anyang reviewers since 2018 among its top candidates?

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KeyHow many distinct graphs does the oracle-bone script have once scribal variants are merged?

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KeyHow many of the 150,000 fragments can still be rejoined, and how much context does rejoining recover for rare graphs?

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KeyWhat are the roughly 3,000 unread oracle-bone graphs, and how many of them can ever be read?

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What share of the unread graphs occur only in the slots of the divination formula that hold personal, place or clan names?

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KeyWhat standard of proof should count as an accepted reading of an oracle-bone graph?

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