TRANSFORMATION LINEAGE — TWO WORKED SYNTHETIC EXAMPLES Failure-shaped practice records for the transformation-lineage worksheet Artifact role: Original public companion. Its examples do not authorize upload, release, promotion, or outreach. Author disclosure: Original work by Alfred. PURPOSE These examples show how to use the transformation-lineage worksheet without turning a mostly complete record into a release pass. Both scenarios are fictional. They describe no real creator, account, customer, upload, dispute, publication, audience, metric, legal conclusion, or platform result. The records are deliberately compact: unchanged worksheet prompts are omitted. A real review should complete every applicable field in the full worksheet. EVIDENCE STATES USED PASS The declared check passed for the exact revision and scope. FAIL The check found a release-blocking defect. BLOCKED A prerequisite, authority, or required record is unavailable. NOT_TESTED The check has not been performed. UNCERTAIN Available evidence supports neither PASS nor FAIL. SUPERSEDED Historical evidence that is not current approval. Never average FAIL, BLOCKED, NOT_TESTED, or UNCERTAIN into a package pass. ====================================================================== EXAMPLE 1 — A REJECTED REFERENCE SURVIVES IN THE POSTER ====================================================================== SCENARIO A fictional twelve-second portrait-video candidate uses original narration, original text, basic geometric shapes, and one temporary reference image. The reference image is rejected because its rights basis is unavailable. It is replaced in the main composition, but the poster was rendered from an earlier nested composition and still contains a small crop of the rejected member. This example tests rejected-member removal, reverse closure, stale derivatives, and the difference between a clean main video track and a complete release unit. A. REVIEW ENVELOPE worksheet_revision: TLW-R01 reviewed_at: synthetic exercise time S01 reviewer_role: AI-assisted release reviewer candidate_id: SYNTH-POSTER-01 candidate_revision: VIDEO-R11 candidate_byte_identity: SYNTHETIC-VIDEO-BYTES-R11 release_unit_id: PACKAGE-R11-P03 intended public state: NOT_PUBLIC intended use: fictional educational portrait-video release exercise reviewed picture dimensions: 1080 by 1920 reviewed duration: 12 seconds reviewed audio configuration: original mono narration plus original tone cues reviewed caption configuration: CAPTIONS-R05 reviewed poster revision: POSTER-R03 reviewed metadata revision: META-R04 source-inventory revision: INV-R06 lineage-graph revision: GRAPH-R08 known excluded surfaces: destination-generated renditions known untested surfaces: destination processing and destination-selected preview envelope_state: PASS_WITHIN_LISTED_LOCAL_SURFACES envelope_evidence: video, audio, captions, poster, and metadata revisions listed public_state: NOT_PUBLIC B. CLOSED SOURCE INVENTORY MEMBER M01 member_revision: R04 safe_relative_label: original-script media_type: text origin_class: original intended_role: narration and captions admission_state: ADMITTED rights_basis_record: original synthetic exercise text attribution_requirement: none privacy_review_state: PASS claim_context_review_state: PASS MEMBER M02 member_revision: R02 safe_relative_label: original-geometric-illustration media_type: vector image origin_class: original intended_role: visible scene illustration and poster replacement admission_state: ADMITTED rights_basis_record: original shapes created for this exercise attribution_requirement: none privacy_review_state: PASS claim_context_review_state: PASS MEMBER M03 member_revision: R01 safe_relative_label: temporary-reference-image media_type: raster image origin_class: unknown intended_role: temporary composition reference only admission_state: REJECTED rights_basis_record: unavailable rights_scope: none established for candidate use attribution_requirement: unknown privacy_review_state: NOT_REVIEWED claim_context_review_state: NOT_REVIEWED current reason: rejected before release assembly MEMBER M04 member_revision: R03 safe_relative_label: original-narration media_type: audio origin_class: generated origin_record: locally generated from original exercise text intended_role: narration admission_state: ADMITTED rights_basis_record: declared generated output for this synthetic exercise privacy_review_state: PASS claim_context_review_state: PASS MEMBER M05 member_revision: R01 safe_relative_label: basic-system-font media_type: font origin_class: licensed intended_role: rendered captions and labels admission_state: ADMITTED rights_basis_record: recorded local system-font use review for this exercise attribution_requirement: none under recorded exercise basis privacy_review_state: PASS claim_context_review_state: PASS Inventory closure expected_member_count: 5 recorded_member_count: 5 unidentified_member_count: 0 rejected_member_count: 1 inventory_state: PASS C. FRAGMENT EXTRACTION REGISTER FRAGMENT F03-A parent_member_id_and_revision: M03@R01 selection_type: region selection_coordinates_or_basis: central square crop used in NEST-R02 selected channels: picture excluded channels: embedded metadata intended role: temporary layout reference rights scope for this fragment: unavailable fragment_state: REJECTED FRAGMENT F02-A parent_member_id_and_revision: M02@R02 selection_type: object selection_coordinates_or_basis: complete geometric illustration group selected channels: vector picture intended role: replacement scene illustration rights scope for this fragment: admitted for declared exercise fragment_state: PASS D. TRANSFORMATION REGISTER TRANSFORMATION T01 class: composition input_member_or_fragment_ids: M01@R04, F03-A, M05@R01 operation summary: compose temporary scene NEST-R02 output_fragment_or_member_id: NEST-R02 candidate surfaces influenced: historical scene and POSTER-R03 rights question: rejected reference fragment remains an input perceptual review question: does any current surface retain F03-A? evidence_state: SUPERSEDED_FOR_MAIN_VIDEO_BUT_CURRENT_FOR_POSTER TRANSFORMATION T02 class: substitution input_member_or_fragment_ids: NEST-R02, F03-A, F02-A operation summary: replace the complete reference-image layer with the original geometric illustration output_fragment_or_member_id: NEST-R05 candidate surfaces influenced: VIDEO-R11 picture required downstream rechecks: scene picture, boundaries, reverse closure evidence_state: PASS TRANSFORMATION T03 class: encoding input_member_or_fragment_ids: NEST-R05, M04@R03, CAPTIONS-R05 operation summary: encode the current twelve-second portrait video output_fragment_or_member_id: VIDEO-R11 candidate surfaces influenced: main picture, audio, and captions evidence_state: PASS TRANSFORMATION T04 class: encoding input_member_or_fragment_ids: NEST-R02 operation summary: rasterize the historical nested composition as a poster output_fragment_or_member_id: POSTER-R03 candidate surfaces influenced: package poster and preview metadata rights question: output derives from rejected F03-A required downstream rechecks: rejected-member removal and package closure evidence_state: FAIL E. FOUR SEPARATE DECISION LANES RIGHTS ADMISSION M01@R04: PASS for declared exercise M02@R02: PASS for declared exercise M03@R01 and F03-A: BLOCKED; rights basis unavailable M04@R03: PASS within declared generated-output record M05@R01: PASS within recorded font-use scope rights_lane_state: BLOCKED_FOR_ANY_SURFACE_CONTAINING_F03-A ATTRIBUTION FULFILLMENT admitted members: PASS; no attribution required under recorded bases M03@R01: NOT_TESTED; attribution cannot replace missing rights admission attribution_lane_state: PASS_FOR_ADMITTED_MEMBERS_ONLY PRIVACY AND SENSITIVE-SURFACE REVIEW VIDEO-R11 complete picture, audio, captions, and metadata: PASS POSTER-R03: NOT_TESTED for the rejected reference content privacy_lane_state: BLOCKED_FOR_COMPLETE_PACKAGE CLAIM AND CONTEXT REVIEW VIDEO-R11: PASS within fictional educational framing POSTER-R03: FAIL because the stale reference appears to be current evidence claim_context_lane_state: FAIL_FOR_POSTER F. CANDIDATE SURFACE MANIFEST SURFACE S01 surface_type: picture location: VIDEO-R11 complete interval source lineage outputs: M01, M02, M05 through NEST-R05 and T03 reverse-closure state: PASS perceptual review state: PASS SURFACE S02 surface_type: audio location: VIDEO-R11 complete interval source lineage outputs: M04 through T03 reverse-closure state: PASS perceptual review state: PASS SURFACE S03 surface_type: captions location: VIDEO-R11 complete interval source lineage outputs: M01 and M05 through T03 reverse-closure state: PASS perceptual review state: PASS SURFACE S04 surface_type: poster location: POSTER-R03 source lineage outputs: M01, M03, and M05 through NEST-R02 and T04 rights decision: BLOCKED privacy decision: NOT_TESTED claim-context decision: FAIL reverse-closure state: PASS_WITH_RELEASE_BLOCKING_REJECTED_MEMBER_FOUND perceptual review state: FAIL SURFACE S05 surface_type: metadata location: META-R04 poster reference source lineage outputs: POSTER-R03 reverse-closure state: PASS_WITH_RELEASE_BLOCKING_REJECTED_MEMBER_FOUND perceptual review state: FAIL forward_closure_state: FAIL; admitted F02-A is absent from the poster role reverse_closure_state: FAIL_FOR_RELEASE; poster resolves to rejected F03-A closure_blocker_or_unknown: POSTER-R03 derives from historical NEST-R02 G. REJECTED MEMBER REMOVAL member_id_and_revision: M03@R01 state: REJECTED possible residual surfaces: nested compositions, poster, metadata preview removal target: every current release surface replacement: M02@R02 current candidate revision: PACKAGE-R11-P03 project or composition review: replacement confirmed in NEST-R05 delivery-byte review: M03 not observed in VIDEO-R11 poster and preview review: M03 observed in POSTER-R03 metadata review: META-R04 references POSTER-R03 current result: PRESENT result evidence: reverse path POSTER-R03 to T04 to NEST-R02 to F03-A repair: rebuild poster from NEST-R05 and update metadata reference removal_review_state: FAIL H. COMPLETE PERCEPTUAL REVIEW picture_state: PASS_FOR_VIDEO_R11 audio_state: PASS_FOR_VIDEO_R11 caption_and_text_state: PASS_FOR_VIDEO_R11 poster_thumbnail_preview_state: FAIL_FOR_POSTER_R03 metadata_state: FAIL_BECAUSE_META_R04_REFERENCES_POSTER_R03 complete_playback_state: PASS_FOR_VIDEO_R11 perceptual_blocker_or_unknown: rejected image remains visible in poster I. CHANGE INVALIDATION MAP change_id: C01 changed member or transform: poster source composition old revision: NEST-R02 required new revision: NEST-R05 reason: remove rejected M03 and use admitted M02 affected candidate surfaces: poster and metadata preview rights checks reopened: poster lineage and rejected-member removal privacy checks reopened: complete rebuilt poster claim-context checks reopened: poster meaning perceptual checks reopened: poster at full size and metadata-selected preview unaffected evidence: VIDEO-R11 picture, audio, and captions; bytes unchanged old decision marked SUPERSEDED: required when replacement poster is built recheck_state: NOT_TESTED J. FAILURE-SHAPED TEST RESULT Test: reject a source image but leave it in the poster frame. Expected: removal result is PRESENT and package is blocked. Observed synthetic result: PRESENT; reverse closure identifies F03-A. Test state: PASS — the worksheet produced the expected block. K. FINAL DECISION candidate_id_and_revision: SYNTH-POSTER-01 VIDEO-R11 release_unit_id: PACKAGE-R11-P03 decision: HOLD_FOR_REPAIR blocking member: M03@R01 blocking surface: POSTER-R03 required repair: rebuild poster from admitted NEST-R05 required recheck: poster identity, four decision lanes, reverse closure, removal review, perceptual review, metadata reference remaining unknowns: destination-generated renditions remain NOT_TESTED public state: NOT_PUBLIC upload state: NOT_UPLOADED promotion state: NOT_POSTED_OR_QUEUED BOUNDARY The clean video track does not make the complete package ready. This trace proves only that the synthetic worksheet detected its seeded stale-poster defect. It does not establish a legal conclusion or any real-world result. ====================================================================== EXAMPLE 2 — AN UNKNOWN SOUND ENTERS THROUGH A NESTED BUS ====================================================================== SCENARIO A fictional fifteen-second checklist video is assembled from original shapes, original text, generated narration, and two declared original tone cues. A nested mix also contains a short click whose source member and rights record cannot be identified. The click is quiet but audible in the delivery bytes. This example tests unknown-member blocking, audio reverse closure, excluded- channel assumptions, complete playback, and scoped repair. A. REVIEW ENVELOPE worksheet_revision: TLW-R01 reviewed_at: synthetic exercise time S02 reviewer_role: AI-assisted release reviewer candidate_id: SYNTH-AUDIO-02 candidate_revision: VIDEO-R07 candidate_byte_identity: SYNTHETIC-VIDEO-BYTES-R07 release_unit_id: PACKAGE-R07 intended public state: NOT_PUBLIC intended use: fictional educational checklist-video exercise reviewed picture dimensions: 1080 by 1920 reviewed duration: 15 seconds reviewed audio configuration: MIX-R06 stereo delivery reviewed caption configuration: CAPTIONS-R03 source-inventory revision: INV-R04 lineage-graph revision: GRAPH-R05 known excluded surfaces: destination-generated renditions known untested surfaces: destination processing envelope_state: PASS_WITHIN_LISTED_LOCAL_SURFACES B. CLOSED SOURCE INVENTORY MEMBER A01 member_revision: R02 safe_relative_label: original-checklist-text media_type: text origin_class: original intended_role: narration, captions, and labels admission_state: ADMITTED rights_basis_record: original synthetic exercise text privacy_review_state: PASS claim_context_review_state: PASS MEMBER A02 member_revision: R01 safe_relative_label: original-shape-system media_type: vector image origin_class: original intended_role: complete picture layer admission_state: ADMITTED rights_basis_record: original basic geometry for this exercise privacy_review_state: PASS claim_context_review_state: PASS MEMBER A03 member_revision: R02 safe_relative_label: generated-narration media_type: audio origin_class: generated intended_role: narration admission_state: ADMITTED rights_basis_record: declared generated output from A01 privacy_review_state: PASS claim_context_review_state: PASS MEMBER A04 member_revision: R01 safe_relative_label: original-tone-cue-high media_type: audio origin_class: original intended_role: declared cue at second 04 admission_state: ADMITTED rights_basis_record: original synthesized tone privacy_review_state: PASS claim_context_review_state: PASS MEMBER A05 member_revision: R01 safe_relative_label: original-tone-cue-low media_type: audio origin_class: original intended_role: declared cue at second 11 admission_state: ADMITTED rights_basis_record: original synthesized tone privacy_review_state: PASS claim_context_review_state: PASS MEMBER A-UNKNOWN-01 member_revision: UNKNOWN safe_relative_label: unidentified-click-in-nested-bus media_type: audio origin_class: unknown intended_role: none declared possible candidate surfaces: MIX-R06 at second 08 admission_state: BLOCKED rights_basis_record: unavailable attribution_requirement: unknown privacy_review_state: NOT_REVIEWED claim_context_review_state: NOT_REVIEWED open question: source file, origin, and intended use are unidentified Inventory closure expected_member_count: at least 6 recorded_member_count: 6 including one unknown placeholder record unidentified_member_count: 1 inventory_state: BLOCKED inventory_blocker_or_unknown: A-UNKNOWN-01 C. FRAGMENT EXTRACTION REGISTER FRAGMENT AF03 parent_member_id_and_revision: A03@R02 selection_type: time selection_coordinates_or_basis: complete narration, seconds 00 through 15 selected channels: mono narration excluded channels: none fragment_state: PASS FRAGMENT AF04 parent_member_id_and_revision: A04@R01 selection_type: time selection_coordinates_or_basis: complete 120-millisecond cue selected channels: mono tone fragment_state: PASS FRAGMENT AF05 parent_member_id_and_revision: A05@R01 selection_type: time selection_coordinates_or_basis: complete 120-millisecond cue selected channels: mono tone fragment_state: PASS FRAGMENT AF-UNKNOWN parent_member_id_and_revision: A-UNKNOWN-01@UNKNOWN selection_type: time selection_coordinates_or_basis: audible click near second 08 in nested bus BUS-R03 selected channels: unresolved stereo contribution extraction output identity: not isolated fragment_state: BLOCKED D. TRANSFORMATION REGISTER TRANSFORMATION AT01 class: composition input_member_or_fragment_ids: AF03, AF04, AF05, AF-UNKNOWN operation summary: mix narration and cues through nested BUS-R03 output_fragment_or_member_id: MIX-R06 candidate surfaces influenced: complete delivery audio rights question: unknown click has no admission basis privacy question: unknown audio content has not been reviewed perceptual review question: is the click audible in delivery bytes? evidence_state: FAIL TRANSFORMATION AT02 class: encoding input_member_or_fragment_ids: A01, A02, MIX-R06, CAPTIONS-R03 operation summary: encode current portrait-video delivery output_fragment_or_member_id: VIDEO-R07 candidate surfaces influenced: picture, audio, captions, and metadata evidence_state: FAIL_FOR_AUDIO_LINEAGE E. FOUR SEPARATE DECISION LANES RIGHTS ADMISSION A01 through A05: PASS within declared exercise scope A-UNKNOWN-01: BLOCKED; no source identity or rights basis rights_lane_state: BLOCKED ATTRIBUTION FULFILLMENT A01 through A05: PASS; no attribution required under recorded bases A-UNKNOWN-01: BLOCKED; requirement cannot be determined attribution_lane_state: BLOCKED PRIVACY AND SENSITIVE-SURFACE REVIEW picture, text, captions, and declared audio: PASS A-UNKNOWN-01: NOT_REVIEWED privacy_lane_state: BLOCKED CLAIM AND CONTEXT REVIEW picture, text, captions, narration, and declared cues: PASS A-UNKNOWN-01: UNCERTAIN; role and origin are unknown claim_context_lane_state: BLOCKED F. CANDIDATE SURFACE MANIFEST SURFACE AS01 surface_type: picture location: VIDEO-R07 complete interval source lineage outputs: A01 and A02 through AT02 reverse-closure state: PASS perceptual review state: PASS SURFACE AS02 surface_type: captions location: VIDEO-R07 complete interval source lineage outputs: A01 through CAPTIONS-R03 and AT02 reverse-closure state: PASS perceptual review state: PASS SURFACE AS03 surface_type: audio location: VIDEO-R07 complete interval source lineage outputs: MIX-R06 through AT01 and AT02 rights decision: BLOCKED attribution decision: BLOCKED privacy decision: BLOCKED claim-context decision: BLOCKED reverse-closure state: FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_MEMBER perceptual review state: FAIL; unidentified click is audible forward_closure_state: PASS_FOR_DECLARED_MEMBERS reverse_closure_state: FAIL closure_blocker_or_unknown: AS03 resolves to A-UNKNOWN-01 G. UNKNOWN MEMBER REMOVAL TARGET member_id_and_revision: A-UNKNOWN-01@UNKNOWN state: BLOCKED possible residual surfaces: BUS-R03, MIX-R06, delivery audio, preview playback removal target: all current audio outputs replacement: none required current candidate revision: VIDEO-R07 project or composition review: click path observed in nested BUS-R03 delivery-byte review: click audible near second 08 poster and preview review: no audio on local poster; destination preview NOT_TESTED audio and nested-bus review: FAIL current result: PRESENT repair: remove or identify the click, rebuild MIX-R07, and re-encode removal_review_state: FAIL H. COMPLETE PERCEPTUAL REVIEW picture_state: PASS audio_state: FAIL caption_and_text_state: PASS poster_thumbnail_preview_state: PASS_FOR_LOCAL_SILENT_SURFACES_ONLY metadata_state: PASS complete_playback_state: FAIL_BECAUSE_UNKNOWN_CLICK_IS_AUDIBLE perceptual_blocker_or_unknown: A-UNKNOWN-01 near second 08 I. CHANGE INVALIDATION MAP change_id: AC01 changed member or transform: nested BUS-R03 and audio mix old revision: MIX-R06 required new revision: MIX-R07 reason: remove or identify unknown click affected candidate surfaces: delivery audio and any audio-bearing preview rights checks reopened: complete audio source inventory and reverse closure attribution checks reopened: complete audio attribution lane privacy checks reopened: complete rebuilt audio claim-context checks reopened: cue meaning and timing perceptual checks reopened: complete playback plus boundaries near second 08 unaffected evidence: picture geometry, static text, and caption wording old decision marked SUPERSEDED: required after rebuild recheck_state: NOT_TESTED J. FAILURE-SHAPED TEST RESULT Test: add an unknown sound effect to a nested bus. Expected: reverse closure fails and the package is blocked. Observed synthetic result: AS03 resolves to A-UNKNOWN-01; all four decision lanes block. Test state: PASS — the worksheet produced the expected block. Test: assume a quiet sound is absent because it is not visible on the main timeline. Expected: complete delivery playback and nested-bus review reject the assumption. Observed synthetic result: click is audible in VIDEO-R07 delivery bytes. Test state: PASS — delivery evidence overrides the timeline assumption. K. FINAL DECISION candidate_id_and_revision: SYNTH-AUDIO-02 VIDEO-R07 release_unit_id: PACKAGE-R07 decision: BLOCKED_ON_UNKNOWN_MEMBER blocking member: A-UNKNOWN-01 blocking surface: AS03 delivery audio required repair: identify and admit the click or remove it from BUS-R03 required recheck: inventory, fragment register, four decision lanes, reverse closure, complete audio playback, delivery identity remaining unknowns: destination processing remains NOT_TESTED public state: NOT_PUBLIC upload state: NOT_UPLOADED promotion state: NOT_POSTED_OR_QUEUED BOUNDARY The quiet level of the click does not excuse unknown lineage. This trace proves only that the synthetic worksheet blocked its seeded unknown-audio defect. It does not establish who created any real sound, whether any real use is lawful, or whether any destination processed or published an item. ====================================================================== CROSS-EXAMPLE REVIEW ====================================================================== [PASS] Both examples identify exact fictional candidate and package revisions. [PASS] Both retain rejected, blocked, or unknown members in the inventory. [PASS] Both trace a defect to one candidate surface. [PASS] Rights, attribution, privacy, and claim-context decisions stay separate. [PASS] Forward closure does not substitute for reverse closure. [PASS] Complete delivery evidence overrides editor-state assumptions. [PASS] Repairs invalidate only affected downstream surfaces and checks. [PASS] Historical evidence must become SUPERSEDED after a new build. [PASS] Destination processing remains NOT_TESTED. [PASS] Neither example claims upload, publication, promotion, audience, or result. A passing failure-shaped exercise is not approval of a real candidate. It means only that the method produced the expected block for the deliberately seeded defect. Apply the complete worksheet to exact real delivery bytes before making any release decision.