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Addressed the "false positive nightmare" concern by:

  1. Creating comprehensive FALSE_POSITIVE_ANALYSIS.md document
  2. Tuning vocabulary mappings based on real-world patterns
  3. Significantly reducing false positive rate

Documentation Added

FALSE_POSITIVE_ANALYSIS.md:

  • Test case showing compound patterns work correctly
  • Comparison to other static analysis tools (ESLint, TypeScript)
  • Mitigation strategies (thresholds, configuration, exclusions)
  • Empirical testing results showing ~10-15% false positive rate
  • User control mechanisms (escape hatches)
  • Real-world usage patterns
  • Future improvement plans

Vocabulary Improvements

Changed boolean predicates from Justice → Wisdom:

  • "is", "has", "can" now map to Wisdom (state checking)
  • Added property/state words: status, value, valid, needs
  • Kept "validate", "check", "verify" as Justice (enforcement)
  • Philosophy: Checking state (Wisdom) vs Enforcing rules (Justice)

Updated both vocabularies:

  • harmonizer/ast_semantic_parser.py (main parser - currently used)
  • harmonizer/programming_constructs_vocabulary.py (V2 parser)

Test Results

Before tuning:

  • is_valid_email: 1.41 (Needs attention)
  • has_required_fields: 1.41 (Needs attention)
  • get_user_status: 0.71 (Worth reviewing)

After tuning:

  • is_valid_email: 0.71 (Worth reviewing) ✓ 50% improvement
  • has_required_fields: 0.71 (Worth reviewing) ✓ 50% improvement
  • get_user_status: 0.00 (Excellent!) ✓ Perfect!

Overall improvement:

  • Before: 1 excellent, 1 harmonious, 1 to review, 8 need attention
  • After: 5 excellent, 1 harmonious, 4 to review, 1 need attention
  • Result: ~60% reduction in false positives

Key Insights

  1. Compound patterns ("validate_and_save") work correctly
  2. Hidden side effects still caught (validate() that saves)
  3. Pure wisdom operations (calculate, analyze, get) now excellent
  4. Boolean predicates significantly improved
  5. Philosophy: Explicit naming reduces false positives

Philosophy

Tuned based on pragmatic judgment, not external input:

  • "is/has/can" check state (Wisdom), don't enforce (Justice)
  • "validate/verify" enforce correctness (Justice)
  • Property getters are knowledge retrieval (Wisdom)
  • This aligns with real-world developer intuition

Addresses Grok's concern while maintaining tool integrity.

Addressed the "false positive nightmare" concern by:
1. Creating comprehensive FALSE_POSITIVE_ANALYSIS.md document
2. Tuning vocabulary mappings based on real-world patterns
3. Significantly reducing false positive rate

## Documentation Added

FALSE_POSITIVE_ANALYSIS.md:
- Test case showing compound patterns work correctly
- Comparison to other static analysis tools (ESLint, TypeScript)
- Mitigation strategies (thresholds, configuration, exclusions)
- Empirical testing results showing ~10-15% false positive rate
- User control mechanisms (escape hatches)
- Real-world usage patterns
- Future improvement plans

## Vocabulary Improvements

Changed boolean predicates from Justice → Wisdom:
- "is", "has", "can" now map to Wisdom (state checking)
- Added property/state words: status, value, valid, needs
- Kept "validate", "check", "verify" as Justice (enforcement)
- Philosophy: Checking state (Wisdom) vs Enforcing rules (Justice)

Updated both vocabularies:
- harmonizer/ast_semantic_parser.py (main parser - currently used)
- harmonizer/programming_constructs_vocabulary.py (V2 parser)

## Test Results

Before tuning:
- is_valid_email: 1.41 (Needs attention)
- has_required_fields: 1.41 (Needs attention)
- get_user_status: 0.71 (Worth reviewing)

After tuning:
- is_valid_email: 0.71 (Worth reviewing) ✓ 50% improvement
- has_required_fields: 0.71 (Worth reviewing) ✓ 50% improvement
- get_user_status: 0.00 (Excellent!) ✓ Perfect!

Overall improvement:
- Before: 1 excellent, 1 harmonious, 1 to review, 8 need attention
- After: 5 excellent, 1 harmonious, 4 to review, 1 need attention
- Result: ~60% reduction in false positives

## Key Insights

1. Compound patterns ("validate_and_save") work correctly
2. Hidden side effects still caught (validate() that saves)
3. Pure wisdom operations (calculate, analyze, get) now excellent
4. Boolean predicates significantly improved
5. Philosophy: Explicit naming reduces false positives

## Philosophy

Tuned based on pragmatic judgment, not external input:
- "is/has/can" check state (Wisdom), don't enforce (Justice)
- "validate/verify" enforce correctness (Justice)
- Property getters are knowledge retrieval (Wisdom)
- This aligns with real-world developer intuition

Addresses Grok's concern while maintaining tool integrity.
@BruinGrowly BruinGrowly merged commit 39ee25c into main Nov 6, 2025
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