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PASS 1: Contextual Framework Facts Section

Case 135: Engineer Misstating Professional Achievements on Resume

R Roles
1
Classes
4
Individuals
S States
3
Classes
3
Individuals
Rs Resources
0
Classes
0
Individuals

Extracted Ontology Entities

11 RDF entities extracted organized by concept type

R Roles

Roles Classes
1
changed
EngineerRole
rdfs:subClassOf Roles
Review
Engineer Role
C135
Definition
Extracted from facts primary
A professional engineering role of an engineer employed within an organization as a member of an engineering staff team of equal rank, sharing responsibility with team peers for the design of the employer's products.
Inherited from EngineerRole · note
A professional role involving engineering practice and responsibilities. Occupational archetype head for all engineer specializations and extracted engineer-role leaves.
Properties
Text References:
"As an employee for Employer X, Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank."
"This team of six was responsible for the design of certain products."
Confidence: 0.9
Role Category: employer_relationship
Role Kind: professional
Distinguishing Features:
  • Practices engineering as a salaried employee of an organization rather than in an independent consulting capacity
  • Shares design responsibility jointly with team peers of equal rank
Professional Scope: Design of the employer's products as a member of an in-house engineering team
Typical Qualifications: Engineering education and design experience appropriate to the employer's product line
Associated Virtues:
  • Honesty
  • Integrity
  • Collegiality
  • Truthful representation of one's own contributions
[facts] "As an employee for Employer X, Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank. This team of six was responsible for the design of certain products."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: As an employee for Employer X, Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank.; This team of six was responsible for the design of certain products.
  • roleCategory content: employer_relationship
  • roleKind content: professional
  • distinguishingFeatures content: Practices engineering as a salaried employee of an organization rather than in an independent consulting capacity; Shares design responsibility jointly with team peers of equal rank
  • professionalScope content: Design of the employer's products as a member of an in-house engineering team
  • typicalQualifications content: Engineering education and design experience appropriate to the employer's product line
  • associatedVirtues content: Honesty; Integrity; Collegiality; Truthful representation of one's own contributions
  • confidence assessment: 0.9
Roles Individuals
4
Employer X Employer
Employer Role
Linked
Employer Role
C135
Text References:
"As an employee for Employer X, Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank."
Confidence: 0.9
Actor: Employer X
Role Class: Employer Role
Role Kind: participant
Additional Relationships: {'type': 'employs', 'target': 'Engineer A', 'quote': 'As an employee for Employer X, Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank.'}
Case Involvement: The organization employing Engineer A and the five other staff engineers whose team of six was responsible for the design of the patented products at issue.
Product line: Its six-engineer team was responsible for the design of certain products, including a series of patented products
[facts] "As an employee for Employer X, Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank. This team of six was responsible for the design of certain products."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • actor: Employer X
  • attributes: {'product_line': 'Its six-engineer team was responsible for the design of certain products, including a series of patented products'}
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: As an employee for Employer X, Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank.
  • roleClass content: Employer Role
  • roleKind content: participant
  • additionalRelationships content: {'type': 'employs', 'target': 'Engineer A', 'quote': 'As an employee for Employer X, Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank.'}
  • caseInvolvement content: The organization employing Engineer A and the five other staff engineers whose team of six was responsible for the design of the patented products at issue.
  • confidence assessment: 0.9
Review
Engineer Role
C135
Text References:
"Engineer A is seeking employment with Employer Y."
"As an employee for Employer X, Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank."
"While working for Employer X, Engineer A along with five other engineers in his team participated in and was credited with the design of a series of patented products."
"Engineer A submits his resume to Employer Y and on it implies that he personally was responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through a joint effort of the members of the te..."
Confidence: 0.95
Actor: Engineer A
Role Class: Staff Engineer
Role Category: employer_relationship
Role Kind: professional
Specialty: Product design
Employer: Employer X
Additional Relationships:
  • {'type': 'seeks employment with', 'target': 'Employer Y', 'quote': 'Engineer A is seeking employment with Employer Y.'}
  • {'type': 'submits resume to', 'target': 'Employer Y', 'quote': 'Engineer A submits his resume to Employer Y and on it implies that he personally was responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through a joint effort of the members of the team.'}
Case Involvement: Staff engineer at Employer X who shared credit with five team peers for the design of patented products, and who on his resume to prospective Employer Y implies that he personally was responsible for designs actually produced by the joint effort of the team.
Patent credit: Participated in and was credited with the design of a series of patented products as part of a six-engineer team
Job seeking status: Seeking employment with Employer Y
Employedby: Employer X
"As an employee for Employer X, Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank."
Professionalpeerof: Five Other Staff Engineers
"Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank"
[facts] "As an employee for Employer X, Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank. This team of six was responsible for the design of certain products."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • actor: Engineer A
  • attributes: {'patent_credit': 'Participated in and was credited with the design of a series of patented products as part of a six-engineer team', 'job_seeking_status': 'Seeking employment with Employer Y'}
  • relationships: {'type': 'employedBy', 'target': 'Employer X', 'quote': 'As an employee for Employer X, Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank.'}; {'type': 'professionalPeerOf', 'target': 'Five Other Staff Engineers', 'quote': 'Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank'}
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: Engineer A is seeking employment with Employer Y.; As an employee for Employer X, Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank.; While working for Employer X, Engineer A along with five other engineers in his team participated in and was credited with the design of a series of patented products.; Engineer A submits his resume to Employer Y and on it implies that he personally was responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through a joint effort of the members of the team.
  • roleClass content: Staff Engineer
  • roleCategory content: employer_relationship
  • roleKind content: professional
  • specialty content: Product design
  • employer content: Employer X
  • additionalRelationships content: {'type': 'seeks employment with', 'target': 'Employer Y', 'quote': 'Engineer A is seeking employment with Employer Y.'}; {'type': 'submits resume to', 'target': 'Employer Y', 'quote': 'Engineer A submits his resume to Employer Y and on it implies that he personally was responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through a joint effort of the members of the team.'}
  • caseInvolvement content: Staff engineer at Employer X who shared credit with five team peers for the design of patented products, and who on his resume to prospective Employer Y implies that he personally was responsible for designs actually produced by the joint effort of the team.
  • confidence assessment: 0.95
Review
Engineer Role
C135
Text References:
"Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank"
"This team of six was responsible for the design of certain products."
"Engineer A along with five other engineers in his team participated in and was credited with the design of a series of patented products"
Confidence: 0.9
Actor: Five Other Staff Engineers
Role Class: Staff Engineer
Role Category: employer_relationship
Role Kind: professional
Specialty: Product design
Employer: Employer X
Case Involvement: Five staff engineers of equal rank at Employer X who, together with Engineer A, formed the team of six responsible for the design of certain products and were credited jointly with the design of a series of patented products, and whose joint contribution Engineer A's resume implies as his own.
Rank: Equal rank with Engineer A
Patent credit: Participated in and were credited with the design of a series of patented products as part of the team of six
Employedby: Employer X
"Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank"
Professionalpeerof: Engineer A
"Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank"
[facts] "As an employee for Employer X, Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank. This team of six was responsible for the design of certain products."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • actor: Five Other Staff Engineers
  • attributes: {'rank': 'Equal rank with Engineer A', 'patent_credit': 'Participated in and were credited with the design of a series of patented products as part of the team of six'}
  • relationships: {'type': 'employedBy', 'target': 'Employer X', 'quote': 'Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank'}; {'type': 'professionalPeerOf', 'target': 'Engineer A', 'quote': 'Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank'}
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank; This team of six was responsible for the design of certain products.; Engineer A along with five other engineers in his team participated in and was credited with the design of a series of patented products
  • roleClass content: Staff Engineer
  • roleCategory content: employer_relationship
  • roleKind content: professional
  • specialty content: Product design
  • employer content: Employer X
  • caseInvolvement content: Five staff engineers of equal rank at Employer X who, together with Engineer A, formed the team of six responsible for the design of certain products and were credited jointly with the design of a series of patented products, and whose joint contribution Engineer A's resume implies as his own.
  • confidence assessment: 0.9
Linked
Employer Role
C135
Text References:
"Engineer A is seeking employment with Employer Y."
"Engineer A submits his resume to Employer Y and on it implies that he personally was responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through a joint effort of the members of the te..."
Confidence: 0.9
Actor: Employer Y
Role Class: Employer Role
Role Kind: participant
Additional Relationships: {'type': 'receives resume from', 'target': 'Engineer A', 'quote': 'Engineer A submits his resume to Employer Y and on it implies that he personally was responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through a joint effort of the members of the team.'}
Case Involvement: The prospective employer to which Engineer A submits the resume implying sole personal responsibility for the team-designed products.
Status: Prospective employer with whom Engineer A is seeking employment
[facts] "Engineer A is seeking employment with Employer Y. Engineer A submits his resume to Employer Y and on it implies that he personally was responsible for the design of products."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • actor: Employer Y
  • attributes: {'status': 'Prospective employer with whom Engineer A is seeking employment'}
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: Engineer A is seeking employment with Employer Y.; Engineer A submits his resume to Employer Y and on it implies that he personally was responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through a joint effort of the members of the team.
  • roleClass content: Employer Role
  • roleKind content: participant
  • additionalRelationships content: {'type': 'receives resume from', 'target': 'Engineer A', 'quote': 'Engineer A submits his resume to Employer Y and on it implies that he personally was responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through a joint effort of the members of the team.'}
  • caseInvolvement content: The prospective employer to which Engineer A submits the resume implying sole personal responsibility for the team-designed products.
  • confidence assessment: 0.9

S States

States Classes
3
changed
SelectiveReportingState
rdfs:subClassOf States
Linked
Selective Reporting State
C135
Definition
Extracted from facts primary
A condition of what information has been disclosed or how it has been represented among the parties, here the condition in which a resume implies that one engineer personally was responsible for the design of products that were actually designed through a joint effort of a team, so credit for joint work is misattributed to a single individual.
Inherited from SelectiveReportingState · note
A condition of what information has been disclosed among the parties, here the state in which all available information about both design approaches, including risks and benefits, has been presented to the client's leadership.
Properties
Text References:
"Engineer A submits his resume to Employer Y and on it implies that he personally was responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through a joint effort of the members of the te..."
Confidence: 0.92
State Category: disclosure
Persistence Type: inertial
Activation Conditions: Submission of a resume that implies sole personal responsibility for work actually performed jointly
Termination Conditions: Correction or retraction of the misrepresented attribution on the resume
Principle Transformation: The condition of misattributed credit on the resume is what makes truthfulness about qualifications concretely at issue between Engineer A and Employer Y.
[facts] "Engineer A submits his resume to Employer Y and on it implies that he personally was responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through a joint effort of the members of the te..."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: Engineer A submits his resume to Employer Y and on it implies that he personally was responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through a joint effort of the members of the team.
  • stateCategory content: disclosure
  • persistenceType content: inertial
  • principleTransformation content: The condition of misattributed credit on the resume is what makes truthfulness about qualifications concretely at issue between Engineer A and Employer Y.
  • confidence assessment: 0.92
Derived (reconstructable from the graph)
  • activationConditions: Submission of a resume that implies sole personal responsibility for work actually performed jointly
  • terminationConditions: Correction or retraction of the misrepresented attribution on the resume
changed
AttributionState
rdfs:subClassOf States
New C135
Definition
Extracted from facts primary
A disclosure condition in which a work product was created through the joint effort of a team of professionals of equal rank and credit for the work belongs to the team members jointly, so that no single member can truthfully claim sole personal responsibility for it.
Properties
Text References:
"This team of six was responsible for the design of certain products."
"Engineer A along with five other engineers in his team participated in and was credited with the design of a series of patented products."
Confidence: 0.88
State Category: disclosure
Persistence Type: inertial
Activation Conditions: Completion and crediting of a work product produced by the joint effort of a team
Principle Transformation: The jointly held credit for the patented products fixes the factual baseline against which any individual claim of personal responsibility for the designs is measured.
[facts] "As an employee for Employer X, Engineer A was a staff engineer along with five other staff engineers of equal rank. This team of six was responsible for the design of certain products. While working f..."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: This team of six was responsible for the design of certain products.; Engineer A along with five other engineers in his team participated in and was credited with the design of a series of patented products.
  • stateCategory content: disclosure
  • persistenceType content: inertial
  • principleTransformation content: The jointly held credit for the patented products fixes the factual baseline against which any individual claim of personal responsibility for the designs is measured.
  • confidence assessment: 0.88
Derived (reconstructable from the graph)
  • activationConditions: Completion and crediting of a work product produced by the joint effort of a team
changed
TemporalContextState
rdfs:subClassOf States
New C135
Definition
Extracted from facts primary
A temporal condition in which a professional is seeking employment with a prospective employer, so that representations made about qualifications and past work occur within the window of candidacy before any hiring decision is made.
Properties
Text References:
"Engineer A is seeking employment with Employer Y."
Confidence: 0.85
State Category: temporal
Persistence Type: inertial
Activation Conditions: A professional begins seeking employment with a prospective employer
Termination Conditions: The prospective employer makes a hiring decision or the candidacy is withdrawn
Principle Transformation: The candidacy window is the phase within which the resume representation to Employer Y takes place and carries its effect.
[facts] "Engineer A is seeking employment with Employer Y."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: Engineer A is seeking employment with Employer Y.
  • stateCategory content: temporal
  • persistenceType content: inertial
  • principleTransformation content: The candidacy window is the phase within which the resume representation to Employer Y takes place and carries its effect.
  • confidence assessment: 0.85
Derived (reconstructable from the graph)
  • activationConditions: A professional begins seeking employment with a prospective employer
  • terminationConditions: The prospective employer makes a hiring decision or the candidacy is withdrawn
States Individuals
3
changed
Resume Sole Credit Misattribution
Selective Reporting State
Linked
Selective Reporting State
C135
Text References:
"Engineer A submits his resume to Employer Y and on it implies that he personally was responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through a joint effort of the members of the te..."
Confidence: 0.92
State Class: Selective Reporting State
Subject: Engineer A's resume submitted to Employer Y
Active Period: From the submission of the resume to Employer Y onward, while the misattribution stands uncorrected
Triggering Event: Engineer A submits his resume to Employer Y implying he personally was responsible for the design of the team-produced products
Terminated By: Correction of the resume's attribution or disclosure of the joint nature of the design work
Affected Parties:
  • Employer Y
  • The five other staff engineers on Engineer A's team
  • Employer X
Urgency Level: medium
[facts] "Engineer A submits his resume to Employer Y and on it implies that he personally was responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through a joint effort of the members of the te..."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: Engineer A submits his resume to Employer Y and on it implies that he personally was responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through a joint effort of the members of the team.
  • stateClass content: Selective Reporting State
  • subject content: Engineer A's resume submitted to Employer Y
  • activePeriod content: From the submission of the resume to Employer Y onward, while the misattribution stands uncorrected
  • triggeringEvent content: Engineer A submits his resume to Employer Y implying he personally was responsible for the design of the team-produced products
  • terminatedBy content: Correction of the resume's attribution or disclosure of the joint nature of the design work
  • affectedParties content: Employer Y; The five other staff engineers on Engineer A's team; Employer X
  • confidence assessment: 0.92
  • urgencyLevel assessment: medium
changed
New C135
Text References:
"Engineer A along with five other engineers in his team participated in and was credited with the design of a series of patented products."
Confidence: 0.9
State Class: Joint Work Attribution State
Subject: The series of patented products designed by the team of six staff engineers at Employer X
Active Period: From the completion and crediting of the patented product designs onward
Triggering Event: The team of six staff engineers at Employer X participated in and was credited with the design of a series of patented products
Affected Parties:
  • Engineer A
  • The five other staff engineers on the team
  • Employer X
Urgency Level: low
[facts] "While working for Employer X, Engineer A along with five other engineers in his team participated in and was credited with the design of a series of patented products."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: Engineer A along with five other engineers in his team participated in and was credited with the design of a series of patented products.
  • stateClass content: Joint Work Attribution State
  • subject content: The series of patented products designed by the team of six staff engineers at Employer X
  • activePeriod content: From the completion and crediting of the patented product designs onward
  • triggeringEvent content: The team of six staff engineers at Employer X participated in and was credited with the design of a series of patented products
  • affectedParties content: Engineer A; The five other staff engineers on the team; Employer X
  • confidence assessment: 0.9
  • urgencyLevel assessment: low
changed
New C135
Text References:
"Engineer A is seeking employment with Employer Y."
Confidence: 0.88
State Class: Employment Seeking State
Subject: Engineer A
Active Period: From the start of Engineer A's job search with Employer Y until Employer Y decides on the candidacy
Triggering Event: Engineer A begins seeking employment with Employer Y
Terminated By: Employer Y's hiring decision or withdrawal of the candidacy
Affected Parties:
  • Engineer A
  • Employer Y
Urgency Level: low
[facts] "Engineer A is seeking employment with Employer Y."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: Engineer A is seeking employment with Employer Y.
  • stateClass content: Employment Seeking State
  • subject content: Engineer A
  • activePeriod content: From the start of Engineer A's job search with Employer Y until Employer Y decides on the candidacy
  • triggeringEvent content: Engineer A begins seeking employment with Employer Y
  • terminatedBy content: Employer Y's hiring decision or withdrawal of the candidacy
  • affectedParties content: Engineer A; Employer Y
  • confidence assessment: 0.88
  • urgencyLevel assessment: low

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