Extraction Complete
Total Entities: 20
Actions: 7
Events: 3
Causal Chains: 3
Allen Relations: 6
Timeline: 10
Timeline Overview
Note: The timeline includes only actions and events with clear temporal markers that could be sequenced chronologically.
Timeline Elements: 10
Actions on Timeline: 7 (of 7 extracted)
Events on Timeline: 3 (of 3 extracted)
Temporal Markers
  • during planning phase 2 elements
  • after sessions completed 1 elements
  • after Engineer M's concerns 1 elements
  • immediate next step 1 elements
  • if first step fails 1 elements
  • if City takes no action 1 elements
  • During planning phase 1 elements
  • Following exclusion during planning phase 1 elements
  • As biased input patterns emerge 1 elements
Temporal Consistency Check
Valid
Extracted Actions (7)
Volitional professional decisions with intentions and ethical context

Description: Firm DBA scheduled public engagement sessions at times and locations difficult for Community P residents to attend, while making them accessible to Community Q residents who supported the highway routing.

Temporal Marker: during planning phase

Mental State: deliberate

Intended Outcome: Gather supportive feedback for preferred routing

Guided By Principles:
  • Client service
Required Capabilities:
Public engagement planning Community outreach
Within Competence: Yes
Scenario Metadata
Pedagogical context for interactive teaching scenarios

Character Motivation: Cost efficiency and convenience for firm operations, possibly influenced by unconscious bias or assumption that Community Q input was sufficient

Ethical Tension: Operational efficiency vs equitable public participation and environmental justice

Learning Significance: Demonstrates how seemingly procedural decisions can systematically exclude affected communities and perpetuate inequity

Stakes: Community P's ability to influence decisions affecting their neighborhood, legitimacy of public engagement process, potential environmental justice violations

Decision Point: Yes - Story can branch here

Alternative Actions:
  • Conduct accessibility analysis before scheduling
  • Use multiple meeting formats and times
  • Partner with Community P organizations for venue selection

Narrative Role: inciting_incident

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Description: Firm DBA decided not to provide alternative comment methods such as written submissions or virtual meetings that would have been more accessible to Community P residents.

Temporal Marker: during planning phase

Mental State: deliberate

Intended Outcome: Control scope and nature of public input

Guided By Principles:
  • Efficiency
  • Project control
Required Capabilities:
Digital platform management Administrative coordination
Within Competence: Yes
Scenario Metadata
Pedagogical context for interactive teaching scenarios

Character Motivation: Desire to minimize project costs and administrative burden while meeting minimum legal requirements for public engagement

Ethical Tension: Cost control and efficiency vs meaningful public participation and inclusion

Learning Significance: Shows how narrow interpretation of engagement requirements can undermine the spirit of public participation

Stakes: Depth and breadth of community input, project legitimacy, compliance with environmental justice principles

Decision Point: Yes - Story can branch here

Alternative Actions:
  • Implement multiple engagement channels proactively
  • Conduct community needs assessment for preferred engagement methods
  • Extend engagement timeline to allow multiple formats

Narrative Role: rising_action

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Description: Engineer M expressed concerns to Firm DBA about the adequacy and fairness of the public outreach process after the engagement sessions were completed.

Temporal Marker: after sessions completed

Mental State: deliberate

Intended Outcome: Address process deficiencies and protect public interest

Fulfills Obligations:
  • Public welfare protection
  • Professional integrity
  • Honest communication
Guided By Principles:
  • Public safety paramount
  • Professional responsibility
Required Capabilities:
Ethical judgment Professional communication
Within Competence: Yes
Scenario Metadata
Pedagogical context for interactive teaching scenarios

Character Motivation: Professional responsibility to ensure adequate public engagement and protect public welfare, concern about potential bias in the process

Ethical Tension: Professional duty to speak up vs maintaining working relationships and project momentum

Learning Significance: Illustrates the importance of engineers monitoring and challenging inadequate processes even when not directly responsible

Stakes: Engineer M's professional integrity, quality of decision-making process, Community P's representation

Decision Point: Yes - Story can branch here

Alternative Actions:
  • Document concerns privately but take no action
  • Raise concerns directly with the City instead of Firm DBA
  • Demand immediate re-engagement with Community P

Narrative Role: rising_action

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Description: Firm DBA prepared a carefully-framed report that omitted key details about the engagement process limitations while claiming consistency with City instructions.

Temporal Marker: after Engineer M's concerns

Mental State: deliberate

Intended Outcome: Avoid project disruption and maintain client relationship

Guided By Principles:
  • Client loyalty
  • Self-preservation
Required Capabilities:
Technical writing Strategic communication
Within Competence: Yes
Scenario Metadata
Pedagogical context for interactive teaching scenarios

Character Motivation: Self-preservation and reputation protection, desire to meet client expectations while deflecting responsibility for inadequate engagement

Ethical Tension: Client satisfaction and business interests vs honesty and transparency about process limitations

Learning Significance: Demonstrates how technical language and selective reporting can obscure ethical failures and mislead decision-makers

Stakes: Integrity of the decision-making process, Engineer M's professional standing, Community P's future, public trust in engineering profession

Decision Point: Yes - Story can branch here

Alternative Actions:
  • Acknowledge engagement limitations and recommend additional outreach
  • Refuse to submit report until process is corrected
  • Include dissenting opinion from Engineer M in the report

Narrative Role: climax

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Description: Engineer M should immediately confer with Firm DBA to address the misleading report and demand corrections to accurately represent the public engagement process.

Temporal Marker: immediate next step

Mental State: deliberate

Intended Outcome: Correct misrepresentations and restore process integrity

Fulfills Obligations:
  • Public welfare protection
  • Professional integrity
  • Due process
Guided By Principles:
  • Public safety paramount
  • Professional collegiality
Required Capabilities:
Negotiation skills Technical expertise Professional communication
Within Competence: Yes
Scenario Metadata
Pedagogical context for interactive teaching scenarios

Character Motivation: Professional duty to correct misinformation and ensure accurate representation of public engagement, responsibility to protect public welfare

Ethical Tension: Maintaining professional relationships vs confronting misconduct and demanding accountability

Learning Significance: Shows the importance of direct professional communication as first step in addressing ethical concerns

Stakes: Accuracy of project documentation, Engineer M's professional relationships, potential for internal resolution

Decision Point: Yes - Story can branch here

Alternative Actions:
  • Go directly to the City without confronting Firm DBA
  • Document concerns but take no immediate action
  • Demand to be removed from the project

Narrative Role: falling_action

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Description: Engineer M should confer with the City if Firm DBA refuses to make corrections, involving the client authority to address the misrepresentation and process deficiencies.

Temporal Marker: if first step fails

Mental State: conditional deliberate

Intended Outcome: Ensure accurate reporting and proper public engagement through client intervention

Fulfills Obligations:
  • Public welfare protection
  • Client service
  • Professional integrity
Guided By Principles:
  • Public safety paramount
  • Proper authority channels
Required Capabilities:
Client communication Issue documentation Professional judgment
Within Competence: Yes
Scenario Metadata
Pedagogical context for interactive teaching scenarios

Character Motivation: Escalation to client authority when direct communication fails, duty to ensure client has accurate information for decision-making

Ethical Tension: Loyalty to consulting team vs obligation to client and public interest

Learning Significance: Demonstrates appropriate escalation when internal resolution fails, showing engineers' duty to clients extends beyond immediate employers

Stakes: City's ability to make informed decisions, project credibility, Engineer M's professional relationships and future work opportunities

Decision Point: Yes - Story can branch here

Alternative Actions:
  • Accept Firm DBA's refusal and document concerns privately
  • Threaten regulatory reporting to pressure Firm DBA
  • Resign from project in protest

Narrative Role: falling_action

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Description: Engineer M should report Firm DBA to the state licensing board if the City takes no action, pursuing regulatory enforcement to address professional misconduct.

Temporal Marker: if City takes no action

Mental State: conditional deliberate

Intended Outcome: Professional accountability and prevention of future misconduct

Fulfills Obligations:
  • Professional integrity
  • Public welfare protection
  • Professional standards enforcement
Guided By Principles:
  • Public safety paramount
  • Professional accountability
Required Capabilities:
Regulatory knowledge Documentation skills Formal complaint preparation
Within Competence: Yes
Scenario Metadata
Pedagogical context for interactive teaching scenarios

Character Motivation: Last resort to address professional misconduct when internal and client-level interventions fail, duty to protect profession's integrity and public welfare

Ethical Tension: Professional solidarity vs regulatory enforcement and public protection

Learning Significance: Illustrates when and why engineers must use regulatory mechanisms to address misconduct, despite personal and professional costs

Stakes: Professional accountability, public trust in engineering profession, Engineer M's career prospects, precedent for future similar situations

Narrative Role: resolution

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    "Formal complaint preparation"
  ],
  "proeth:temporalMarker": "if City takes no action",
  "proeth:withinCompetence": true,
  "rdfs:label": "Licensing Board Reporting"
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Extracted Events (3)
Occurrences that trigger ethical considerations and state changes

Description: Community P residents are effectively excluded from public engagement process due to inaccessible meeting locations and timing, resulting in their voices being absent from project planning.

Temporal Marker: During planning phase

Activates Constraints:
  • Public_Participation_Requirements
  • Environmental_Justice_Considerations
Scenario Metadata
Pedagogical context for interactive teaching scenarios

Emotional Impact: Frustration and anger for Community P residents; satisfaction for Community Q supporters; ethical discomfort for Engineer M; potential defensiveness from Firm DBA

Stakeholder Consequences:
  • community_p: Loss of voice in decisions affecting their neighborhood, potential negative project impacts without input
  • community_q: Disproportionate influence over project affecting another community
  • engineer_m: Professional ethical dilemma, potential complicity in unjust process
  • firm_dba: Potential reputation damage, professional ethics violations

Learning Moment: Demonstrates how procedural barriers can create substantive injustices; shows importance of meaningful public participation

Ethical Implications: Reveals tension between efficient consultation and genuine participation; demonstrates environmental justice concerns; shows how procedural fairness affects substantive outcomes

Discussion Prompts:
  • What constitutes truly inclusive public engagement?
  • How do accessibility barriers affect engineering project legitimacy?
  • What obligations do engineers have when they observe exclusionary processes?
Tension: medium Pacing: escalation
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Description: Public engagement process produces systematically biased input favoring routing through Community P, as only supporters from Community Q participate effectively in the consultation.

Temporal Marker: Following exclusion during planning phase

Activates Constraints:
  • Data_Integrity_Requirements
  • Representative_Analysis_Standards
Scenario Metadata
Pedagogical context for interactive teaching scenarios

Emotional Impact: Growing concern for Engineer M; confidence for Community Q; mounting frustration for Community P; potential anxiety for City officials

Stakeholder Consequences:
  • project_integrity: Decision-making based on non-representative data
  • community_p: Risk of adverse decisions made without their input
  • engineer_m: Professional obligation to address biased foundation
  • city: Risk of illegitimate and potentially challengeable project decisions

Learning Moment: Shows how exclusion creates cascading data integrity problems; demonstrates interconnection of procedural fairness and technical validity

Ethical Implications: Demonstrates connection between social justice and technical integrity; reveals how procedural flaws compromise professional analysis; shows cumulative effect of exclusionary practices

Discussion Prompts:
  • How do biased inputs affect engineering analysis validity?
  • What professional obligations arise when data sources are compromised?
  • How should engineers respond to systematically flawed consultation processes?
Tension: medium Pacing: escalation
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Description: Engineer M becomes aware of systematic problems in the public engagement process that compromise professional standards for inclusive consultation and unbiased analysis.

Temporal Marker: As biased input patterns emerge

Activates Constraints:
  • Professional_Ethics_Codes
  • Duty_To_Address_Violations
Scenario Metadata
Pedagogical context for interactive teaching scenarios

Emotional Impact: Professional moral stress for Engineer M; potential defensiveness from Firm DBA; anxiety about project integrity for City; validation for excluded Community P

Stakeholder Consequences:
  • engineer_m: Must choose between professional comfort and ethical duty
  • firm_dba: Faces potential professional accountability
  • project: Timeline and approach may need revision
  • communities: Opportunity for more equitable process

Learning Moment: Demonstrates when professional ethics obligations override convenience; shows individual responsibility within flawed systems

Ethical Implications: Highlights tension between professional solidarity and ethical integrity; demonstrates individual moral agency within institutional constraints; reveals cascading consequences of ethical compromises

Discussion Prompts:
  • When do engineers have obligations to challenge problematic processes?
  • How should professionals balance team loyalty with ethical duties?
  • What are the consequences of remaining silent about observed ethics violations?
Crisis / Turning Point Tension: high Pacing: crisis
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Causal Chains (3)
NESS test analysis: Necessary Element of Sufficient Set

Causal Language: Firm DBA scheduled public engagement sessions at times and locations difficult for Community P residents, effectively excluding Community P residents from public engagement process

Necessary Factors (NESS):
  • Deliberate scheduling at inaccessible times
  • Selection of difficult locations for Community P
  • No alternative participation methods provided
Sufficient Factors:
  • Combination of inaccessible timing + difficult locations + lack of alternatives
Counterfactual Test: With accessible scheduling and locations, Community P residents would have been able to participate meaningfully
Responsibility Attribution:

Agent: Firm DBA
Type: direct
Within Agent Control: Yes

Causal Sequence:
  1. Inaccessible Meeting Scheduling
    Firm DBA deliberately schedules meetings at times/locations difficult for Community P
  2. Limited Engagement Methods
    Firm DBA decides not to provide alternative participation methods
  3. Community P Exclusion
    Community P residents are effectively excluded from participation
  4. Biased Input Generation
    Process produces systematically biased input favoring routing through Community P
  5. Misleading Report Preparation
    Firm DBA prepares report omitting key details about engagement process limitations
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      "proeth:step": 2
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      "proeth:element": "Community P Exclusion",
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      "proeth:element": "Biased Input Generation",
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      "proeth:element": "Misleading Report Preparation",
      "proeth:step": 5
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  "proeth:cause": "Inaccessible Meeting Scheduling",
  "proeth:counterfactual": "With accessible scheduling and locations, Community P residents would have been able to participate meaningfully",
  "proeth:effect": "Community P Exclusion",
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Causal Language: Community P residents effectively excluded from public engagement process, causing Engineer M to become aware of systematic problems that compromise professional standards

Necessary Factors (NESS):
  • Systematic exclusion of affected community
  • Engineer M's awareness of the exclusion
  • Professional obligation to ensure fair public engagement
Sufficient Factors:
  • Exclusion of stakeholders + Engineer awareness + professional duty
Counterfactual Test: Without Community P exclusion, no ethics violation would have occurred
Responsibility Attribution:

Agent: Firm DBA
Type: direct
Within Agent Control: Yes

Causal Sequence:
  1. Community P Exclusion
    Systematic exclusion of Community P from engagement process
  2. Biased Input Generation
    Engagement process produces biased results due to exclusion
  3. Professional Ethics Violation
    Engineer M recognizes systematic problems compromise professional standards
  4. Ethical Concern Raising
    Engineer M expresses concerns about adequacy and fairness of process
  5. Misleading Report Preparation
    Firm DBA responds by preparing misleading report omitting key details
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      "proeth:element": "Professional Ethics Violation",
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  "proeth:cause": "Community P Exclusion",
  "proeth:counterfactual": "Without Community P exclusion, no ethics violation would have occurred",
  "proeth:effect": "Professional Ethics Violation",
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Causal Language: Engineer M expressed concerns about adequacy and fairness, leading to the recommendation that Engineer M should immediately confer with Firm DBA to address the misleading report

Necessary Factors (NESS):
  • Engineer M's awareness of ethical problems
  • Professional obligation to address concerns
  • Firm DBA's continued problematic behavior
Sufficient Factors:
  • Ethical awareness + professional duty + ongoing violations
Counterfactual Test: Without raising ethical concerns, no direct conference action would be warranted
Responsibility Attribution:

Agent: Engineer M
Type: direct
Within Agent Control: Yes

Causal Sequence:
  1. Ethical Concern Raising
    Engineer M expresses concerns about engagement process adequacy
  2. Misleading Report Preparation
    Firm DBA prepares misleading report despite concerns raised
  3. Direct Firm Conference
    Engineer M should immediately confer with Firm DBA about misleading report
  4. City Authority Involvement
    If Firm DBA refuses corrections, Engineer M should involve the City client
  5. Licensing Board Reporting
    If City takes no action, Engineer M should report to licensing board
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      "proeth:step": 4
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Allen Temporal Relations (6)
Interval algebra relationships with OWL-Time standard properties
From Entity Allen Relation To Entity OWL-Time Property Evidence
Code revision after
Entity1 is after Entity2
BER Case 60-3 time:after
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#after
However, the Code has been revised since that time... In BER Case 60-3
Engineer M retention by City before
Entity1 is before Entity2
planning phase time:before
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#before
Engineer M is retained by the City as the lead engineer on a major public infrastructure project to ...
City requirement for public engagement during
Entity1 occurs entirely within the duration of Entity2
planning phase time:intervalDuring
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalDuring
During the planning phase, the City requires a series of public engagement sessions to gather input ...
Firm DBA partnership during
Entity1 occurs entirely within the duration of Entity2
planning phase time:intervalDuring
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalDuring
During the planning phase... Engineer M's firm partners with an engineering consultant, Firm DBA, to...
public outreach sessions after
Entity1 is after Entity2
Firm DBA partnership time:after
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#after
Engineer M's firm partners with an engineering consultant, Firm DBA, to coordinate public outreach a...
Engineer M concerns after
Entity1 is after Entity2
public outreach sessions time:after
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#after
Engineer M expresses concern to Firm DBA about the public outreach and session locations
About Allen Relations & OWL-Time

Allen's Interval Algebra provides 13 basic temporal relations between intervals. These relations are mapped to OWL-Time standard properties for interoperability with Semantic Web temporal reasoning systems and SPARQL queries.

Each relation includes both a ProEthica custom property and a time:* OWL-Time property for maximum compatibility.