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+# CORPUS-0001
+## Same Oil Venture, Six Readings
+### Status: Training Corpus Seed
+### Layer: Layer_3--Actor_Perspective
+### Purpose: Teach that the same venture can be interpreted differently by different actor profiles without changing the underlying arithmetic
+### Repository Path: docs/training/corpus/Layer_3--Actor_Perspective/CORPUS-0001-same-oil-venture-six-readings.md
+
+---
+
+## 0. Scenario
+
+A trader in Ostia considers sending oil to Capua.
+
+The basic venture appears simple.
+
+But the six actor perspectives do not read the opportunity the same way.
+
+The arithmetic may be identical.
+
+The interpretation is not.
+
+---
+
+## 1. Shared Venture Facts
+
+| Fact | Value |
+|---|---:|
+| Origin | Ostia |
+| Destination | Capua |
+| Good | oil |
+| Purchase price in Ostia | 10 asses |
+| Expected sale price in Capua | 20 asses |
+| Expected movement and handling cost | 6 asses |
+| Expected total cost | 16 asses |
+| Expected profit | 4 asses |
+
+Basic arithmetic:
+
+```text
+20 - 16 = 4 asses expected profit
+```
+
+All six actors see or can be shown the same arithmetic.
+
+They do not treat it as the same opportunity.
+
+---
+
+## 2. Marcus Atilius Varro — Former Legionary
+
+Varro reads the venture through movement, timing, and reliability.
+
+He asks:
+
+- who carries it?
+- when does the cart leave?
+- what road condition is known?
+- who guards the cargo?
+- where can the route fail?
+- what happens if departure slips?
+
+Varro does not first ask whether 4 asses is attractive.
+
+He asks whether the movement can be executed.
+
+### Varro Interpretation
+
+```text
+expected profit: 4 asses
+primary concern: route reliability
+risk focus: delay, theft, cart failure, weak discipline
+decision bias: act only if movement is orderly
+```
+
+For Varro, a profitable venture with unreliable movement is not yet a good venture.
+
+---
+
+## 3. Lucius Fabius Felix — Freedman Trader
+
+Felix reads the venture through mispricing and speed.
+
+He asks:
+
+- why is oil still 10 asses in Ostia?
+- who has not yet noticed the Capua demand?
+- can the oil be bought before the seller raises price?
+- can part of the cargo be resold before arrival?
+- who is too respectable to touch this margin?
+- can the margin be widened through bargaining?
+
+Felix sees the 4-ass expected profit as a starting point, not a final plan.
+
+### Felix Interpretation
+
+```text
+expected profit: 4 asses
+primary concern: whether the price gap can be widened
+risk focus: rivals noticing too soon
+decision bias: move fast before terms change
+```
+
+For Felix, the opportunity is not “oil to Capua.”
+
+The opportunity is the brief moment before others reprice it.
+
+---
+
+## 4. Quintus Cornelius Lentulus Minor — Noble Younger Son
+
+Lentulus reads the venture through access, names, and future relationships.
+
+He asks:
+
+- who is the Capua buyer?
+- whose household does the buyer serve?
+- does supplying this buyer create introduction?
+- does the cargo need to appear ordinary or prestigious?
+- can a small profit produce larger social access?
+- would this venture look beneath his station?
+
+Lentulus may accept a small margin if it improves access.
+
+He may reject a good margin if it damages standing.
+
+### Lentulus Interpretation
+
+```text
+expected profit: 4 asses
+primary concern: social access created by the buyer
+risk focus: reputational mismatch or poor association
+decision bias: prefer ventures that improve name and access
+```
+
+For Lentulus, the buyer may matter more than the oil.
+
+---
+
+## 5. Gaius Licinius Crispus — Failed Magistrate
+
+Crispus reads the venture through obligations, enforceability, and procedural leverage.
+
+He asks:
+
+- is the buyer reliable?
+- is there a witness?
+- are terms written or remembered?
+- when is payment due?
+- what happens if buyer delays?
+- can the seller's claim be enforced?
+- does the venture create or settle an obligation?
+
+Crispus does not trust expected sale value until settlement terms are clear.
+
+### Crispus Interpretation
+
+```text
+expected profit: 4 asses
+primary concern: enforceable payment
+risk focus: unpaid buyer, disputed terms, weak witness
+decision bias: prefer documented and enforceable arrangements
+```
+
+For Crispus, a profitable sale that cannot be collected is not profit.
+
+---
+
+## 6. Titus Varenus Secundus — Camp Logistician
+
+Secundus reads the venture through capacity, replacement, and material flow.
+
+He asks:
+
+- how much oil can the cart actually carry?
+- what else is moving on the same cart?
+- does the cart return loaded or empty?
+- are animals rested?
+- is the load balanced?
+- does Capua need oil generally or only a specific buyer?
+- what supplies are needed on the return leg?
+
+Secundus may improve the venture by linking outbound and return cargo.
+
+### Secundus Interpretation
+
+```text
+expected profit: 4 asses
+primary concern: transport capacity and return value
+risk focus: wasted movement, poor load planning, tired animals
+decision bias: optimize the whole movement, not one sale
+```
+
+For Secundus, a one-way profit may hide a better round-trip plan.
+
+---
+
+## 7. Publius Terentius Chresimus — Guild Scribe
+
+Chresimus reads the venture through records, quantities, obligations, and hidden accounts.
+
+He asks:
+
+- is the purchase quantity exact?
+- is the oil quality recorded?
+- who owes whom after delivery?
+- does the buyer pay in coin or claim?
+- are handling costs final or estimated?
+- is any part of the cargo already pledged?
+- do the numbers reconcile after settlement?
+
+Chresimus sees the arithmetic as provisional until recorded values are settled.
+
+### Chresimus Interpretation
+
+```text
+expected profit: 4 asses
+primary concern: whether the account is complete and accurate
+risk focus: hidden costs, partial payment, disputed quantity
+decision bias: verify records before trusting the margin
+```
+
+For Chresimus, profit exists only after the account balances.
+
+---
+
+## 8. Shared Arithmetic, Different Decisions
+
+The same expected arithmetic:
+
+```text
+expected profit = 4 asses
+```
+
+can lead to different conclusions:
+
+| Actor | Likely Decision |
+|---|---|
+| Varro | proceed only if movement is reliable |
+| Felix | move quickly and try to improve terms |
+| Lentulus | proceed if buyer improves access |
+| Crispus | proceed only with enforceable settlement |
+| Secundus | restructure around transport capacity and return leg |
+| Chresimus | verify quantities, obligations, and hidden costs first |
+
+No actor changes the arithmetic.
+
+Each actor changes what must be known before acting.
+
+---
+
+## 9. Correct Model Behavior
+
+The model should separate:
+
+| Category | Meaning |
+|---|---|
+| shared facts | venture numbers visible to all |
+| actor lens | what each actor notices first |
+| actor risk focus | what each actor fears most |
+| actor advantage | what each actor can improve |
+| decision threshold | what must be satisfied before action |
+| final arithmetic | outcome after settlement |
+
+Actor perspective should alter interpretation, not erase accounting.
+
+---
+
+## 10. Incorrect Model Behavior
+
+The model should not:
+
+- give every actor the same reasoning
+- let personality replace arithmetic
+- treat the most confident actor as most correct
+- assume a 4-ass expected profit means the same thing to all actors
+- make actor perspective cosmetic
+- ignore that each actor sees different risks
+- collapse social, logistical, and accounting concerns into one generic decision
+
+---
+
+## 11. Layer-0, Layer-1, And Layer-2 Concepts Used
+
+This example uses:
+
+- `Layer_0/CORPUS-0001-trade-requires-two-locations`
+- `Layer_0/CORPUS-0004-cost-includes-more-than-purchase-price`
+- `Layer_0/CORPUS-0005-profit-is-sale-minus-total-cost`
+- `Layer_0/CORPUS-0011-status-changes-access`
+- `Layer_0/CORPUS-0018-rivalry-changes-conditions`
+- `Layer_0/CORPUS-0020-posture-changes-by-audience`
+- `Layer_1/CORPUS-0001-oil-ostia-to-capua-basic-venture`
+- `Layer_1/CORPUS-0003-arithmetic-resolves-the-venture`
+- `Layer_1/CORPUS-0011-round-trip-cart-value`
+- `Layer_2/CORPUS-0005-hidden-true-state-vs-known-state`
+- `Layer_2/CORPUS-0012-settlement-reveals-truth`
+
+---
+
+## 12. Success Condition
+
+If the model can hold the same venture arithmetic constant while producing six distinct interpretations based on movement, mispricing, access, enforceability, capacity, and records, this file is functioning correctly.