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Translation Test: Scrambled Eggs Recipe

Source: Standard scrambled egg recipe (generic public-domain procedural form)

Status: Founding set (EGG-001)


Purpose

A scrambled egg recipe extends the procedural instruction register established in CKG-001 (chocolate chip cookies) to a shorter, thermally simpler cooking sequence. The key structural difference is the end-state: scrambled eggs complete at a soft, under-set state (no-ha-su) rather than at full structural completion (be-su). This tests whether the phase-tracking vocabulary established in CKG-001 extends to the inverse direction: the target is not full thermal structuring but a deliberate interruption before it occurs.

Primary tests:

  • du-zo-ki (egg) as compositional first use — by direct parallel with W142 du-zo-su (fruit = plant-structural-result), the egg is du-zo-ki = motile-organism-result. The symmetry is exact: du-zo-su names what a plant produces; du-zo-ki names what a motile organism (bird) produces.
  • W227 su-ha-mu (cooking pan) — the open-surface counterpart to W214 ko-ha-mu (oven). The su/ko distinction encodes open-arrangement vs. enclosed-containment, covering all stovetop cooking.
  • ma-ki (stir) vs. ma-ne-ki (mix) — two distinct matter-motion operations now attested. ma-ne-ki (W215) = combine toward unity (lu-su-ne result); ma-ki = maintain matter-in-motion (no relational target).
  • go {su-ti [state]} conditional — first conditional triggered by a physical state snapshot, not an agent's action or causal chain.
  • ha-zo-ra-ma ne vo vs. ha-zo-ra-ma ne be-su — two distinct recipe- completion verdicts now in corpus: quality (scrambled eggs) vs. structural completion (baked cookie). The same ingredient term (ha-zo-ra-ma, W216) ends in different states depending on cooking method.

Corpus sentences: S720–S725


Vocabulary Framework

New entry: W227

W# Form Written Reading Notes
W227 su-ha-mu suhamu cooking pan / stovetop cooking surface su (structure) + ha (heat) + mu (artifact). The open structured heat-conducting vessel. Complement to W214 ko-ha-mu (oven).

The su-ha-mu / ko-ha-mu structural contrast:

Form W# Composition Key root Meaning
ko-ha-mu W214 ko + ha + mu ko (containment) oven: encloses food in heated space
su-ha-mu W227 su + ha + mu su (structure) pan: open structured surface conducts heat

The ko/su distinction maps perfectly to the cooking category: enclosed thermal treatment (oven) vs. direct open-surface thermal transfer (stovetop). No other vocabulary difference is required.

Compositional first uses (no W-entry)

Form Written Reading Source
du-zo-ki duzoki egg (animal/bird result) du (result) + zo-ki (motile organism: W143/primitive) — parallel to W142 du-zo-su (fruit)
pa-su-ha-mu pasuhamu at/on the pan (spatial locative) pa- locative prefix + su-ha-mu (W227) — parallel to pa-ko-mu (at bowl) and pa-ko-ha-mu (in oven)
ma-ki maki stir; matter in continuous motion ma (matter) + ki (motion) — distinct from ma-ne-ki (W215)
no-ha-su nohasu not-thermally-set; soft; still fluent no (negation) + ha-su (thermally-set, established CKG-001 S663)

du-zo-ki derivation note: W142 du-zo-su is the canonical previous instance:

du-zo-su (W142) = du (result) + zo-su (plant: zo living + su structure) = the
result of the non-motile/structured organism = fruit
The egg follows identically:
du-zo-ki = du (result) + zo-ki (motile organism: zo living + ki motion = animal/bird)
         = the result of the motile organism = egg
The asymmetry between fruit and egg is encoded in the su vs. ki modifier on zo: plants are zo-su (structured/non-motile life); animals are zo-ki (motile life). Their products are du-zo-su (fruit) and du-zo-ki (egg). No new primitive or W-entry needed — the productive pattern was already established.

ma-ki vs. ma-ne-ki distinction:

Form Composition Target state Use
ma-ne-ki (W215) matter + relation + motion lu-su-ne (harmony) mixing, combining, blending until unified
ma-ki matter + motion none stirring, agitating, continuous motion without relational target

The difference is whether the action has a relational endpoint. ma-ne-ki is telic: it aims at unity (ne encodes the relational target). ma-ki is atelic: it continues without a terminal state. Scrambled egg stirring is atelic — you stir continuously until you judge the moment to stop, not until you reach a defined state of matter-unity.


Structural Findings

1. go {su-ti [state]} — conditional on state-check

Grammar §Conditional: go {premise}, result where the premise is a causal or conditional ground. Prior corpus uses put agent actions, causal chains, or abstract conditions inside go {}. EGG-001 S724 is the first to place a state-snapshot test inside go {}:

go {su-ti  no-ha-su},  ki  lo-ha-zo-ra-ma

su-ti no-ha-su = W101 (state-snapshot) in the soft/uncompleted state. The premise is not "agent does X" but "the food is currently in state Y." The ki result-clause fires when that state holds. This is a physical state monitor encoded as a Tonesu conditional: the cook watches for the state, and when it's present, acts. It is different from all prior go {} uses:

Prior pattern Type
go {la-X V} agent-action premise
go {fa-no} impersonal affective state (MAP-001)
go {to-go {...}} hypothetical/counterfactual
go {su-ti Y} physical state observation — EGG-001 first

2. Inverted phase arc: not-set as target

CKG-001 establishes the canonical cooked-food arc:

zo-ra-ma-su (dough) → ha-ki (oven heat) → ha-zo-ra-ma (baked food) → be-su (complete)

EGG-001 establishes the inverted arc:

du-zo-ki (raw egg) → ha-ki (pan heat) → ha-zo-ra-ma (cooked food) → no-ha-su (soft = done)

The target of EGG-001 is specifically to NOT reach ha-su (thermally-set) or be-su (fully complete). The no-ha-su state IS the success state. This is the first recipe arc where the process must be stopped before thermal completion. It formally represents the food-science principle: scrambled eggs are done when they are still slightly underdone by the heat of the pan, because carry-over cooking will finish them.

3. Two recipe-completion verdicts

The corpus now has two distinct ways to say a cooked food is done:

Verdict Form Meaning Food
Structural completion ha-zo-ra-ma ne be-su the food is fully formed cookies (CKG-001 S664)
Quality completion ha-zo-ra-ma ne vo the food has worth/readiness scrambled eggs (EGG-001 S725)

be-su = growth-structure = the food has grown into its final structural form. vo = worth = the food is in the state that makes it valuable/ready/good. Scrambled eggs are not structurally complete in the way a baked good is — they are a soft semi-fluid mass. Their "doneness" is purely evaluative (quality), not structural.


Step-by-Step Translation

S720 — EGG-001-A — Beat the eggs

ma-ne-ki  lo-du-zo-ki  pa-ko-mu  lu-su-ne

Written: maneki loduzoki pakomu lusune

Parse: - ma-ne-ki — W215: combine/mix (matter-relational-motion) - lo-du-zo-ki — patient: the eggs (du result + zo-ki motile organism) - pa-ko-mu — in/at the bowl/vessel - lu-su-ne — result: structural harmony (W174) = until uniformly beaten

Notes: First use of du-zo-ki. Structure identical to S660 (cookie mixing of wet ingredients): same compound (ma-ne-ki), same container (pa-ko-mu), same target (lu-su-ne). The beating action combines the yolk and white into a uniform mixture — the lu-su-ne result marks exactly this endpoint. Instruction register: agent dropped (address = immediate cook).


S721 — EGG-001-B — Heat the pan, add fat

ha-ki  lo-su-ha-mu ;  ki  lo-su'ma-zo-ra-ma  pa-su-ha-mu

Written: haki losuhamu ; ki losu'mazorama pasuhamu

Parse: - ha-ki — heat up / thermal change - lo-su-ha-mu — patient: the pan (W227, first attestation) - ; — sequential connector (heat first, then add fat) - ki — move / transfer - lo-su'ma-zo-ra-ma — patient: solid food material (butter/fat) - pa-su-ha-mu — at/on the pan (spatial locative)

Notes: W227 su-ha-mu first use. ha-ki lo-su-ha-mu = heat the pan (bare imperative, agent dropped). ; marks the sequence: the pan heats, then fat is added — the fat needs the hot surface. su'ma-zo-ra-ma = solid food material = butter at room/cold temperature. The butter's phase transition to liquid (ki'ma-zo-ra-ma) is implicit in the subsequent heating. pa-su-ha-mu = at/on the pan, paralleling pa-ko-mu and pa-ko-ha-mu from CKG-001.


S722 — EGG-001-C — Add beaten eggs to pan

ki  lo-du-zo-ki  pa-su-ha-mu

Written: ki loduzoki pasuhamu

Parse: - ki — move / transfer (agent-dropped imperative) - lo-du-zo-ki — patient: the eggs (beaten, from S720) - pa-su-ha-mu — into/onto the pan

Notes: The simplest recipe step. Pour the beaten egg mixture into the fat-lined pan. ki lo-du-zo-ki pa-su-ha-mu mirrors the cookie batch's ki lo-zo-ra-ma-su pa-ko-ha-mu (S663: move dough into oven) in argument structure (ki + patient + location). The difference: the container is su-ha-mu (open pan), not ko-ha-mu (enclosed oven).


S723 — EGG-001-D — Stir the eggs

ma-ki  lo-du-zo-ki  pa-su-ha-mu

Written: maki loduzoki pasuhamu

Parse: - ma-ki — stir; matter in continuous motion - lo-du-zo-ki — patient: the eggs - pa-su-ha-mu — in/on the pan

Notes: ma-ki = matter-motion (first use). Structurally parallel to ma-ne-ki (W215) but without the relational (ne) intermediate root. ma-ki is pure matter-displacement: move the eggs around, continuously, without target unity. The absence of lu-su-ne (no harmony endpoint) encodes the atelic nature of stirring: the cook doesn't stir until "done" in any relational sense — they stir until they judge the thermal state appropriate for removal.


S724 — EGG-001-E — Remove when still soft

go {su-ti  no-ha-su},  ki  lo-ha-zo-ra-ma

Written: go {suti nohasu}, ki lohazorama

Parse: - go {} — conditional/causal frame - su-ti — W101: state-snapshot predicate - no-ha-su — not-thermally-set (soft/uncompleted) - , — boundary between premise and result clause - ki — move (off heat) - lo-ha-zo-ra-ma — patient: the cooked food (W216, first use in this batch)

Notes: The food is now ha-zo-ra-ma (W216: thermally-treated food) — it has been transformed by the pan heat from du-zo-ki (raw eggs). The go {su-ti no-ha-su} conditional fires when the state-check passes: the eggs are still in the uncompleted state. The instruction is: at precisely this moment, remove. This is the first corpus instance of a conditional triggered by a physical state observation rather than an agent action or causal chain. Encodes the food-science principle: scrambled eggs carry over from residual pan heat after removal, so the target removal point is before full thermal completion.


S725 — EGG-001-F — Done: quality verdict

ha-zo-ra-ma  ne  vo

Written: hazorama ne vo

Parse: - ha-zo-ra-ma — W216: thermally-treated food (the scrambled eggs) - ne — property copula - vo — quality/worth (primitive)

Notes: Recipe-completion marker: the cooked food has worth = is ready. Contrasts with CKG-001 S664's completion marker ha-zo-ra-ma ne be-su (the food is structurally complete = fully baked). Scrambled eggs do not complete by structural formation — they complete by achieving a quality state (soft, glossy, cohesive but not rubbery). ne vo = has the property of quality = is ready/good. The same root word (ha-zo-ra-ma) opens both verdicts; what changes is the predicated property: be-su (structural completion, cookie) vs. vo (quality/worth, scrambled egg).


Batch Summary

Entry Tonesu Written Step Key
S720 (EGG-001-A) ma-ne-ki lo-du-zo-ki pa-ko-mu lu-su-ne maneki loduzoki pakomu lusune Beat eggs du-zo-ki first use (egg = animal-result)
S721 (EGG-001-B) ha-ki lo-su-ha-mu ; ki lo-su'ma-zo-ra-ma pa-su-ha-mu haki losuhamu ; ki losu'mazorama pasuhamu Heat pan + fat W227 su-ha-mu first attestation
S722 (EGG-001-C) ki lo-du-zo-ki pa-su-ha-mu ki loduzoki pasuhamu Add eggs ki-into-pan structure
S723 (EGG-001-D) ma-ki lo-du-zo-ki pa-su-ha-mu maki loduzoki pasuhamu Stir ma-ki (matter-motion) first use
S724 (EGG-001-E) go {su-ti no-ha-su}, ki lo-ha-zo-ra-ma go {suti nohasu}, ki lohazorama Remove when soft First go {su-ti [state]} conditional
S725 (EGG-001-F) ha-zo-ra-ma ne vo hazorama ne vo Done Quality verdict vs. be-su structural verdict

New vocabulary: W227 su-ha-mu (cooking pan: open structured heat-artifact). Compositional first uses: du-zo-ki (egg); pa-su-ha-mu (at/on the pan); ma-ki (stir); no-ha-su (not-thermally-set). Key structural findings: First go {su-ti [state]} conditional on state-check. Inverted phase-arc (target = no-ha-su, soft, not be-su). Two recipe-completion verdicts now attested: ne be-su (structural completion, CKG-001) and ne vo (quality completion, EGG-001).


Colloquial Register Analysis

Form used CLQ entry Colloquial form Notes
su-ha-mu (W227) none 3-root compound — below 4-morpheme threshold
du-zo-ki none 3-root compositional — below threshold
ma-ne-ki (W215) none 3-root — below threshold
su'ma-zo-ra-ma none 4-root with juncture — at threshold; juncture load-bearing
pa-su-ha-mu none 4-morpheme locative — at threshold; pa- locative load-bearing
ma-ki none 2-root — below threshold
no-ha-su none 3-root — below threshold
ha-zo-ra-ma (W216) none 3-root — below threshold

Verdict: irreducibly formal — all forms are below threshold, at-threshold but load-bearing, or locative markers.

CLQ entries registered from this batch: none.