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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000102",
  "slug": "black",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/black/",
  "canonical_name": "Black",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "APOCALYPTIC_SYMBOL",
    "SYMBOL"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "COLORS_MATERIALS_STONES",
    "APOCALYPTIC"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000265",
      "label": "Black-horse imagery associated with famine/scarcity in Revelation 6",
      "classification": "APOCALYPTIC_SYMBOL",
      "definition": "Within the third-seal vision the black horse appears with scales and extreme food prices, creating a contextual association with famine and scarcity.",
      "not_always": "This association belongs to the third-seal vision and should not be universalized to every black object or garment.",
      "scope_note": "This association belongs to the third-seal vision and should not be universalized to every black object or garment.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000265",
          "statement": "Revelation 6 contextually associates the black horse with severe food scarcity/famine, but the color is not separately interpreted by the text.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "APOCALYPTIC_SYMBOL"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 5,
          "grade_basis": "G5_CONTEXTUALLY_PROBABLE",
          "status": "PROBABLE",
          "public_wording_class": "PROBABLE",
          "scope_limitation": "This association belongs to the third-seal vision and should not be universalized to every black object or garment.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": "The black color may function primarily as ominous visual characterization within the seal sequence, with famine inferred from the scales and food prices rather than from an independently encoded color meaning.",
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "ESCHATOLOGY"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000453",
              "osis_start": "Rev.6.5",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Revelation 6:5-6",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000106",
              "author_editor": "Bible.org / NET Bible commentary contributors",
              "title": "Exegetical and historical controls for TSP-S3 Batch 6",
              "publication_data": "Online exegetical and historical notes accessed 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://bible.org/; https://classic.net.bible.org/",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT",
                "HISTORICAL_BACKGROUND",
                "SCHOLARLY_ARGUMENT"
              ],
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                },
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                  "target": "https://classic.net.bible.org/"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000266",
      "label": "Fixed black = famine and death symbolism",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "The legacy list equates black with famine and death.",
      "not_always": "Black can carry different descriptive or figurative associations; the Revelation sequence itself separates the black horse from the rider named Death.",
      "scope_note": "Black can carry different descriptive or figurative associations; the Revelation sequence itself separates the black horse from the rider named Death.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000266",
          "statement": "Scripture does not establish a fixed black = famine and death code; even in Revelation 6, famine/scarcity belongs to the black horse scene while Death is explicitly named on the following pale horse.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "SYMBOL"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 7,
          "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "status": "CONTRADICTED_BY_CONTEXT",
          "public_wording_class": "CONTRADICTED_BY_CONTEXT",
          "scope_limitation": "Black can carry different descriptive or figurative associations; the Revelation sequence itself separates the black horse from the rider named Death.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": "Passage-specific visual characterization is better than a universal color code.",
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "ESCHATOLOGY"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000454",
              "osis_start": "Rev.6.5",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Revelation 6:5-8",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000455",
              "osis_start": "Rev.6.8",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Revelation 6:8",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000105",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: TSP-S3 Batch 6 loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Passage loci verified for TSP-S3 Batch 6, 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://classic.net.bible.org/",
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": [
                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://classic.net.bible.org/"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": [
    {
      "guardrail_id": "TSP-S6-R03-P03-GRD-010",
      "canonical_relation_status": "NEGATIVE_GUARDRAIL_CONTRADICTED",
      "adjudication_outcome": "CONTRADICTED_BY_CONTEXT",
      "decision_statement": "No positive fixed-symbol/type relationship is authorized for this overlap: Scripture does not establish a fixed black = famine and death code; even in Revelation 6, famine/scarcity belongs to the black horse scene while Death is explicitly named on the following pale horse."
    }
  ]
}