Distinguish Plans from Observed Events
Build a timeline without treating an intention as completed action.
Supplied materials
- Original fictional orchard-club records, all in September: September 3 planning card: “We hope to open the display September 7.” September 6 supply note: “Two display tables delivered.” September 8 guestbook entry: “I visited the display today. —Nell.” No September 7 attendance record is supplied.
Learn the idea
A date can belong to a document or to an event described inside it. The September 3 card was written on September 3 and mentions a hoped-for September 7 opening. Keep those dates separate. A planned future action is evidence of intention at the time of writing, not proof that the future action occurred.
Later records can place limits on a conclusion. Table delivery shows materials arrived; it does not show guests entered. Nell’s September 8 note reports a visit on that date, so it supports reported use by September 8. The missing September 7 attendance record leaves the exact first-use date unresolved rather than proving either an opening or a cancellation.
- Put document dates September 3, 6, and 8 in order.
- Mark the September 7 opening date inside the first record as planned.
- Classify the three records as intention, delivery, and reported visit.
- Write the latest date by which a visit is reported and an unanswered opening question.
See the method in action
“A hoped-for opening was recorded September 3; tables were delivered September 6; Nell reports visiting September 8. Use is reported by September 8, but the supplied evidence does not establish whether opening happened on September 7.”
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See the answer and explanation
The display definitely opened September 7.
A hoped-for date does not establish completion. The other statements accurately attribute supplied records.
Take it further
Changed record: add September 7 entry, “Opening postponed to September 9,” and keep Nell’s September 8 visit. Model reasoning: “A planned public opening and a reported visit can differ. Nell might describe some other kind of access, but that is only a possibility. I would not invent why without another record.”
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