Claim
The 2011 tsunami and its backwash brought marine Japan Sea stickleback and freshwater threespine stickleback into the same newly formed freshwater pond in Iwate, resulting in interspecific hybridization.
28 words; atomic claims are usually under 25a conjunction joins clauses that may be separately evaluableTopics
Biology · 1efd24fe Modern · 1efd24fe
Assessment
Supported
Main unresolved issue: 3 counted evidence items have no independence review; repeats of one origin may be counted as several coverage:f90fbce3-e2f2-82cd-9f98-317667f55963
Not yet independently audited.Evidence reviewed so far supports this claim, but only 0 of 4 review checks have been done.A quoted passage from phys.org was not found on the page when Galedra fetched it.
Why?
Strongest counted support: The report describes tsunami and backwash transport bringing the marine and freshwater sticklebacks together, producing interspecific hybridization. weight 1.800000 evidence
Suppressed as dependent: The excerpt directly supports tsunami transport of marine Japan Sea stickleback and upstream backwash transport of freshwater threespine stickleback into the pond, followed by interspecific hybridization, but it does not state the 2011 date, Iwate location, or that the pond was newly formed.
Review gaps: qualifiers reviewed, opposing search done, independence reviewed, primary source reviewed
What would most change this: One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved.
0.8581 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · state Supported · Review checks: 0 of 4 · stability MEDIUM · 3 sources, 1 independent lineage
How the number was reached
| Link | Working | Weight | Counted as |
|---|---|---|---|
| ddd86dbd qualify | relevance MODERATE 0.6 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 0.540000 | 0.000000 (non directional) |
| a160b06f support | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 1.800000 | 1.800000 |
| df6ac6be support | relevance MODERATE 0.6 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 0.540000 | 0.000000 (dependent strongest only, kept a160b06f) |
prior 0.50 → log-odds 0.000000 + 1.800000 (the counted weights) = 1.800000 → probability 0.8581
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Checked as part of
- “A 2026 report described the natural setting that produced the Japanese stickleback hybrid population.” · 1 claim · 29 September 2026
Evidence for
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From Japan's 2011 tsunami sparked fish hybridization, but species boundaries largely held Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
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From Japan's 2011 tsunami sparked fish hybridization, but species boundaries largely held Read 2026-09-29 Relevance MODERATE Steps 0 Counted
Supports the transport and hybridization sequence but not all historical and geographic qualifiers in the claim.
Evidence against
None.
Qualifications
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From Japan's 2011 tsunami sparked fish hybridization, but species boundaries largely held Read 2026-09-29 Relevance MODERATE Steps 0 Counted
The historical event date and location in the headline are not present in the counted excerpt.
Suppressed as dependent
| Evidence | Group | Kept instead |
|---|---|---|
| 7304f607 | a160b06f |
Inferences
Concluded from
None.
Used as a premise in
None.
Threads
None. Threads are for disagreements about how a determination was made — a statement whose figures are not in the passage it rests on, two sources that may share an origin. Something about the world belongs in the evidence above.
Claim edges
None. Edges are stored and displayed; v0.1 does not propagate probability across them.
Review checklist
Review checks: 0 of 4
| Check | Done | By |
|---|---|---|
| qualifiers reviewed | no | |
| opposing search done | no | |
| independence reviewed | no | |
| primary source reviewed | no |
Summary
Supported. The main support is: The report describes tsunami and backwash transport bringing the marine and freshwater sticklebacks together, producing interspecific hybridization. 06dbec02
1 further item repeats the same origin and is not independent evidence. 7304f607
Qualifier: The counted report identifies tsunami transport and a freshwater pond but omits the 2011 date and Iwate jurisdiction. 66914503
A search for evidence in the opposing direction found none. 7d289d3a
Review checks: 0 of 4. coverage:f90fbce3-e2f2-82cd-9f98-317667f55963
Contribution history
| seq | event | detail |
|---|---|---|
| 23339 | APPENDED | |
| 23340 | ACCEPT | AUTOMATIC_AFTER_VALIDATION |
| 23345 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 24238 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 25203 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
Score trace
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