Samples

Abstention: AMBIGUOUS_SUBJECT

A recorded response of POST /v1/ask, served key-free by GET /v1/samples/abstention_ambiguous_subject.

What was asked

Request

POST /v1/ask
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "question": "Is MOA NICKEL sanctioned?",
  "mode": "standard"
}

Sample response

Recorded from fixtures, never from live data · known at 2026-10-28 14:34 UTC

status · abstainedmode · standardresp_06GR5VVKNSZNSCWM59TFSVYDGG

Plan

What the question was parsed into, with each list's resolution of the subject.

question: Is MOA NICKEL sanctioned
intent: sanctions_status
operation: fetch
subject: MOA NICKEL
fields: sanctions.listing_status, sanctions.program
time: now
list · ofac_sls: resolved · ambiguous
grammar: grammar/v1

Abstentions

More than one entity could be meant.

AMBIGUOUS_SUBJECTNAME_ONLY_MATCH

MOA NICKEL

What was checked
Check	Note	Result
coverage	field, entity, source, and time range covered	passed
subject	subject is not one entity	failed

ResolutionPass a kind hint or a discriminator such as an identifier, or choose a candidate by its ID.

Sample response · GET /v1/samples/abstention_ambiguous_subject

Attributions

No attributions: the response holds no item.

No negative results or withheld items in this response.

JSON

Sample response · as returned

{
  "abstentions": [
    {
      "checked": [
        {
          "check": "coverage",
          "note": "field, entity, source, and time range covered",
          "passed": true
        },
        {
          "check": "subject",
          "note": "subject is not one entity",
          "passed": false
        }
      ],
      "code": "AMBIGUOUS_SUBJECT",
      "detail": {
        "code": "NAME_ONLY_MATCH"
      },
      "mention": {
        "text": "MOA NICKEL"
      },
      "resolution_hint": "Pass a kind hint or a discriminator such as an identifier, or choose a candidate by its ID."
    }
  ],
  "answer": {
    "method": "template",
    "models": [],
    "sentences": [],
    "template": "templates/v1"
  },
  "as_of": {
    "known_at": "2026-10-28T14:34:53.229871Z",
    "valid_at": "2026-10-28T14:34:53.229871Z"
  },
  "attributions": [],
  "events": [],
  "items": [],
  "meta": {
    "index_versions": {
      "ofac_sls": "01a182ef-71a0-7861-9595-c4ecfc82ba02"
    },
    "policy_version": 1,
    "server_ms": 0
  },
  "mode": "standard",
  "negative_results": [],
  "plan": {
    "grammar": "grammar/v1",
    "question": "Is MOA NICKEL sanctioned",
    "intent": "sanctions_status",
    "operation": "fetch",
    "subject": {
      "text": "MOA NICKEL"
    },
    "fields": [
      "sanctions.listing_status",
      "sanctions.program"
    ],
    "time": {
      "phrase": "",
      "kind": "now",
      "valid_at": null,
      "since": null
    },
    "lists": [
      {
        "source_id": "ofac_sls",
        "outcome": "resolved",
        "selection": "ambiguous",
        "candidates": [
          {
            "entity_id": "ent_06GR5VVHPDW2Q1HYD75X1W4YNM",
            "name": "MOA NICKEL SA",
            "score": 1,
            "matched_on": "MOA NICKEL SA"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "preset": null,
  "response_id": "resp_06GR5VVKNSZNSCWM59TFSVYDGG",
  "status": "abstained",
  "withheld": []
}