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Adjudication is the senior-review doctrine and metadata layer that helps ambiguous or high-value Eval Labs cases become usable canonical signal.

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Definition

Adjudication is the process of making a final call when a response needs deeper interpretation. In the current Eval Labs app, adjudication is supported through schema, routing state, metadata, and exports. It should not be described as a shipped dedicated senior-adjudication editing screen unless that UI path is confirmed in source. It answers: 
What did this case really mean?
What should Lucia learn from it?
What label should become canonical?
Should this become a canon candidate?

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What adjudication is not

Adjudication is not casual reviewing. It is not employee preference. It is not a place to rewrite every response. It is not a dumping ground for vague notes.

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When a case needs adjudication

A case should move toward adjudication when:
  • employee marks senior review
  • reviewer flags risk or confusion
  • Lucia may have overclaimed
  • intent is ambiguous
  • the response could teach Lucia something reusable
  • two reviewers disagree materially
  • the case touches trust, safety, money, maintenance, guest distress, or owner overwhelm
  • the case is a canon candidate
In the app workflow, these cases are represented through review state, canon-candidate state, and exported adjudication metadata.

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Final label fields

Adjudication metadata may preserve final structured labels such as: 
guestIntent
followThroughRequired
actionType
emotionalRead
ownerStressLevel
These fields are not employee-facing taxonomy homework. They belong to the senior interpretation layer.

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Adjudication metadata

Supported adjudication metadata fields are: 
finalLabels
reason
adjudicator
adjudicatedAt
The reason should be short, specific, and useful for future training. Good: 
The operator was disoriented, not asking for a dashboard summary. Lucia should orient first, then give one next move.
Bad: 
Bad vibes.

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Canon candidates

A canon candidate is a case that may teach Lucia something durable. Examples:
  • excellent containment pattern
  • repeated failure pattern
  • high-trust wording lesson
  • new intent family
  • reusable escalation rule
  • important edge-case boundary
Canon candidates should be reviewed by a senior reviewer before they become doctrine.

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Adjudication rule

The adjudicator owns canonical meaning. The employee reviewer owns observed reaction.
Do not collapse those roles.