Description
Locate nonexempt viewpoint or tense-label conflicts.
Story planning separates the order of telling from fictional chronology, continuity records and practical writing budgets. Explicit labels, counts and invented calendar rules can make a local convention consistent without deciding narrative quality or inferring facts from manuscript prose.
Locate nonexempt viewpoint or tense-label conflicts.
When to use this tool
Use Viewpoint Tense Marked Token Conflict when checking a supplied story-continuity, chronology, calendar or drafting-budget convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter expectedPerson, expectedTense, markedPersons, markedTenses, exempt. Keep parallel arrays aligned. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read conflictIndexes. Use the output convention below.
Locate nonexempt viewpoint or tense-label conflicts. Require aligned markedPersons/markedTenses/exempt; return zero-based indexes whose nonexempt labels differ from expectedPerson or expectedTense.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| expectedPerson | Expected Person | Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| expectedTense | Expected Tense | Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| markedPersons | Marked Persons | Required. Array of text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192; maximum items 256. |
| markedTenses | Marked Tenses | Required. Array of text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192; maximum items 256. |
| exempt | Exempt | Required. Array of boolean; maximum items 256. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| conflictIndexes | Conflict Indexes | Required. Array of safe integer; maximum items 256. |
{
"input": {
"expectedPerson": "third",
"expectedTense": "past",
"markedPersons": [
"third",
"first"
],
"markedTenses": [
"past",
"past"
],
"exempt": [
false,
false
]
},
"output": {
"conflictIndexes": [
1
]
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Labels are supplied; no prose, grammar, narration strategy or permissible tense shift is analyzed.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use the manuscript, scene outline and the chosen style/calendar policy for a complete editorial review; interpret numerical budgets in their narrative context.
References
Similar or alternative tools
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