results: record failed Oral-A full ResNet gate

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 692df58..b5f5af8 100644
--- a/README.md
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@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ and scaling behavior. See `NOVELTY.md` for the exact prior-art boundary.
 - A low-query K1/every-4 calibration protocol retains `112.9%` of the K16 gain
   over DFA with 16x fewer logical queries, 11x less calibration work, and 5.3x
   less total forward-equivalent work in the frozen MLP protocol.
+- The frozen standard-ResNet funnel passed its BP reference and short screen:
+  BP reached `91.62%`, and short-run channel-gated SDIL reached `41.98%`
+  versus tuned DFA's `37.16%`. The full A3 run then failed decisively: SDIL
+  became nonfinite at epoch 90 and ended at chance, while DFA remained finite
+  at `33.06%`. A4 was therefore not opened and no confirmation test seed was
+  touched.
 
 The broad endogenous-traffic gate and the Harnett desired-velocity/online-control
 screen failed. Those results are retained and explicitly constrain the paper:
@@ -91,9 +97,8 @@ translation-shared feedback, and parameter/cost accounting.
 
 `experiments/finalize_accept.sh` additionally requires strict imports of the
 frozen BurstCCN and Dual Propagation author-code runs. It is intentionally red
-until both long native jobs are complete. Standard ResNet accuracy proceeds
-through A1--A4 in `ORAL_A.md`; untouched test seeds cannot run unless the prior
-validation gate passes.
+until both long native jobs are complete. The standard ResNet branch stopped
+at its failed A3 validation gate; the untouched A4 test panel remains sealed.
 
 ## Result discipline
 
@@ -104,6 +109,6 @@ confirmation results are never pooled. Failed gates close their branch instead
 of triggering seed deletion or post-hoc threshold changes.
 
 The current strict reviewer estimate is `5/10` (borderline reject, confidence
-`4/5`): the mechanism and depth-preservation results are strong, but standard
-useful-scale confirmation is pending. The score changes only after an audited
-frozen stage, not after a pilot or a presentation improvement.
+`4/5`): the mechanism and controlled depth-preservation results are strong,
+but the frozen standard-useful-scale attempt failed. The score changes only
+after an audited frozen stage, not after a pilot or a presentation improvement.