Human rulings act as an immutable manual override on claim verdicts, preventing automated checks from altering verified statuses while still allowing new research findings to append supporting or contradicting evidence attachments.
flowchart LR
A[New Grounded Research] --> B{Existing Claim Checked}
B -->|not human-locked| C[Update Verdict: correct / incorrect / gap]
B -->|human-locked| D[Preserve Human Ruling]
D --> E[Append New Source Evidence Only]
C --> EReferenced by