{
  "id": "six.cardinal",
  "term": "six",
  "sense": "cardinal",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 12,
  "arena": "EmergenceLexicon",
  "domain": "number",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "the number that results when three is added to three",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "three.cardinal",
      "add.operation",
      "number.quantity",
      "results.outcome"
    ],
    "interaction": "three.cardinal and add.operation work together to form a new quantity through combining parts, yielding a result distinct from the parts alone.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "distinct numerical identity",
      "outcome of additive combination",
      "quantitative totality"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The LHC at CERN collides protons in groups of 6 bunches during standard operations.",
      "domain": "physics"
    },
    {
      "text": "A standard guitar has six strings tuned to specific pitches in a precise order.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Six Nations Championship includes six countries competing annually in rugby union.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "number.quantity",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "even.numerical",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "june.month",
    "miles.measurement",
    "the-three-tiers.structure"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "six",
    "sixes"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "factual",
      "note": "Definition was factually correct but relied on omitted concepts 'number.quantity' and 'results.outcome', which are now added as components to fully ground the emergence. Definition kept as is, but mar"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-six.cardinal"
}