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import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
import {
formulateQuestion,
formulateTieResolutionQuestion,
selectInvestigationStrategy,
} from "@/lib/graph/question-formulator.js";
import { makeEdge, makeGraph, makeNode } from "@/lib/graph/schema.js";
function makeGraphFor(node, extra = {}) {
return makeGraph({
centralStatement: extra.centralStatement || "Decision context",
nodes: [node, ...(extra.nodes || [])],
edges: extra.edges || [],
activeUnknownNodeId: node.id,
resolvedNodeIds: extra.resolvedNodeIds || [],
currentSummary: "Test summary",
});
}
describe("formulateQuestion", () => {
it("commercial viability plus build decision produces a decision-threshold question", () => {
const unknown = makeNode({
id: "n-commercial",
label: "Uncertainty regarding the commercial value of the product",
description:
"Commercial justification remains unclear because the decision depends on it.",
kind: "unknown",
status: "unknown",
confidence: "high",
parentId: "n-decision",
});
const decision = makeNode({
id: "n-decision",
label: "Build decision",
description: "Decision introduced by the answer.",
kind: "state",
status: "known",
confidence: "medium",
childIds: [unknown.id],
value: "Deciding whether to build the product",
});
const graph = makeGraphFor(unknown, {
nodes: [decision],
resolvedNodeIds: [decision.id],
});
const result = formulateQuestion({ node: unknown, graph });
expect(result.strategy).toBe("decision_threshold");
expect(result.question).toContain("What outcome");
expect(result.question.toLowerCase()).toContain("justify");
});
it("commercial viability does not produce a pricing-first question", () => {
const unknown = makeNode({
id: "n-commercial",
label: "Commercial viability",
description:
"Commercial viability remains unresolved because the decision depends on it.",
kind: "unknown",
status: "unknown",
confidence: "high",
});
const graph = makeGraphFor(unknown);
const result = formulateQuestion({ node: unknown, graph });
expect(result.question.toLowerCase()).not.toContain("price");
expect(result.question.toLowerCase()).not.toContain("pricing");
});
it("undefined term produces a definition question", () => {
const unknown = makeNode({
id: "n-term",
label: "Success criteria definition",
description:
"Need a definition of the term because the team uses it inconsistently.",
kind: "unknown",
status: "unknown",
confidence: "medium",
});
const result = formulateQuestion({
node: unknown,
graph: makeGraphFor(unknown),
});
expect(result.strategy).toBe("definition");
expect(result.question).toMatch(/^What does /);
});
it("unsupported claim produces an evidence question", () => {
const unknown = makeNode({
id: "n-claim",
label: "Demand claim",
description: "Need evidence because the claim has not been validated.",
kind: "reported_claim",
status: "provisional",
confidence: "low",
});
const result = formulateQuestion({
node: unknown,
graph: makeGraphFor(unknown),
});
expect(result.strategy).toBe("evidence_gathering");
expect(result.question).toContain("What evidence");
});
it("missing previous state produces a baseline question", () => {
const unknown = makeNode({
id: "n-baseline",
label: "Baseline conversion rate",
description:
"Need the previous baseline because the change cannot be assessed without it.",
kind: "unknown",
status: "unknown",
confidence: "medium",
});
const result = formulateQuestion({
node: unknown,
graph: makeGraphFor(unknown),
});
expect(result.strategy).toBe("baseline_reconstruction");
expect(result.question).toContain("What was the comparable state before");
});
it("conflicting claim produces a contradiction-resolution question", () => {
const unknown = makeNode({
id: "n-conflict",
label: "Conflicting churn claim",
description:
"Need to resolve the inconsistency because the current figures contradict each other.",
kind: "unknown",
status: "unknown",
confidence: "medium",
});
const contradiction = makeNode({
id: "n-contradiction",
label: "Contradicted report",
description: "Two sources disagree about churn.",
kind: "conclusion",
status: "contradicted",
confidence: "low",
childIds: [unknown.id],
});
const result = formulateQuestion({
node: unknown,
graph: makeGraphFor(unknown, { nodes: [contradiction] }),
});
expect(result.strategy).toBe("contradiction_resolution");
expect(result.question).toContain("resolve the contradiction");
});
it("constraint unknown uses evidence-gathering within the fixed strategy set", () => {
const unknown = makeNode({
id: "n-constraint",
label: "Budget constraint",
description:
"Need the main budget constraint because it limits the available options.",
kind: "unknown",
status: "unknown",
confidence: "medium",
});
const result = formulateQuestion({
node: unknown,
graph: makeGraphFor(unknown),
});
expect(result.strategy).toBe("evidence_gathering");
expect(result.question).toContain("What evidence");
});
it("the same unknown can produce different questions when paired with different strategies", () => {
const thresholdUnknown = makeNode({
id: "n-threshold-unknown",
label: "Value threshold",
description: "Need to resolve the value threshold.",
kind: "unknown",
status: "unknown",
confidence: "high",
});
const definitionUnknown = makeNode({
id: "n-definition-unknown",
label: "Value term",
description: "Need to resolve what value term refers to in this context.",
kind: "unknown",
status: "unknown",
confidence: "high",
});
const decisionGraph = makeGraphFor(thresholdUnknown, {
centralStatement: "We are deciding whether to launch this product.",
nodes: [
makeNode({
id: "n-decision",
label: "Launch decision",
description: "Decision depends on the value threshold.",
kind: "state",
status: "known",
confidence: "medium",
childIds: [thresholdUnknown.id],
value: "Deciding whether to launch the product",
}),
],
});
const definitionGraph = makeGraphFor(definitionUnknown, {
centralStatement:
"The team uses the term value threshold inconsistently.",
nodes: [
makeNode({
id: "n-definition",
label: "Definition disagreement about value threshold",
description:
"Need a definition of value threshold because the term is used inconsistently before comparing options.",
kind: "state",
status: "known",
confidence: "medium",
childIds: [definitionUnknown.id],
}),
],
});
const decisionResult = formulateQuestion({
node: thresholdUnknown,
graph: decisionGraph,
});
const definitionResult = formulateQuestion({
node: definitionUnknown,
graph: definitionGraph,
});
expect(decisionResult.strategy).toBe("decision_threshold");
expect(definitionResult.strategy).toBe("definition");
expect(decisionResult.question).not.toBe(definitionResult.question);
});
it("strategy selection is deterministic and explainable", () => {
const unknown = makeNode({
id: "n-threshold",
label: "Success threshold",
description:
"Need the success threshold because the decision depends on it.",
kind: "unknown",
status: "unknown",
confidence: "high",
});
const graph = makeGraphFor(unknown, {
centralStatement: "We need to decide whether to continue investing.",
});
const first = selectInvestigationStrategy({ node: unknown, graph });
const second = selectInvestigationStrategy({ node: unknown, graph });
expect(first).toEqual(second);
expect(first.key).toBe("decision_threshold");
expect(first.reason).toContain("threshold");
});
it("question is singular and answerable", () => {
const unknown = makeNode({
id: "n-evidence",
label: "Evidence of demand",
description:
"Need evidence of demand because the decision depends on it.",
kind: "unknown",
status: "unknown",
confidence: "medium",
});
const result = formulateQuestion({
node: unknown,
graph: makeGraphFor(unknown),
});
expect(result.question.match(/\?/g) || []).toHaveLength(1);
expect(result.question.toLowerCase()).not.toContain(" and ");
});
it("awkward uncertainty phrasing is rejected via fallback", () => {
const unknown = makeNode({
id: "n-weird",
label: "Uncertainty regarding service reliability",
description: "Unknown service reliability.",
kind: "unknown",
status: "unknown",
confidence: "medium",
});
const result = formulateQuestion({
node: unknown,
graph: makeGraphFor(unknown),
});
expect(result.question).not.toContain("How should uncertainty regarding");
expect(result.question).not.toContain(
"What would resolve uncertainty regarding",
);
});
it("ambiguous contradiction produces a broad distinguishing question without accounting jargon", () => {
const unknown = makeNode({
id: "n-cause-a",
label: "Cash outflow cause",
description: "Unclear explanation for the contradiction.",
kind: "unknown",
status: "unknown",
confidence: "high",
});
const contradiction = makeNode({
id: "n-contradiction",
label: "Divergent movement between revenue and cash",
description: "Two signals moved in opposite directions.",
kind: "relationship",
status: "supported",
confidence: "medium",
});
const graph = makeGraphFor(unknown, {
centralStatement:
"Revenue increased by 18%, but cash in the bank fell over the same period.",
nodes: [contradiction],
});
const result = formulateTieResolutionQuestion({ graph });
expect(result.question).toBe(
"What changed during the period that could explain why Revenue increased by 18%, but cash in the bank fell over the same period?",
);
expect(result.question.toLowerCase()).not.toMatch(
/accounts receivable|capex|debt repayments|working capital/,
);
});
it("definition is selected only for genuine definition unknowns", () => {
const unknown = makeNode({
id: "n-definition-only",
label: "Definition of success criteria",
description: "The term is used inconsistently and needs a definition.",
kind: "unknown",
status: "unknown",
confidence: "medium",
});
const result = formulateQuestion({
node: unknown,
graph: makeGraphFor(unknown),
});
expect(result.strategy).toBe("definition");
});
it("an unknown about possible causes does not become a definition question", () => {
const unknown = makeNode({
id: "n-causes",
label: "Possible causes of the divergence",
description: "Several causes may explain the divergence.",
kind: "unknown",
status: "unknown",
confidence: "medium",
});
const result = formulateQuestion({
node: unknown,
graph: makeGraphFor(unknown),
});
expect(result.strategy).toBeNull();
expect(result.question).toBe(
"What would clarify possible causes of the divergence in this situation?",
);
});
it("malformed punctuation is rejected", () => {
const unknown = makeNode({
id: "n-punct",
label: "Magnitude and nature of cash outflows (operating expenses).",
description:
"Magnitude and nature of cash outflows (operating expenses).",
kind: "unknown",
status: "unknown",
confidence: "medium",
});
const result = formulateQuestion({
node: unknown,
graph: makeGraphFor(unknown),
});
expect(result.question).not.toContain("). is true?");
expect(result.question).toBe(
"What would clarify magnitude and nature of cash outflows (operating expenses) in this situation?",
);
});
});