False-Sybil Alpha Escalation Trace

False-Sybil Alpha Escalation Trace

{
  "schema": "pft.alpha.escalation.trace/v1",
  "trace_id": "trace_fs_001",
  "scenario": "false_sybil_low_trust_flag",
  "summary": "Heavily sanitized buy-side alpha submission was auto-flagged as low-trust because aggressive redaction stripped provenance-legible markers. Single state transition shows the corrected routing path from automated suspicion to human review with provenance attestation, without exposing identifying detail.",
  "submission": {
    "submission_id": "sub_REDACTED_A1",
    "submitter_class": "institutional_buy_side",
    "submitter_tier": "tier_2",
    "submission_channel": "sanitized_api",
    "redaction_level": "high",
    "content_class": "cross_asset_pattern_observation",
    "observation_pattern": "recurring_behavioral_signal",
    "asset_class_bucket": "public_equities",
    "horizon_bucket": "multi_week",
    "novelty_bucket": "incremental",
    "conviction_bucket": "medium",
    "evidence_type": "pattern_recurrence",
    "occurrences_bucket": "5_to_10",
    "sanitization_standard_ref": "institutional_signal_sanitization_standard_v1"
  },
  "initial_state": {
    "stage": "automated_trust_scoring",
    "verdict": "suspected_low_trust",
    "trust_score_bucket": "below_threshold",
    "flag_codes": [
      "PROVENANCE_THIN",
      "GENERIC_LANGUAGE_PATTERN",
      "SUBMITTER_HISTORY_SPARSE"
    ],
    "sybil_suspected": true,
    "auto_action": "queue_for_rejection",
    "false_positive_hypothesis": "heavy_sanitization_removed_legible_provenance_markers"
  },
  "provenance_clarification": {
    "method": "out_of_band_attestation",
    "attestation_class": "institutional_role_signed",
    "attested_attributes": [
      "submitter_is_registered_advisor_role",
      "submission_derived_from_repeated_pattern_not_one_off",
      "raw_notes_retained_in_compliance_system",
      "no_client_or_counterparty_data_referenced"
    ],
    "attestation_payload_hash": "sha256:REDACTED",
    "raw_evidence_location": "submitter_internal_compliance_system_only",
    "raw_evidence_shared": false
  },
  "privacy_controls": [
    "no_names",
    "no_employers",
    "no_counterparties",
    "no_exact_dates",
    "no_exact_sizes",
    "no_holdings_or_transactions",
    "no_verbatim_quotes",
    "no_unique_attribute_combinations",
    "bucketed_metadata_only",
    "k_anonymity_bucket_threshold_met",
    "raw_notes_never_leave_firm_systems"
  ],
  "escalation": {
    "from": "automated_trust_scoring",
    "to": "human_alpha_review_queue",
    "route_code": "PROV_CLARIFY_REVIEW",
    "rationale": "Low-trust verdict triggered by absent provenance markers rather than by content quality; sanitization-induced false positive warrants manual review under provenance clarification protocol.",
    "reviewer_role": "alpha_review_committee",
    "review_rubric_ref": "institutional_alpha_review_rubric_v1",
    "sla_bucket": "standard"
  },
  "corrected_final_state": {
    "stage": "human_alpha_review_queue",
    "verdict": "pending_review_with_provenance_attestation_attached",
    "sybil_suspected": false,
    "trust_adjustment": "restored_to_tier_baseline",
    "cleared_flags": [
      "PROVENANCE_THIN",
      "SUBMITTER_HISTORY_SPARSE"
    ],
    "retained_flags": [],
    "downstream_routing": "scored_against_review_rubric",
    "auto_action": "none"
  },
  "transition": {
    "from_state": "automated_trust_scoring/suspected_low_trust",
    "to_state": "human_alpha_review_queue/pending_review_with_provenance_attestation_attached",
    "trigger": "out_of_band_provenance_attestation_received",
    "decision_owner": "alpha_review_committee",
    "machine_readable": true
  },
  "audit": {
    "log_retention_bucket": "standard",
    "reviewable_by": "alpha_review_committee",
    "appeal_path": "submitter_may_request_reroute_with_additional_attestation",
    "synthetic_or_redacted": "synthetic"
  }
}