#A.2.9:5.1 — Tell (universal rule)

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#What this page is

This is generated FPF reference text from the specification preface or supporting sections. It helps interpret FPF; it is not FPF Reference product documentation.

#Methodology

Use it to understand how the specification wants to be read, then return to a route, pattern, or work packet for active work. Cite generated IDs only when the wording changes the task decision.

#Content

When governance or gating depends on “someone said/did X”, identify that saying/doing as an actual Work occurrence SA : U.SpeechAct. Add a SpeechActRecord only to state relied-on claims about it, and keep the utterance text and carriers separate. If the occurrence creates obligations, recommendations-as-duty, or prohibitions, cite explicit U.Commitment objects; if it creates strong permission, cite an explicit GrantedPermissionRelation@Context. The act institutes neither effect without the exact context policy.

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