| Flow relation vs architecture takeover | E.TGA graph, path, or crossing relation can be essential, but it does not become all architecture ontology. |
| Functional view vs flow view | A functional structure view may need a flow relation, but a graph, path, or crossing object is not a functional element by itself. |
| Graph precision vs work overread | E.18 gives precise graph, path, and flow-valuation objects; work occurrence and work results remain outside TGA unless their own pattern governs the claim being made. |
| No-hidden-scalarization vs architecture scoring | E.18 set-return and no-hidden-scalarization discipline can inform architecture reasoning, but it does not become a general architecture score. |
| Small relation vs unneeded non-architecture apparatus | A project often needs one relation record, not a full C.29 lens card, evidence path, assurance case, or decision record. |
| E.18 stability vs C.30 integration | A TGA-based architecture claim, selected flow or transduction structure, architecture structural view, or conditional architecture-description use needs a relation to E.18 without rewriting E.TGA as generic architecture adequacy theory. |