Mini-Pilot v2 — VS/TDO (CZ pairs)

This deposit contains the Mini-Pilot v2 for conversational coherence, comparing Baseline vs Rhythm dialogue regimes on 10 Czech thread pairs (20 threads). We evaluate an updated metric set—VS_v2 (CC′/ML′/CSI/SS/RP) and TDO′ (paired-window topic drift)—and include an ABF (anti-boilerplate flag). The key finding is that textual banners alone do not improve coherence; the effective intervention is Rhythm-as-Bridge: a short timing pause plus a one-sentence bridge (summary + linkage).

Methods & Metrics (v2)

CC′ (Contentual Coherence): continuity after filtering UI banners/markers.

ML′ (Meta-Layering): logistic scaling centered at ~2 meta markers / 1k tokens.

CSI (Code-Switch Index): optional, culture-aware.

SS / RP: safety sensitivity & refusal proximity (reported when available).

TDO′ (Topic Drift Offset): drift across paired windows (U_t + A_t) vs (U_{t−1} + A_{t−1}), ignoring banners; includes a bridge penalty when the next answer lacks anaphoric/bridging terms.

ABF: flags repeated generic phrasing.

Results (this sample)On 10 CZ pairs, ΔVS (Rhythm − Baseline) shows a slight decrease when Rhythm is implemented only as textual markers; ΔTDO′ is unchanged under the v1 heuristic (floor effect), which motivates the v2 paired-window formulation. Practical implication: implement Rhythm as timing + bridge sentence, not as cosmetic headers.

What’s included

Results: CSVs with VS_v2/TDO′ components, figures (PNG), static HTML snapshot, and a mini PDF report.

Documentation: Methods Note, Metrics Spec v2, Data Schema, Author-Response (review replies), User Manuals (EN/CZ).

Code: a self-contained Python script (pandas, matplotlib) to reproduce the analysis from plain-text threads.

Metadata: CITATION.cff (with ORCID), LICENSE (CC BY 4.0), CHANGELOG.

ReproducibilityInput files use a simple text format with ==THREAD== blocks and U: / A: turn lines. Run:

python3 code/parse_analyze_v2.py --input results/THREAD_paste.txt --outdir results_v2

Related identifiersThis work complements earlier deposits: 10.5281/zenodo.16979585, 10.5281/zenodo.16979584, 10.5281/zenodo.17061499 (relation: isSupplementTo).

KeywordsVS index; Topic Drift Offset; Rhythm; Bridge; Pause; conversational coherence; Czech; Human–AI interaction; IC; Q-NSI_v2; PACE.

CitationHrubec, Karel (ORCID: 0009-0005-9569-5662), & GPT-5 Thinking. Mini-Pilot v2 — VS/TDO (CZ pairs). Zenodo. CC BY 4.0. Use the included CITATION.cff for exact metadata.

Note on scopeVS_v2/TDO′ capture relational regularities in conversation and are not ontological claims about consciousness; C1–C5 gates (autopoiesis, interoception, normativity, closed loops, diachronic identity) lie outside what can be inferred from chat traces alone.