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    "id": "explain-causes-carefully",
    "title_en": "Explain causes without forcing a simple story",
    "title_ru": "Объяснять причины без слишком простой истории",
    "description_en": "Separate causal chains from joint causes and acknowledge a contributing factor without pretending it explains the whole outcome.",
    "description_ru": "Различайте причинную цепочку и совместные причины и признавайте вклад фактора, не выдавая его за полное объяснение результата.",
    "outcome_en": "Choose causal language that matches the structure of the mechanism rather than merely the chronology of events.",
    "outcome_ru": "Выбирать причинный каркас по структуре механизма, а не просто по хронологии событий.",
    "audience": [
      "B2",
      "C1",
      "professional English",
      "researcher"
    ],
    "canonical_url": "https://metkagram.github.io/en/packs/explain-causes-carefully/"
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    "creator": "Metkagram",
    "creator_url": "https://github.com/metkagram",
    "maintainer": "Applied Systems Lab at MetalHatsCats",
    "maintainer_url": "https://metalhatscats.com",
    "license": "Metkagram Source-Available Terms",
    "license_url": "https://metkagram.github.io/en/licensing/",
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    "rights_url": "https://metkagram.github.io/rights.json",
    "historical_license": "CC BY-NC 4.0 before 2026-08-17; prior grants remain valid for copies received under those terms",
    "attribution_required": true,
    "attribution_text": "Source: Metkagram — https://metkagram.github.io/",
    "attribution_html": "Source: <a href=\"https://metkagram.github.io/\">Metkagram</a>",
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  "cards": [
    {
      "pack_id": "explain-causes-carefully",
      "pack_title_en": "Explain causes without forcing a simple story",
      "pack_title_ru": "Объяснять причины без слишком простой истории",
      "step_no": 1,
      "kind": "contrast",
      "object_id": "causal-chain-vs-multiple-causes",
      "instruction_en": "Decide whether the mechanism is sequential or produced by parallel contributing factors.",
      "instruction_ru": "Определите, является ли механизм последовательным или создаётся параллельными факторами.",
      "canonical_url": "https://metkagram.github.io/en/contrasts/causal-chain-vs-multiple-causes/",
      "formula_en": "CLF059: [X] leads to [Y], which in turn leads to [Z]. | CLF060: [X] results from a combination of [Y] and [Z].",
      "formula_de": "CLF059: [X] führt zu [Y], was wiederum zu [Z] führt. | CLF060: [X] ergibt sich aus einer Kombination von [Y] und [Z].",
      "example_en": "",
      "example_de": "",
      "front_en": "Are you explaining a sequence of effects, or a result produced jointly by multiple causes?",
      "back_en": "Use CLF059 for a causal chain where Y is an intermediate mechanism between X and Z. Use CLF060 when Y and Z are parallel contributing factors that jointly produce X; neither is merely an intermediate step in the other.\nCLF059: [X] leads to [Y], which in turn leads to [Z]. | CLF060: [X] results from a combination of [Y] and [Z].",
      "front_ru": "Вы объясняете последовательность эффектов или результат, который совместно создают несколько причин?",
      "back_ru": "CLF059 нужен для причинной цепочки, где Y является промежуточным механизмом между X и Z. CLF060 подходит, когда Y и Z — параллельные факторы, которые вместе создают X, а не последовательные звенья одной цепи.\nCLF059: [X] leads to [Y], which in turn leads to [Z]. | CLF060: [X] results from a combination of [Y] and [Z].",
      "tags": "metkagram reasoning-pack explain-causes-carefully contrast causal-chain-vs-multiple-causes"
    },
    {
      "pack_id": "explain-causes-carefully",
      "pack_title_en": "Explain causes without forcing a simple story",
      "pack_title_ru": "Объяснять причины без слишком простой истории",
      "step_no": 2,
      "kind": "drill",
      "object_id": "ownership-causal-chain",
      "instruction_en": "Make the intermediate causal mechanism visible.",
      "instruction_ru": "Сделайте промежуточный причинный механизм явным.",
      "canonical_url": "https://metkagram.github.io/en/clinic/#ownership-causal-chain",
      "formula_en": "CLF059: [X] leads to [Y], which in turn leads to [Z]. | CLF060: [X] results from a combination of [Y] and [Z].",
      "formula_de": "CLF059: [X] führt zu [Y], was wiederum zu [Z] führt. | CLF060: [X] ergibt sich aus einer Kombination von [Y] und [Z].",
      "example_en": "",
      "example_de": "",
      "front_en": "Missing ownership slows decisions, and slower decisions then lengthen incident resolution. Make the intermediate mechanism visible.\nA/B: CLF059: [X] leads to [Y], which in turn leads to [Z]. | CLF060: [X] results from a combination of [Y] and [Z].",
      "back_en": "CLF059: [X] leads to [Y], which in turn leads to [Z].\nChoose CLF059 because the outcome unfolds as a causal sequence: X affects Y, and Y then affects Z.",
      "front_ru": "Отсутствие ответственности замедляет решения, а более медленные решения затем увеличивают время устранения инцидента. Сделайте промежуточный механизм явным.\nA/B: CLF059: [X] leads to [Y], which in turn leads to [Z]. | CLF060: [X] results from a combination of [Y] and [Z].",
      "back_ru": "CLF059: [X] leads to [Y], which in turn leads to [Z].\nВыбирайте CLF059, потому что результат развивается как причинная последовательность: X влияет на Y, а Y затем влияет на Z.",
      "tags": "metkagram reasoning-pack explain-causes-carefully drill ownership-causal-chain"
    },
    {
      "pack_id": "explain-causes-carefully",
      "pack_title_en": "Explain causes without forcing a simple story",
      "pack_title_ru": "Объяснять причины без слишком простой истории",
      "step_no": 3,
      "kind": "drill",
      "object_id": "incident-joint-causes",
      "instruction_en": "Switch to a multi-factor frame when causes operate together rather than in sequence.",
      "instruction_ru": "Перейдите к многофакторному каркасу, когда причины действуют совместно, а не последовательно.",
      "canonical_url": "https://metkagram.github.io/en/clinic/#incident-joint-causes",
      "formula_en": "CLF059: [X] leads to [Y], which in turn leads to [Z]. | CLF060: [X] results from a combination of [Y] and [Z].",
      "formula_de": "CLF059: [X] führt zu [Y], was wiederum zu [Z] führt. | CLF060: [X] ergibt sich aus einer Kombination von [Y] und [Z].",
      "example_en": "",
      "example_de": "",
      "front_en": "An incident emerged from stale mapping and missing validation acting together. Neither factor is merely an intermediate step caused by the other.\nA/B: CLF059: [X] leads to [Y], which in turn leads to [Z]. | CLF060: [X] results from a combination of [Y] and [Z].",
      "back_en": "CLF060: [X] results from a combination of [Y] and [Z].\nChoose CLF060 because two parallel contributing factors jointly explain one outcome.",
      "front_ru": "Инцидент возник из сочетания устаревшего маппинга и отсутствующей валидации. Ни один фактор не является просто промежуточным шагом, вызванным другим.\nA/B: CLF059: [X] leads to [Y], which in turn leads to [Z]. | CLF060: [X] results from a combination of [Y] and [Z].",
      "back_ru": "CLF060: [X] results from a combination of [Y] and [Z].\nВыбирайте CLF060, потому что один результат совместно объясняют два параллельных причинных фактора.",
      "tags": "metkagram reasoning-pack explain-causes-carefully drill incident-joint-causes"
    },
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      "pack_id": "explain-causes-carefully",
      "pack_title_en": "Explain causes without forcing a simple story",
      "pack_title_ru": "Объяснять причины без слишком простой истории",
      "step_no": 4,
      "kind": "pattern",
      "object_id": "CLF068",
      "instruction_en": "When evidence supports one contributor but not exclusivity, acknowledge contribution without claiming a single cause.",
      "instruction_ru": "Если данные поддерживают один фактор, но не его исключительность, признайте вклад без утверждения единственной причины.",
      "canonical_url": "https://metkagram.github.io/en/practice/patterns/x-may-have-contributed-to-y-but-it-was-not-the-clf068/",
      "formula_en": "[X] may have contributed to [Y], but it was not the only cause.",
      "formula_de": "[X] mag zu [Y] beigetragen haben, war aber nicht die einzige Ursache.",
      "example_en": "The release timing may have contributed to the incident, but it was not the only cause.",
      "example_de": "Der Zeitpunkt des Releases mag zu dem Vorfall beigetragen haben, war aber nicht die einzige Ursache.",
      "front_en": "When evidence supports one contributor but not exclusivity, acknowledge contribution without claiming a single cause.",
      "back_en": "[X] may have contributed to [Y], but it was not the only cause.\nExample: The release timing may have contributed to the incident, but it was not the only cause.",
      "front_ru": "Если данные поддерживают один фактор, но не его исключительность, признайте вклад без утверждения единственной причины.",
      "back_ru": "X могло повлиять на Y, но причина не единственная\nEN: [X] may have contributed to [Y], but it was not the only cause.\nDE: [X] mag zu [Y] beigetragen haben, war aber nicht die einzige Ursache.\nПеревод: Время релиза могло повлиять на инцидент, но это была не единственная причина.",
      "tags": "metkagram reasoning-pack explain-causes-carefully pattern CLF068"
    }
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