{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "slug": "score",
  "title": "Score",
  "canonical_url": "https://signalmeaning.com/signals/score/",
  "json_url": "https://signalmeaning.com/data/signals/score.json",
  "summary": "Ambiguous short query that is driven by both a political court case victory headline and sports box scores—current news context skews to a political legal victory for Democrats.",
  "why_now": "High-profile legal coverage ('Democrats Score' NYT) coincided with routine sports box-score publication, creating overlapping short-query traffic.",
  "evidence_summary": "The news cluster contains both political/legal and sports scoring contexts; because the phrase 'score' is being used in a political/legal headline (Democrats score victory), it meets the strict criteria for Political Controversy classification despite mixed signals.",
  "caveat": "Signal Type: Political Controversy",
  "collected_at": "Wed, 26 Aug 2026 02:10:00 -0700",
  "signal_type": "Political Controversy",
  "score": 64.0,
  "score_field": "adjusted_score",
  "state": "PUBLISH",
  "evidence": [
    "Democrats Score Victory in Campaign Finance Court Case - The New York Times",
    "Houston Astros vs. New York Yankees Box Score, Summary, and Team Stats - August 25, 2026 Gametracker - CBS Sports"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Democrats Score Victory in Campaign Finance Court Case - The New York Times",
      "source": "The New York Times",
      "url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMikAFBVV95cUxNYlVsUDBENDVYVTMya2V4M3JxaUw4dEJudDdQOU9xbklzZGRjSlVOM2p1ekNkNHl4ZVdhRnhpR3hJZUROT0RMUXRQajhHeFBKUU1qLTFodkU5WWVDY3NhcXdlYmU0ZEFIVnB6N0NMcWphR1NUUGt0bVVVd25JNDB3T0VsaU9IMGdJLVVYUTU0UVY?oc=5"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "record_id": "202608261902_signal_Quality-3-score",
    "batch_id": "202608261902",
    "input_files": {
      "Quality": "202608261902_signal_Quality.txt",
      "Musk": "202608261902_signal_Musk.txt",
      "Kurzweil": "202608261858_signal_Kurzweil.txt",
      "Jobs": "202608261856_signal_Jobs.txt",
      "Buffett": "202608261855_signal_Buffett.txt",
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}