context-inference drills: method card + REFERENCE + worked example in every drill of the book-11 set; explicit only-the-clues framing (book-12 twin)

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book-11-lesson-1.module

@@ -1295,10 +1295,26 @@ RESPONSE: What has Walter had since he swam in the river?
 TEMPLATE: Kyle: Why ____\n— Carl: Jim's been in the hospital so much this year because he's had two bad automobile accidents.
 RESPONSE: Why has Jim been in the hospital so much this year?
 
+# Method card for the §What Does the Word Mean? drills (added 2026-08-22 — the
+# format confused testers and reviewers when met cold; drills REFERENCE this).
+$GRAMMAR How to Guess a Word You Don't Know
+ID: l1-s14-method
+INTRO: Before the next three exercises, here's the trick they train: working out a new word from nothing but the sentence it lives in.
+
+CARD: You'll meet a word you don't know, like *magenta*. **Pretend you really don't know it** — the sentence around it is your only dictionary. What you already know about the world doesn't count here.
+
+CARD: For each guess about the word, give one of three verdicts:
+- **may be** — the sentence doesn't rule it out yet
+- **is not** — a clue rules it out
+- **is** — a clue proves it
+
+CARD: Each new sentence adds one clue, and every clue shrinks the possibilities. "Marlene bought a *magenta* dress" — magenta **may be** cheap. "…an *expensive* magenta dress" — now it **is not** cheap. That narrowing-down is the whole game.
+
 # Source: ST §What Does the Word Mean? (Item 1)
 $PRODUCE What Does the Word Mean? — "Magenta"
 ID: l1-s14
-INTRO: Good readers guess a new word's meaning from clues around it. Read each sentence, then decide for each statement: "may be", "is not", or "is".
+REFERENCE: l1-s14-method
+INTRO: Time for the word-detective game from the last card. Pretend you don't know "magenta": read each sentence, and for each statement type what the clues allow — "may be", "is not", or "is". Only the sentence counts, not what you already know.
 INSTRUCTION: Type "may be", "is not", or "is" in each gap based on the sentence clues.
 INPUT: type
 CHECK: exact
@@ -1331,11 +1347,19 @@ RESPONSE: Magenta is not cheap, is not long, is red.
 # Source: ST §What Does the Word Mean? (Item 2)
 $PRODUCE What Does the Word Mean? — "Publication"
 ID: l1-s15
-INTRO: Same detective work, new word. Each added clue rules something out — type "may be", "is not", or "is".
+REFERENCE: l1-s14-method
+INTRO: Same detective work, new word: "publication". Each added clue rules something out — type "may be", "is not", or "is". Remember: only the sentence's clues count.
 INSTRUCTION: Type "may be", "is not", or "is" in each gap based on the sentence clues.
 INPUT: type
 CHECK: exact
 
+EXAMPLE
+TEMPLATE: Stop at the *intersection*.
+TEMPLATE: An intersection ____{may be} a street corner.
+TEMPLATE: ____{may be} a kind of gate.
+TEMPLATE: ____{may be} a store.
+RESPONSE: Stop at the intersection. An intersection may be a street corner, may be a kind of gate, may be a store.
+
 TEMPLATE: a. I received a *publication* today.
 TEMPLATE: A publication ____{may be} a call.
 TEMPLATE: ____{may be} a magazine.
@@ -1357,11 +1381,19 @@ RESPONSE: A publication is not a call, is a magazine, is not a package.
 # Source: ST §What Does the Word Mean? (Item 3)
 $PRODUCE What Does the Word Mean? — "Beach"
 ID: l1-s16
-INTRO: Last one. Watch how "swimming" and "ocean" narrow the meaning down — type "may be", "is not", or "is".
+REFERENCE: l1-s14-method
+INTRO: Last one: "beach". Watch how "swimming" and "ocean" narrow the meaning down — type "may be", "is not", or "is", judging by the sentence alone.
 INSTRUCTION: Type "may be", "is not", or "is" in each gap based on the sentence clues.
 INPUT: type
 CHECK: exact
 
+EXAMPLE
+TEMPLATE: Stop at the *intersection*.
+TEMPLATE: An intersection ____{may be} a street corner.
+TEMPLATE: ____{may be} a kind of gate.
+TEMPLATE: ____{may be} a store.
+RESPONSE: Stop at the intersection. An intersection may be a street corner, may be a kind of gate, may be a store.
+
 TEMPLATE: a. We went to the *beach* last weekend.
 TEMPLATE: The beach ____{may be} land at the edge of water.
 TEMPLATE: ____{may be} a mountain with snow.