# Inspector task sheet

Cabo Verde's magic password: when a house or tree obeys

## 1. Trace the earliest accessible record

For Cabo Verde's magic password: when a house or tree obeys, record author or storyteller, collection date, language, translation, page and exact scope. Distinguish evidence of a story being told from evidence of its events. Note which full documents remain unavailable.

Status: proposed; not completed.
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## 2. Investigate the central question

Compare original page scans, transcriptions and named collection contexts. Trace printed texts and attributed oral versions chronologically. Preserve uncertainty where a similar plot cannot establish the direction of borrowing.

Status: proposed; not completed.
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## 3. Compare explanations without merging evidence

Compare dated publications with attributed tellings. Compare unusual shared details and documented contact routes. Preserve contradictions and unsuccessful searches; proposed work remains unperformed.

Status: proposed; not completed.
Evidence found:
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