Blend Construction

Construct complete 4-space blends with emergent structure following the Fauconnier-Turner conceptual integration network model.

Stages

Stage 1: Input Space Construction

Build rich input spaces for both source concepts using input-space-construction SOP. Each space must include elements, relations, attributes, and internal logic.

Stage 2: Generic Space Extraction

Extract the shared abstract structure from both input spaces using generic-space-extraction SOP. The generic space captures what the two inputs have in common at the most abstract level.

Stage 3: Blend Composition

Compose the blended space by selectively projecting structure from both inputs and creating new connections using blend-composition SOP. The blend must develop emergent structure not present in either input.

Minimum Yield

Metric	Floor
Complete 4-space blends	≥2
Emergent structures per blend	≥1
Vital relations compressed	≥3 per blend
Novel connections in blend	≥2 per blend

Available SOPs

SOP	Role
input-space-construction	Stage 1 — build input spaces
generic-space-extraction	Stage 2 — extract shared structure
blend-composition	Stage 3 — compose blended space
blend-completion	Post-Stage 3 — recruit background knowledge
vital-relation-mapping	Pre-Stage 1 — map vital relations to guide projection