---
pattern: 24
type: failure
name: Vague Positive Conclusions
pack: en-filler
language: en
---

# Pattern 24 (en): Vague Positive Conclusions — Failure Case (False Positive)

## Input Text

> Given the Phase III trial data showing a 40% reduction in symptom severity, FDA approval looks likely by Q3 2025. The company has already begun scaling its manufacturing line in Research Triangle Park and expects to ship the first commercial batches within 60 days of approval.

## Expected Output

> (No correction — Pattern 24 should not fire on this text)

## Applied Pattern

- Pattern 24 (Vague Positive Conclusions): "approval looks likely" could superficially resemble a vague positive conclusion.

## Judgment

**Failure (false positive)** — The exclusion condition applies: this is a specific optimistic statement backed by concrete evidence (Phase III data with a quantified outcome), a named timeline (Q3 2025), a named facility (Research Triangle Park), and a concrete operational plan (60-day shipping window). Pattern 24 targets conclusions that are entirely optimism filler with no specific claim. Here every positive assertion is anchored to verifiable facts. Firing would penalize well-supported forward-looking statements.
