---
title: "ProposedFact"
description: "what a hypothesis proposes, exactly one of: a connection, a claim, an identity decision, or a move with the item that did it"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/proposedfact
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# ProposedFact

what a hypothesis proposes, exactly one of: a connection, a claim, an identity decision, or a move with the item that did it

[figure: ProposedFact is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | kernel |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `connection` | [Connection](/concepts/connection) | no |  |
| `claim` | [Claim](/concepts/claim) | no |  |
| `identity` | [IdentityDecision](/concepts/identitydecision) | no | a mention resolved to an entity |
| `move` | `id` | no | the move a captured item carried out |
| `item` | `id` | no | the content item that did it |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns ProposedFact directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.