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SOP: map dependency relationships among sub-questions

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Dependency Mapping

Map dependency relationships among sub-questions — determine which sub-questions must be answered first.

HARD-GATE

Pipeline

  1. Pre-check: is the sub-question list complete
  2. Dependency identification: for each pair of sub-questions, judge whether a dependency exists
  3. Dependency-type tagging: strong dependency (must be completed first) / weak dependency (helpful but not required)
  4. Cycle detection: check whether circular dependencies exist
  5. Critical-path identification: find the longest dependency chain
  6. Parallelization-opportunity identification: find groups of sub-questions that can proceed simultaneously
  7. Output: dependency graph + critical path + parallelization opportunities

Output Format

Dependencies:
  SQ1 → SQ2 (strong: SQ2 needs SQ1's result as input)
  SQ1 → SQ3 (weak: SQ3 benefits from SQ1 but can proceed independently)
  SQ2 → SQ4 (strong)

Circular dependencies: NONE / [list]
Critical path: SQ1 → SQ2 → SQ4 (length: 3)
Parallel groups: [SQ1, SQ3] can run simultaneously