diff --git a/reversal/tokeniser.go b/reversal/tokeniser.go
index 0e4738b..58d51cf 100644
--- a/reversal/tokeniser.go
+++ b/reversal/tokeniser.go
@@ -892,6 +892,12 @@ var clauseBoundaries = map[string]bool{
 	"when": true, "while": true, "if": true, "then": true, "so": true,
 }
 
+const (
+	lowInformationScoreThreshold = 0.10
+	lowInformationVerbConfidence = 0.55
+	lowInformationNounConfidence = 0.45
+)
+
 // Tokenise splits text on whitespace and classifies each word using a
 // two-pass algorithm:
 //
@@ -1519,17 +1525,17 @@ func (t *Tokeniser) resolveToken(tok *Token, verbScore, nounScore float64, compo
 
 	// If only the default prior fired, keep confidence near chance rather than
 	// pretending the classification is strongly supported.
-	if total < 0.10 {
+	if total < lowInformationScoreThreshold {
 		if verbScore >= nounScore {
 			tok.Type = TokenVerb
-			tok.Confidence = 0.55
+			tok.Confidence = lowInformationVerbConfidence
 			tok.AltType = TokenNoun
-			tok.AltConf = 0.45
+			tok.AltConf = lowInformationNounConfidence
 		} else {
 			tok.Type = TokenNoun
-			tok.Confidence = 0.55
+			tok.Confidence = lowInformationNounConfidence
 			tok.AltType = TokenVerb
-			tok.AltConf = 0.45
+			tok.AltConf = lowInformationVerbConfidence
 		}
 	} else {
 		if verbScore >= nounScore {
diff --git a/reversal/tokeniser_test.go b/reversal/tokeniser_test.go
index 3fbee23..01600a0 100644
--- a/reversal/tokeniser_test.go
+++ b/reversal/tokeniser_test.go
@@ -1305,6 +1305,28 @@ func TestDefaultWeights_ReturnsCopy(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestTokeniser_LowInformationConfidenceFloor(t *testing.T) {
+	setup(t)
+	tok := NewTokeniser()
+
+	tokens := tok.Tokenise("maybe commit")
+	if len(tokens) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("Tokenise(maybe commit) produced %d tokens, want 2", len(tokens))
+	}
+	if tokens[1].Type != TokenVerb {
+		t.Fatalf("Tokenise(maybe commit) Type = %v, want TokenVerb", tokens[1].Type)
+	}
+	if tokens[1].Confidence != 0.55 {
+		t.Fatalf("Tokenise(maybe commit) Confidence = %v, want 0.55", tokens[1].Confidence)
+	}
+	if tokens[1].AltType != TokenNoun {
+		t.Fatalf("Tokenise(maybe commit) AltType = %v, want TokenNoun", tokens[1].AltType)
+	}
+	if tokens[1].AltConf != 0.45 {
+		t.Fatalf("Tokenise(maybe commit) AltConf = %v, want 0.45", tokens[1].AltConf)
+	}
+}
+
 // --- Benchmarks ---
 
 func benchSetup(b *testing.B) {