diff --git a/scripts/generate_readme.py b/scripts/generate_readme.py
index 9a959bad..83a1814e 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_readme.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_readme.py
@@ -273,15 +273,17 @@ def generate_readme(db: dict, platforms_dir: str) -> str:
     for name, cov in sorted(coverages.items(), key=lambda x: x[1]["platform"]):
         pct = f"{cov['percentage']:.1f}%"
         gt = cov["ground_truth"]
-        gt_pct = (
-            f"{gt['with_validation'] / gt['total'] * 100:.0f}%"
-            if gt["total"]
-            else "0%"
-        )
+        if not gt.get("applicable", True):
+            gt_cell = "-"
+        elif gt["total"]:
+            gt_pct = f"{gt['with_validation'] / gt['total'] * 100:.0f}%"
+            gt_cell = f"{gt['with_validation']}/{gt['total']} ({gt_pct})"
+        else:
+            gt_cell = "0/0"
         lines.append(
             f"| {cov['platform']} | {cov['present']}/{cov['total']} ({pct}) | "
             f"{cov['verified']} | {cov['untested']} | {cov['missing']} | "
-            f"{gt['with_validation']}/{gt['total']} ({gt_pct}) |"
+            f"{gt_cell} |"
         )
 
     lines.extend(
@@ -291,7 +293,8 @@ def generate_readme(db: dict, platforms_dir: str) -> str:
             " using that platform's own verification mode.",
             "Source-backed counts the files whose expectations were also read"
             " from an emulator's source code; the rest rely on the platform"
-            " list alone.",
+            " list alone. A dash means no profiled emulator applies to the"
+            " platform, whose own source is then the only authority.",
             "Where platform lists and emulator source code disagree, the"
             f" differences are tracked in the [gap analysis]({SITE_URL}gaps/).",
             "",
diff --git a/scripts/generate_site.py b/scripts/generate_site.py
index d57de183..516e7f0a 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_site.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_site.py
@@ -1539,11 +1539,13 @@ def generate_gap_analysis(
             else str(u)
         )
         gt = cov["ground_truth"]
-        gt_pct = (
-            f"{gt['with_validation'] / gt['total'] * 100:.0f}%"
-            if gt["total"]
-            else "0%"
-        )
+        if not gt.get("applicable", True):
+            gt_cell = "-"
+        elif gt["total"]:
+            gt_pct = f"{gt['with_validation'] / gt['total'] * 100:.0f}%"
+            gt_cell = f"{gt['with_validation']}/{gt['total']} ({gt_pct})"
+        else:
+            gt_cell = "0/0"
         lines.append(
             f"| [{display}](platforms/{pname}.md) "
             f"| {cov['total']} "
@@ -1551,7 +1553,7 @@ def generate_gap_analysis(
             f"| {untested_str} "
             f"| {missing_str} "
             f"| {cov['mode']} "
-            f"| {gt['with_validation']}/{gt['total']} ({gt_pct}) |"
+            f"| {gt_cell} |"
         )
     lines.extend([
         "",
@@ -1560,7 +1562,8 @@ def generate_gap_analysis(
         "measure the repository against the file list each platform declares. "
         "Source-backed counts the files whose expectations were also read "
         "from an emulator's source code; the rest rely on the platform list "
-        "alone.",
+        "alone. A dash means no profiled emulator applies to the platform, "
+        "whose own source is then the only authority.",
         "",
     ])
 
diff --git a/scripts/verify.py b/scripts/verify.py
index b9c13103..90ee335e 100644
--- a/scripts/verify.py
+++ b/scripts/verify.py
@@ -855,6 +855,7 @@ def verify_platform(
             "with_validation": with_validation,
             "platform_only": total - with_validation,
             "total": total,
+            "applicable": bool(resolve_platform_cores(config, profiles)),
         },
     }