'account',

        'entity',

        'invoice',

    )

    INCONSISTENT = Sentinel()

    def __init__(self,

                 source: Iterable[data.Posting]=(),

                 *,

                 _can_own: bool=False,

    ) -> None:

        super().__init__(source, _can_own=_can_own)

        self.account = self._single_item(post.account for post in self)

        if isinstance(self.account, Sentinel):

            self.accrual_type: Optional[AccrualAccount] = None

            norm_func: Callable[[T], T] = lambda x: x

            entity_pred: Callable[[data.Posting], bool] = bool

        else:

            self.accrual_type = AccrualAccount.by_account(self.account)

            norm_func = self.accrual_type.normalize_amount

            entity_pred = lambda post: norm_func(post.units).number > 0

        self.entity = self._single_item(self.entities(entity_pred))

        self.invoice = self._single_item(self.first_meta_links('invoice', None))

        self.end_balance = norm_func(self.balance_at_cost())

            for post in self

            if pred(post) and 'entity' in post.meta

        )

    def make_consistent(self) -> Iterator[Tuple[str, 'AccrualPostings']]:

        account_ok = isinstance(self.account, str)

        entity_ok = isinstance(self.entity, str)

        # `'/' in self.invoice` is just our heuristic to ensure that the

        # invoice metadata is "unique enough," and not just a placeholder

        # value like "FIXME". It can be refined if needed.

        invoice_ok = isinstance(self.invoice, str) and '/' in self.invoice

        if account_ok and entity_ok and invoice_ok:

            yield (self.invoice, self)  # type:ignore[misc]

            return

        groups = collections.defaultdict(list)

        for post in self:

            post_invoice = self.invoice if invoice_ok else (

                post.meta.get('invoice') or 'BlankInvoice'

            )

            post_entity = self.entity if entity_ok else (

                post.meta.get('entity') or 'BlankEntity'

            )

            groups[f'{post.account} {post_invoice} {post_entity}'].append(post)

        type_self = type(self)