Official Q&A: VEX IQ Robotics Competition 2024-2025: Rapid Relay

This question re-presents unanswered questions that I had added to QA-2035 after the release of v1.0 of the Game Manual, but before that question was marked as answered.

<SG4d> reads:

No Robot(s) may be in the Load Zone at the time the Ball is released by the Loader.

In the v1.0 update to the Game Manual the image in Figure SG-4 now shows a Ball that is far enough into the Loading Station that it is unlikely the Loader has just stopped contacting the Ball. This seems to clearly indicate that the Loader releasing contact with the Ball is not the condition referred to by <SG4d>, which is a helpful clarification. The prior image showed a Ball on the Floor of the Field completely within the Loading Zone, but not contacting the Loading Station. This still leaves a significant gray area in the rule.

Is it legal for Robots to be in the Loading Zone when...

1. ...the Loader stops contacting the Ball, it is still contacting the Loading Station, but has not yet contacted the Floor of the Loading Zone? (This is at least strongly implied to be NO by the 1.0 update, but explicit clarification would definitely be appreciated)
2. ...the Ball has proceeded through the Loading Station, and is contacting the Floor of the Loading Zone, but is also still (or again) in contact with the Loading Station?
3. ...the Ball is in contact with the Floor of the Loading Zone (after being properly Loaded through the Loading Station), but not in contact with the Loading Station?

Additionally, if the answer to item 2 above is Yes, for the purposes of the Violation Note reading...

Robot contact with the Loading Station while a Ball is being Loaded is considered an egregious Violation of point D for the Robot’s Team, and is an exception to all previous notes. Repeated occurrences by the same Robot, even if not Score Affecting, may escalate to a Major Violation for that Robot’s Team at the Head Referee’s discretion.

...would incidental contact with the Loading Station by a Robot retrieving the Ball be legal (subject to <G7>)?

In other words, would it be correct to say that a Ball is considered as "being Loaded" from the time a Loader stops contacting the Ball (in accordance with <SG4c>) until the time it touches the Floor of the Loading Zone, at which point it should be considered as "having been Loaded"?