1 - Concur
2 - as you say is steam so not boiled.
3 - buried in hot coals is not boiled again its baked or cooked or something of that sort.
Boiled needs boiling water.
soft boiled, hard boiled, etc are degrees of boiling, not methods.
P.S. please dont take this seriously and arc up into one of your diatribes. was only meant to lighten the mood 🙂
Sorry I should have said "Cooked an egg"
When it comes to
2 - It is infact boiling it. The product is called an egg boiler.
The principle is the same as well.
But I get what you are saying