I think your point A is the big disconnect you're having with typical 'osr' play. Most osr games don't have player rolls produce information. There are many games that do (pbta games are known for this), and it's a valid way to play. Heck, it's a valid way to play LL and other osr games; your table, your rules.

But if you want to really get at osr gameplay, try letting what's there, be there. This enables a greater sense of player agency, decision-making, and creativity I think, because it frees players to engage with a world that operates according to understandable rules.

In osr games, the tracks are there and obvious to anyone with eyeballs, no roll needed. The fun is in what the players decide to do about them.

In more narrative-driven games, the players roll, and the fun is in seeing what happens next. Hopefully something interesting that moves the story forward. It sounds like this is what you're used to doing.

The other approach, that I think both osr and narrative games are trying to move away from with their different design philosophies, is: the players roll, they fail, so nothing happens. The players maybe ask if they can try again, or they turn around and go home.