Ontological models for quantum theory as functors

We interpret ontological models for finite-dimensional quantum theory as functors from the category of finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces and bounded linear maps to the category of measurable spaces and Markov kernels. This uniformises several earlier results, that we analyse more closely: Pusey, Barrett, and Rudolphs result rules out monoidal functors; Leifer and Maroneys result rules out functors that preserve a duality between states and measurement; Aaronson et als result rules out functors that adhere to the Schrodinger equation. We also prove that it is possible to have epistemic functors that take values in signed Markov kernels.