Last Update: 27 February 2005
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This document uses "pretend-it's-English" semantics, for convenience only :-)
English | FOL |
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Mark Twain is wise | Wise(mt) |
Mark Twain is Samuel Clemens | mt = sc |
All dogs are animals | x[Dog(x) Animal(x)] |
Some dogs are pets. | x[Dog(x) ^ Pet(x)] |
No dogs are fish. | ¬x[Dog(x) ^ Fish(x)] |
All dogs are not fish. | x[Dog(x) ¬Fish(x)] |
Some dogs are not pets. | x[Dog(x) ^ ¬Pet(x)] |
No dogs are not mammals. | ¬x[Dog(x) ^ ¬Mammal(x)] |
Not all dogs are pets. | ¬x[Dog(x) Pet(x)] |
All that glitters is not gold. | ¬x[Glitters(x) Gold(x)] (!) |
Every boy loves a girl. | x[Boy(x) y[Girl(y) ^ Loves(x,y)]] |
(There is) A girl (who) is loved by every boy. | y[Girl(y) ^ x[Boy(x) Loves(x,y)]] |
Everyone loves someone. | xy.Loves(x,y) |
Someone is loved by everyone. | yx.Loves(x,y) |
There is exactly one P. | x[P(x) ^ y[P(y) y=x]] |
There are exactly two P's. | ANSWER |
The present King of France is bald. | x[is_a_present_king_of_France(x) ^ y[is_a_present_king_of_France(y) y=x] ^ Bald(x)] |
The present King of France is not bald. | x[is_a_present_king_of_France(x) ^ y[is_a_present_king_of_France(y) y=x] ^ ¬Bald(x)] |
The present King of France is not bald. | ¬x[is_a_present_king_of_France(x) ^ y[is_a_present_king_of_France(y) y=x] ^ Bald(x)] |
John goes to school. | Goes(john, school) (?) |
John goes to school. | Goes(john-3, school-173) (?) |
John goes to school. |
x[Named(x, "John")
^
y[School(y) ^
Goes(x,y)]] or xy[Named(x, "John") ^ School(y) ^ Goes(x,y)] Need an ontology of names! |
John goes to school. | above, conjoined with: Person(x) ^ Male(x) ^ z[School(z) ...] |
John sold a book to Mary. | xyz[Named(x, "John") ^ Named(y, "Mary") ^ Book(z) ^ Sold(x,y,z)] |
John sold a book to Mary. |
xyzt[Time(t) ^ Named(x, "John") ^ Named(y, "Mary") ^ Book(z) ^ Sell(x,y,z,t) ^ Before(t,n) ^ Now(n)] (?)
Need an ontology of time! |
Mary bought a book from John. | As above and/or xyz[Sold(x,y,z) Buy(y,x,z)] |
A cube is a block. | ANSWER |
A label of a cube is a label of a block. | ANSWER |
(any passage from the CVA website) | ????? |