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Linglib.Phenomena.Questions.Exhaustivity

A mention-some datum: questions where partial answers suffice.

  • question : String

    The question

  • partialAnswer : String

    A sufficient partial answer

  • explanation : String

    Why partial answer suffices

  • implicitGoal : String

    The implicit goal/decision problem

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    Source

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      Classic mention-some: "Where can I buy X?" Source: @cite{groenendijk-stokhof-1984}

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              A mention-all datum: questions requiring exhaustive answers.

              • question : String

                The question

              • explanation : String

                Why exhaustive answer is required

              • partialAnswer : String

                An incomplete answer

              • whyInsufficient : String

                Why partial is insufficient

              • source : String

                Source

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                  "Who came?" typically requires exhaustive answer

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                    "Which students passed?" requires all passers

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                      @cite{groenendijk-stokhof-1984}, pp. 296-298: Term type determines exhaustive interpretation.

                      • question : String

                        The question

                      • answer : String

                        Answer with specific term type

                      • termType : TermType

                        The term type used

                      • exhaustive : Bool

                        Does this answer get exhaustive interpretation?

                      • exhaustiveReading : String

                        The exhaustive reading (if applicable)

                      • source : String

                        Source

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                          Singular definite: exhaustive (uniqueness presupposition)

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                            Plural definite: exhaustive

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                              Indefinite: NON-exhaustive

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                                Universal: exhaustive (trivially - all satisfiers mentioned)

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                                    Data consistency: for each concrete datum, if the term type predicts exhaustivity then the datum confirms it, and if the term type is non-exhaustive then so is the datum.

                                    This is a per-datum verification over our @cite{groenendijk-stokhof-1984} examples, not a universal claim (arbitrary TermTypeExhDatum values can violate any pattern).

                                    Some languages have overt markers for non-exhaustive answers.

                                    • language : String

                                      Language

                                    • marker : String

                                      The marker/construction

                                    • example_ : String

                                      Example sentence

                                    • translation : String

                                      Translation/gloss

                                    • effect : String

                                      Effect on exhaustivity

                                    • source : String

                                      Source

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                                        English "for example" blocks exhaustivity

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                                          German "zum Beispiel"

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                                            English "among others"

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                                                @cite{van-rooy-2003}: Exhaustivity depends on the decision problem.

                                                Mention-some arises when:

                                                • Multiple answers resolve the decision problem equally
                                                • Knowing more doesn't help choose better

                                                Mention-all required when:

                                                • Complete information is needed to decide
                                                • question : String

                                                  The question

                                                • decisionProblem : String

                                                  The decision problem

                                                • requiresExhaustive : Bool

                                                  Does resolution require exhaustive answer?

                                                • explanation : String

                                                  Explanation

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