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Linglib.Phenomena.ScalarImplicatures.Studies.Franke2011

Number of alternatives (messages) true at state s. This is |R⁻¹₀(s)| in Franke's notation.

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    A state s is minimal among m-worlds if no m-world has fewer true alternatives. This characterizes R₁(m) per equation (107).

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      Franke Fact 1 (containment direction): Level-1 receiver interpretation is contained in minimal-models exhaustification.

      R₁(mₛ) ⊆ ExhMM(S)

      Proof idea: If s is selected by R₁ (minimum alternative count), then s is minimal with respect to <_ALT because:

      • s' <_ALT s means s' makes strictly fewer alternatives true
      • But R₁ already selected for minimum alternative count
      • So no such s' can exist among m-worlds

      This is the containment direction; equality requires "homogeneity".

      The alternative ordering is total on m-worlds if for any two states where m is true, one's true alternatives are a subset of the other's.

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        Converse direction under totality: ExhMW ⊆ R₁.

        When <_ALT is total on m-worlds, minimal in the subset ordering implies minimum cardinality.

        R₁ = ExhMW under totality: Full equivalence when alternatives form a chain.

        This is the precise condition under which Franke's Fact 1 becomes an equality.

        Franke Fact 3 (Appendix A): ExhMW(S, Alt) ⊆ ExhIE(S, Alt)

        This is already proved as prop6_exhMW_entails_exhIE in Exhaustification/Operators.lean.

        Franke Fact 4 (Appendix A): ExhMW = ExhIE when Alt is closed under ∧.

        This is proved as theorem9_main in Exhaustification/Operators.lean.

        Scalar Implicature Example (Franke Section 3.1) #

        The classic "some" vs "all" example:

        IBR derivation:

        States for scalar implicature example

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            Messages for scalar implicature example

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                Scalar implicature interpretation game

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                  The scalar implicature game IS a scalar game: truth sets are nested.

                  The scalar implicature game has distinct truth sets.

                  The scalar game is an equivalence class game: each message level is a singleton.

                  Free Choice Disjunction (Franke Section 3.3) #

                  "You may have cake or ice cream" → You may have either one.

                  States: {only-A, only-B, either, both} Messages: {◇A, ◇B, ◇(A∨B), ◇(A∧B)}

                  The free choice inference emerges from IBR reasoning because:

                  States for free choice example

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                      Messages for free choice example

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                        Free choice interpretation game

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