RSA-BToM Grounding: Latent Classification

@cite{baker-jara-ettinger-saxe-tenenbaum-2017} @cite{clark-1996} @cite{goodman-frank-2016}

The structural mapping toBToM and the bridge theorem L1_eq_btom_worldMarginal now live in Config.lean (§5), where they are methods on RSAConfig. This file retains the latent classification infrastructure: the cognitive-level interpretation of what kind of thing each latent variable represents.

Latent Classification

RSAConfig bundles all non-world latent variables into a single Latent type. A LatentClassification assigns each component to a BToM ontological category, making the cognitive interpretation explicit. Different theoretical positions correspond to different classifications:

• Strong Gricean: Everything is mental state attribution. Interp → desire (speaker's intended meaning), Lexicon → belief (speaker's word knowledge), BeliefState → belief, Goal → desire.
• Channel-theoretic: Some variables are medium properties. Interp → medium (structural ambiguity), Lexicon → medium (language convention), BeliefState → belief, Goal → desire.
• Clarkian: Some variables are shared state. QUD → shared (jointly maintained question stack), common ground → shared, Lexicon → shared (conventions).

Behavioral Equivalence

Different classifications of the same RSAConfig yield identical behavioral predictions. This follows because marginalization doesn't care about labels: Σ_l f(l) is the same whether l is called a belief or a medium property. The classifications diverge only on cognitive-level claims about what kind of inference the listener is performing.

structure RSA.BToMGrounding.LatentClassification (Latent : Type u_1) : Type u_1

A classification of RSA latent variables into BToM ontological categories.

This is a cognitive-level commitment: it says what kind of thing each latent variable represents. The classification does not affect behavioral predictions: the classify function is never called by toBToM or the inference machinery, so different classifications yield identical BToM world marginals.

• classify : Latent → Core.BToM.LatentCategory

  Assign each latent variable value to a BToM category.

• dynamics : Latent → Core.BToM.FactorDynamics

  Assign each latent variable a temporal dynamics. Default: episodic (each observation is independent).

def RSA.BToMGrounding.griceanClassification (Latent : Type u_1) : LatentClassification Latent

The strong Gricean classification: all latent variables are mental states. L1's inference is entirely Theory of Mind.

Equations

• RSA.BToMGrounding.griceanClassification Latent = { classify := fun (x : Latent) => Core.BToM.LatentCategory.mental }

def RSA.BToMGrounding.channelClassification (Latent : Type u_1) : LatentClassification Latent

The channel-theoretic classification: all latent variables are medium properties (structural ambiguity, conventions, channel noise). L1's inference is entirely signal disambiguation.

Equations

• RSA.BToMGrounding.channelClassification Latent = { classify := fun (x : Latent) => Core.BToM.LatentCategory.medium }