Question Type
- CURIE:
gmeow:QuestionType - IRI: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/QuestionType
- Category: class
- Defined by:
gmeow:slices/inquiry - Box roles: TBox role (What is this?)
The erotetic kind of a question — a closed value vocabulary spanning polar (yes/no), alternative (which-of-a-named-set), wh (who/what/where/when), why (explanation-seeking), and how (procedure-seeking): gmeow:typePolar, gmeow:typeAlternative, gmeow:typeWh, gmeow:typeWhy, gmeow:typeHow. Its members are individuals, never subclasses, and more than one may co-apply to a single question.
Structure
Subclass of: gufo:QualityValue
Practical Pattern
Use gmeow:QuestionType as a specialized kind of gufo:QualityValue. Add statement metadata or a standpoint when the assertion needs provenance, confidence, or vantage.
Usage Advice
Use when
- Use as the value vocabulary for the erotetic kind of a question — the closed set of question types (polar, alternative, wh, why, how) a
Questiondeclares throughgmeow:questionType.
Avoid when
- Avoid subclassing it to add a kind — the vocabulary is closed and its members are individuals — and avoid forcing exactly one type onto every question;
gmeow:typeWhyandgmeow:typeHowmay legitimately co-apply (gmeow:questionTypeis non-functional).
How to use
- Reference the seeded
QuestionTypeindividuals from agmeow:Questionviagmeow:questionType, attaching as many as genuinely apply; treat the bridges (typeWhy→ abduction's explanandum,typeHow→ the procedures extension) as documented routing rather than new axioms.
Examples
- ex:whyDidItFail
gmeow:questionTypegmeow:typeWhy.