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 Question declares through gmeow: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:typeWhy and gmeow:typeHow may legitimately co-apply (gmeow:questionType is non-functional).

How to use

• Reference the seeded QuestionType individuals from a gmeow:Question via gmeow: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:questionType gmeow:typeWhy.