curious about

CURIE: gmeow:curiousAbout
IRI: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/curiousAbout
Category: property
Defined by: gmeow:slices/cognition
Box roles: RBox role (What is this?)

An exploratory, knowledge-seeking orientation toward a subject — interest aimed at closing a knowledge gap. A specialization of gmeow:interestedIn (curiosity is interest with an epistemic appetite). Still an attentional pull, not a teleology:Desire (Principle 9).

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:Agent -> gmeow:Entity Sub-property of: gmeow:interestedIn

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:curiousAbout from gmeow:Agent to gmeow:Entity when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Example Snippets

These snippets are generated from canonical slice examples and trimmed to the Turtle blocks where this term appears.

Attention Interest Memory

Source: slices/core/cognition/examples/attention-interest-memory.ttl
Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-cognition-examples-attention-interest-memory

ex:nova a gmeow:Person ;
    gmeow:name        "Nova"@en ;
    gmeow:attendsTo    wd:Q11660 ;    # artificial intelligence — currently in focus
    gmeow:interestedIn wd:Q395 ;      # mathematics — sustained interest
    gmeow:curiousAbout wd:Q217413 ;   # category theory (curiousAbout ⊑ interestedIn)
    gmeow:remembers    wd:Q192995 .   # quantum computing — a subject she remembers (remembers ⊑ isAwareOf)

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:interestedIn, gmeow:Agent, gmeow:Entity

Usage Advice

Use when

Use for interest with an epistemic appetite — a knowledge-seeking orientation aimed at closing a gap — when the curiosity flavour matters beyond plain gmeow:interestedIn.

Avoid when

Avoid it for sustained interest with no epistemic drive (use the parent gmeow:interestedIn), for actual attained knowledge (the gmeow:isAwareOf … gmeow:hasMastered spectrum), and for a goal (teleology); curiosity is still an attentional pull, not a conative mode (Principle 9).

How to use

Assert gmeow:curiousAbout from agent to subject; it entails gmeow:interestedIn by subproperty, and pairs naturally with the knowledge spectrum to model an agent curious about a subject it is only gmeow:isAwareOf.

Examples

ex:lillith gmeow:curiousAbout ex:categoryTheory.