explains

Relates a candidate hypothesis (a gmeow:StandpointClaim) to an explanandum it would account for — the explanatory link a solver back-checks (does the hypothesis, with the background, entail the explanandum?). NOT functional.

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:StandpointClaim -> ?

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:explains from gmeow:StandpointClaim to ? when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Example Snippets

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Abduction

@prefix gmeow: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/> .
@prefix ex:    <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/examples/inference/> .
@prefix rdfs:  <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd:   <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .



# Winner: influenza — best explains the high fever; promoted to probable.
ex:hypInfluenza a gmeow:StandpointClaim ;
    rdfs:label "Hypothesis: influenza"@en ;
    gmeow:vantage ex:clinician ;
    gmeow:observedFeature ex:propFlu ;
    gmeow:observationMethod gmeow:methodExpertJudgement ;
    gmeow:claimModality gmeow:probable ;        # promoted conceivable -> probable (the winner)
    gmeow:explains ex:fever ;                    # solver back-check: would account for the fever
    gmeow:explanatoryScore "0.86"^^xsd:decimal ; # solver-layer (Principle 12)
    gmeow:competesWith ex:hypCold .              # symmetric; irreflexive by SHACL

# Loser: common cold — a weaker explanation of a high fever; SUPPRESSED.
ex:hypCold a gmeow:StandpointClaim ;
    rdfs:label "Hypothesis: common cold (rejected, retained as audit)"@en ;
    gmeow:vantage ex:clinician ;
    gmeow:observedFeature ex:propCold ;
    gmeow:observationMethod gmeow:methodExpertJudgement ;
    gmeow:claimModality gmeow:conceivable ;      # never promoted
    gmeow:explains ex:fever ;
    gmeow:explanatoryScore "0.41"^^xsd:decimal ;
    gmeow:displayable false .                    # Principle 10: suppressed, not erased

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:StandpointClaim

Usage Advice

Scope notes