question type

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

Classifies a question by its erotetic kind — one of the closed gmeow:QuestionType value vocabulary. NOT functional: a single question may carry several types at once (a 'why … and how' question is both gmeow:typeWhy and gmeow:typeHow), so the property admits multiple values rather than forcing a single kind.

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:Question -> gmeow:QuestionType

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:questionType from gmeow:Question to gmeow:QuestionType 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.

Loaded Question

• Source: slices/core/inquiry/examples/loaded-question.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-inquiry-examples-loaded-question

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



# --- The polar question and the proposition it takes for granted.
ex:stoppedCheating a gmeow:Question ;
    gmeow:questionType gmeow:typePolar ;
    gmeow:presupposes ex:wasCheating ;
    rdfs:label "have you stopped cheating?"@en .

Open Question And Resolution

• Source: slices/core/inquiry/examples/open-question-and-resolution.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-inquiry-examples-open-question-and-resolution

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



ex:whereIsKey a gmeow:Question ;
    gmeow:questionType gmeow:typeWh ;
    rdfs:label "where is the key?"@en .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Question, gmeow:QuestionType

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to classify a gmeow:Question by its erotetic kind — pointing it at one or more gmeow:QuestionType individuals so consumers can route polar, alternative, wh, why, and how questions differently.

Avoid when

• Avoid forcing exactly one type per question — it is non-functional, and gmeow:typeWhy / gmeow:typeHow may co-apply — and avoid pointing it at anything outside the closed gmeow:QuestionType vocabulary.

How to use

• Attach as many gmeow:QuestionType individuals as genuinely apply to the Question; read a co-applied gmeow:typeWhy to route the explanandum to abduction and a co-applied gmeow:typeHow to route to the procedures extension.

Examples

• ex:whereIsTheKey gmeow:questionType gmeow:typeWh.