RE: OWL "Sydney Syntax", structured english

> >   Dan has acquaintance Pat.
> >
> > In N3, we allow the 'has' to be left out:
> >
> >   Dan acquaintance Pat.
> 
> How does this pattern work with negation (and other OWL features)?
> 
> Dan no acquaintance Pat?

There is no problem negating triples whose property
takes the role-noun form. Just prefix the triple with
not:
    
  not Dan acquaintance Pat

which can be verbalized as "Dan doesn't have Pat as acquaintance"
or "Pat is not acquaintance of Dan".

-Gerd

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Gerd Wagner            http://rewerse.net/i1

Received on Wednesday, 29 November 2006 20:00:05 UTC