- From: pat hayes <phayes@ai.uwf.edu>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 13:51:26 -0500
- To: las@olin.edu
- Cc: www-rdf-logic@w3.org
>pat hayes wrote: > > > > > > > > The distinction between > > > > subject and object provides the distinction between subnesting and > > > > nesting, much in the way that LISP uses CDRs to indicate list members > > > > and encodes sublists in the CAR. > > > > > >If the verb is used to select the triple, you may find >situations in which the > > >selection is ambiguous. This is either a bug or a feature, depending (as > > >always) on your perspective. > > > > Can you say a little more on this? You have me worried. > >Unless I misunderstood what Pat originally said, which is now lost >in the archive >somewhere.... > >If a single subject stands in the same predicate relation to multiple objects >(e.g., I have multiple children), the predicate/verb does not >uniquely identify >the object of the sentence. Ah, point taken. I guess I was taking the triple itself to be the thing analogous to the LISP dotted pair, so that it already identifies its subject and object. This assumes that triples inside a nest have a unique 'location' (analogous to an address in LISP) so that they can be pointed at. Maybe this assumption is RDF-inimical? Pat --------------------------------------------------------------------- IHMC (850)434 8903 home 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola, FL 32501 (850)202 4440 fax phayes@ai.uwf.edu http://www.coginst.uwf.edu/~phayes
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