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- Queries are formed by adding a question mark to any rule construction or
- by using 'who', 'what' or 'describe' followed by a subject. ART-CEE
- reduces these queries into subjects or subject/predicate pairs in the
- same way that rules are reduced.
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- If the query reduces to a subject/predicate pair, ART-CEE searches for
- all possible connections between subject and predicate. If more than
- one rule is used to make that connection, ART-CEE asks you to verify that
- each intermediate rule is true in the current case. If all rules
- involved are verified, then a conclusion is drawn, and you are asked
- whether or not to add that conclusion to ART-CEE's store of knowledge.
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- If a 'who', 'what' or 'describe' query is entered, ART-CEE searches for
- all immediately-known conclusions about the subject. No searching
- across multiple rules occurs. No assumptions are made. And ART-CEE's
- knowledge base will not expand.