involvesextended
Involvesextended is a coined term used in theoretical discussions of context-sensitive reasoning and knowledge representation. It denotes a property of statements, questions, or problems that require extending the current information base with additional assumptions, data, or axioms in order to determine their truth conditions or derive conclusions.
Etymology and scope: The word is a portmanteau of “involves” and “extended.” It first appeared in print
Formal concept: In formal terms, a proposition P is involvesextended with respect to a knowledge base KB
Applications: The concept is used in natural language understanding, information retrieval, and knowledge engineering to categorize
Examples: A query such as “What will be the weather in Paris tomorrow?” involves extended information from
See also: context extension, abductive reasoning, dynamic knowledge bases, information retrieval.