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<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Reasoning with Computers</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>Reasoning with Computers</H1>

<CITE>Brian Harvey<BR>University of California, Berkeley</CITE>

<P>``Intelligent agents'' are said to be right around the corner; some products
are already available.  These programs are supposed to watch you work, make
inferences about your preferred style, and automate repetitive tasks.  They
will sift through all the nonsense on the World Wide Web and find only those
items you'll really want to read.  They'll be teammates or opponents in
computer games.

<P>How can computer programs make inferences?  I chose logic puzzles as a
testbed for experimentation.  Logic puzzles are a relatively easy test case
because each puzzle forms a ``closed world''; we know in advance all the
possible names, ages, house colors, or whatever characteristics the puzzle
asks us to match up.  There is no new computer science here.  I am more or
less recapitulating the early history of computer inference systems.  But
educationally that may be more helpful than the complexities of the most
modern attempts.

<H2>An Inference System for One Logic Puzzle</H2>

<P>I first worked on this project when I wrote the third volume of <I>Computer
Science Logo Style</I> (MIT Press, 1987).  In that volume the task I set for
myself was to introduce some of the topics in the undergraduate computer
science curriculum to a younger audience, and to illustrate the ideas with
Logo programs rather than with formal proofs.  I wanted to discuss logic as
part of discrete mathematics, and thought of logic puzzles as the task for
an illustrative Logo program.

<P>The program I wrote solved only one logic puzzle, taken from <I>Mind
Benders</I> Book B-2, by Anita Harnadek (Critical Thinking Press, 1978):

<BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>A cub reporter interviewed four people.  He was very careless, however.
Each statement he wrote was half right and half wrong.  He went back and
interviewed the people again.  And again, each statement he wrote was
half right and half wrong.  From the information below, can you
straighten out the mess?

<P>The first names were Jane, Larry, Opal, and Perry.  The last names were
Irving, King, Mendle, and Nathan.  The ages were 32, 38, 45, and 55.  The
occupations were drafter, pilot, police sergeant, and test car driver.

<P>On the first interview, he wrote these statements, one from each person:

<UL>
<LI>1. Jane: ``My name is Irving, and I'm 45.''
<LI>2. King: ``I'm Perry and I drive test cars.''
<LI>3. Larry: ``I'm a police sergeant and I'm 45.''
<LI>4. Nathan: ``I'm a drafter, and I'm 38.''
</UL>

<P>On the second interview, he wrote these statements, one from each person:

<UL>
<LI>5. Mendle: ``I'm a pilot, and my name is Larry.''
<LI>6. Jane: ``I'm a pilot, and I'm 45.''
<LI>7. Opal: ``I'm 55 and I drive test cars.''
<LI>8. Nathan: ``I'm 38 and I drive test cars.''
</UL>
</BLOCKQUOTE>

<P>This puzzle includes four <I>categories</I>: first name, last name, job,
and age.  In each category there are four <I>individuals</I>; for example, the
first name individuals are Jane, Larry, Opal, and Perry.

<P>For every possible pairing of individuals in different categories (for
example, Jane and pilot), the program keeps track of what it knows about
whether or not they go together.  Initially it knows nothing, but, for
example, after the first interview the program knows that Jane is not King,
since the four statements are from different people.

<P>For any given pairing, the program can know nothing, can know that the two
individuals <I>are</I> the same, or can know that the two individuals <I>are
not</I> the same.  But there is also a fourth, perhaps more interesting,
situation.  After the first interview, the program does not know whether or
not Jane and Irving are the same person, nor whether Jane and age 45 are the
same person.  But it does know that if one of these is true, the other must be
false, and vice versa.  This fact is represented as a <I>link</I> between the
Jane-Irving pair and the Jane-45 pair.

<P>The program works by making <I>assertions</I> based on the puzzle statement.
From the first interview we get the following assertions:


<UL>
<LI>Jane-King is false.
<LI>Jane-Nathan is false.
<LI>Larry-King is false.
<LI>Larry-Nathan is false.
<LI>Jane-Irving is linked to Jane-45.
<LI>King-Perry is linked to King-driver.
<LI>Larry-sergeant is linked to Larry-45.
<LI>Nathan-drafter is linked to Nathan-38.
</UL>

<P>As each assertion is recorded in the database, the program tries to use
<I>rules of inference</I> to draw conclusions from the new assertion and the
assertions already recorded.  Here are the rules:

<UL>
<LI>Elimination rule:  If the X-Y pairs are false for all but one
individual Y in a given category, then the remaining possibility
must be true.

<LI>Uniqueness rule:  If some X-Y pair is true, then every other X-Z pair
must be false if Z is in the same category as Y.

<LI>Transitive rules:  If X-Y is true, and Y-Z is true, then X-Z must
also be true.  If X-Y is true, and Y-Z is false, then X-Z must be
false.

<LI>Link falsification:  If X-Y is linked to Z-W, and we learn that X-Y
is true, then Z-W must be false.

<LI>Link verification:  If X-Y is linked to Z-W, and we learn that X-Y
is false, then Z-W must be true.
</UL>

<P>For each new assertion, there are only a finite number of possible
inferences using these rules.  If we assert that X-Y is true, then the
program must check the uniqueness rule for each other individual in the same
category as X, and for each other individual in the same category as Y.  It
must check the transitive rules for the other known pairs involving X or Y.
And if there was already a link involving X-Y, then it must apply the link
falsification rule.

<P>Similarly, if we assert that X-Y is false, then the program must check the
elimination rule, the second transitive rule, and the link verification rule.

<H2>An Inference System for Many Logic Puzzles</H2>

<P>This first program worked fine for this particular puzzle, but couldn't
handle other puzzles.  The most obvious problem was that the link
verification and link falsification rules apply only to this puzzle.  (The
other three rules apply to any logic puzzle.)

<P>In preparing the second edition of <I>Computer Science Logo Style</I> (MIT
Press, 1997), I decided to generalize these link rules.  In Anita Harnadek's
puzzle, two pairs are linked only through mutual exclusion; exactly one of the
pairs must be true.  More generally, two pairs might be linked by an
<I>implication</I>:

<BLOCKQUOTE>
If X-Y is true/false, then Z-W must be true/false.
</BLOCKQUOTE>

<P>So each link in the first program became two implications in the second
version.  For example:

<BLOCKQUOTE>
If Jane-Irving is true, then Jane-45 must be false.<BR>
If Jane-Irving is false, then Jane-45 must be true.
</BLOCKQUOTE>

<P>These two implications are logically independent; one cannot be derived from
the other.

<P>Once the program (reproduced in appendix A) (or
<A HREF="https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~bh/logic-code/infer.lg">download it</A>) can record implications, we
replace the link falsification and link verification rules with three new
rules about implications:

<UL>
<LI>Contrapositive rule:  If P implies Q, then not-Q implies not-P.

<LI>Implication rule (modus ponens):  If P implies Q, and P is true,
then Q must be true.

<LI>Contradiction rule:  If P implies Q, and P also implies not-Q, then
P must be false.
</UL>

<P>In these rules, P and Q represent statements about the truth or falsehood of
a pair, e.g., ``Jane-Irving is false.''

<P>The modified program can solve not only Anita Harnadek's puzzle but also
several others that I tried, taken from a Dell puzzle book.

<H2>Backtracking</H2>

<P>By coincidence, my work on the second edition of <I>Computer Science Logo
Style</I> happened at about the same time that Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay
Sussman, and Julie Sussman were working on the second edition of their
brilliant text, <I>Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs</I> (MIT
Press, 1996).  Their second edition introduced several new topics, one of
which was -- here's the coincidence -- logic puzzles.  I tried out my
program on their example puzzles, such as this one:

<BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>Five schoolgirls sat for an examination.  Their parents -- so they
thought -- showed an undue degree of interest in the result.  They
therefore agreed that, in writing home about the examination, each girl
should make one true statement and one untrue one.  The following are
the relevant passages from their letters:

<UL>
<LI>Betty: ``Kitty was second in the examination.  I was only third.''
<LI>Ethel: ``You'll be glad to hear that I was on top.  Joan was second.''
<LI>Joan: ``I was third, and poor old Ethel was bottom.''
<LI>Kitty: ``I came out second.  Mary was only fourth.''
<LI>Mary: ``I was fourth.  Top place was taken by Betty.''
</UL>

<P>What in fact was the order in which the five girls were placed?
</BLOCKQUOTE>

<P>Since this puzzle is very similar in form to the other one, with paired true
and false statements, I thought my program would solve it easily.  Here is
how I represented the puzzle in Logo:

<PRE>
to exam
cleanup
category "person [Betty Ethel Joan Kitty Mary]
category "place [1 2 3 4 5]
xor "Kitty 2 "Betty 3
xor "Ethel 1 "Joan 2
xor "Joan 3 "Ethel 5
xor "Kitty 2 "Mary 4
xor "Mary 4 "Betty 1
print []
solution
end
</PRE>

To my dismay, my program was unable to discover any facts at all from this
puzzle!

<P>The program used by Abelson and Sussman does not work by making inferences
from known facts.  Instead, it works by <I>backtracking</I>: trying every
possible combination of names with places, and rejecting the ones that lead
to a contradiction.  This is more of a ``brute force'' approach; many possible
combinations must be tried.  (In this example, there are 120 possibilities,
five factorial.)

<P>A Logo version of the backtracking program is in appendix B (or
<A HREF="logic-code/backtrack.lg">download it</A>).  Here is how
the program can be used to solve the examination puzzle:

<PRE>
to exam
track [[Betty Ethel Joan Kitty Mary] [1 2 3 4 5]] ~
      [[not equalp (is "Kitty 2) (is "Betty 3)]
       [not equalp (is "Ethel 1) (is "Joan 2)]
       [not equalp (is "Joan 3) (is "Ethel 5)]
       [not equalp (is "Kitty 2) (is "Mary 4)]
       [not equalp (is "Mary 4) (is "Betty 1)]]
end
</PRE>

<P>The general backtracking procedure TRACK takes two inputs.  The first is a
list of lists, one for each category, naming the individuals in that
category.  (The categories themselves don't have names in this program.)
The second input is also a list of lists, each of which is a Logo expression
whose value must be TRUE for a correct solution.  The tests use a predicate
procedure IS that takes two inputs and outputs true if they correspond to
the same person in the particular proposed combination that the program is
trying.

<P>The backtracking procedure can also be used to solve the earlier puzzle
about the cub reporter:

<PRE>
to cub.reporter
track [[Jane Larry Opal Perry]
       [Irving King Mendle Nathan]
       [32 38 45 55]
       [drafter pilot sergeant driver]] ~
      [[differ [Jane King Larry Nathan]]
       [says "Jane "Irving 45]
       [says "King "Perry "driver]
       [says "Larry "sergeant 45]
       [says "Nathan "drafter 38]
       [differ [Mendle Jane Opal Nathan]]
       [says "Mendle "pilot "Larry]
       [says "Jane "pilot 45]
       [says "Opal 55 "driver]
       [says "Nathan 38 "driver]]
end

to differ :things
if emptyp bf :things [op "true]
op and (differ1 first :things bf :things) (differ bf :things)
end

to differ1 :this :those
foreach :those [if is :this ? [output "false]]
output "true
end

to says :who :one :two
output not equalp (is :who :one) (is :who :two)
end
</PRE>

<P>I wrote the backtracking solution to this puzzle using the same names DIFFER
and SAYS for the procedures that embody the facts of the puzzle, but they
are not the same DIFFER and SAYS that are used in the original version.  The
originals add assertions to a database; these are predicates that output
TRUE if the current combination satisfies the condition.

<P>The trouble with the backtracking solution to the cub reporter puzzle is
that it's quite slow.  There are 13,824 possible arrangements of first
names, last names, jobs, and ages.  (There are 24 possible combinations of
first and last names, times 24 combinations of name and job, times 24
combinations of name and age.)  The program might get lucky and find a
solution on its first try, but on average it will have to examine half of
the possible combinations before finding a solution.

<H2>Repairing the Inference System</H2>

<P>Why couldn't my inference program solve the examination puzzle?  One crucial
difference between the two puzzles discussed here is that the first includes
some direct assertions, such as the fact that Jane-King is false.  The
second puzzle tells us no actual facts; it's entirely implications.  As a
result, the implication rule (modus ponens) can't infer any facts.

<P>If we don't have enough facts, we have to get more mileage out of the
implications.  Each of the inference rules for assertions gives rise to a
corresponding rule for implications:

<UL>
<LI>Meta-elimination rules:  If P implies that the X-Y pair is false for
all but one individual Y in a given category, then P implies that
the remaining possibility must be true.  If P implies that the X-Y
pair is false for <I>every</I> Y in a given category, then P is false.

<LI>Meta-uniqueness rule:  If P implies that some X-Y pair is true, then
P implies that every other X-Z pair must be false if Z is in the
same category as Y.

<LI>Meta-transitive rules:  If P implies that X-Y is true, and if Y-Z is
true, then P also implies that X-Z is true.  If P implies that X-Y
is true, and if Y-Z is false, then P implies that X-Z is false.
</UL>

<P>When the inference program is modified to include these new rules (appendix
C) (or <A HREF="logic-code/meta.lg">download it</A>), it can solve the
examination puzzle as well as the cub reporter puzzle.  The cost is that the
solution is <I>very</I> slow, even for the original puzzle, because the new
rules allow the program to infer many new implications, each of which must be
tested in later steps to see if it, combined with new information, allows yet
another implication to be inferred.

<P>I discovered this example as I was working on the final draft of my books.
Should I include the modified program?  In the end, I decided not to change
the printed version, because the modified version is so slow even for easy
puzzles.  The original version does work for most of the puzzles I found
in puzzle books; the difficulty of published puzzles is limited by the fact
that mere human beings must be able to solve them!

<H2>Implications Unleashed</H2>

<P>Even the modified version of the program does not make every possible
inference from implications.  For example, I included these rules:

<UL>
<LI>Meta-transitive rules:  If P implies that X-Y is true, and if Y-Z is
true, then P also implies that X-Z is true.  If P implies that X-Y
is true, and if Y-Z is false, then P implies that X-Z is false.
</UL>

but I didn't include these:

<UL>
<LI>Meta-meta-transitive rules:  If P implies that X-Y is true, and if P
implies that Y-Z is true, then P also implies that X-Z is true.  If
P implies that X-Y is true, and if P implies that Y-Z is false, then
P implies that X-Z is false.

<LI>All bases covered rule:  If P implies Q, and not-P implies Q, then
Q must be true.

<LI>Meta-meta-meta-transitive rules:  If P implies that X-Y is true, and
if Q implies that Y-Z is true, then P and Q together imply that X-Z
is true.  If P implies that X-Y is true, and if Q implies that Y-Z
is false, then P and Q together imply that X-Z is false.
</UL>

<P>Also, my program can only accept implications about basic assertions.  That
is, if P and Q are statements such as ``X-Y is true'' or ``Z-W is false'' then
I can represent the implication ``P implies Q,'' but my program has no way to
represent an implication such as ``(P implies Q) implies R.''

<P>In fact, it's because of the limitation on the assertions that can be
represented in this program that I need so many rules.  A general inference
system won't have transitive rules at all, meta- or not.  Instead it will
represent assertions in a more general way so that

<BLOCKQUOTE>
for any x, y, and z, is(x,y) and is(y,z) implies is(x,z)
</BLOCKQUOTE>

can be represented as an assertion, not as a rule.  In such a system, the
number of rules needed is much smaller.  In effect, I've again fallen into the
same trap that led me to have the link falsification and link verification
rules in the first version of the program.  I eliminated the need for those
rules by allowing my program to represent implications as well as basic facts.
But I'm still limited to implications tied to a particular X-Y pair.  What I
can't represent in an assertion is the ``for any x, y, and z'' part of this
transitive property.  A system like mine, in which assertions are about
specific individuals, is a <I>propositional</I> logic.  One in which I can say
``for any x'' is a <I>predicate</I> logic.

<P>My original program, which could only record basic assertions except for one
ad hoc kludge for links, could truly discover every possible inference from
the facts it was given.  But once we introduce the idea of implications,
there is no bound on the number of possible inferences.  To write a
practical program, we must draw a line somewhere, and decline to make
inferences that are too complicated.

<H2>Forward and Backward Chaining</H2>

<P>My program works by starting with the known facts and inferring as many new
facts as it can.  This approach is called ``forward chaining.''  Most
practical inference systems today use ``backward chaining'':  The program
starts with a question, such as ``What is Jane's last name,'' and looks for
known facts that might help answer that question.  In practice this can
effectively limit the number of dead-end chains of inference that the
program follows.

<H2>Inference Versus Backtracking</H2>

<P>Backtracking works best for puzzles with few categories, because increasing
the number of categories dramatically increases the number of possible
combinations that must be tested.  But a backtracking program is not much
affected by the nature of the information given by the puzzle.  By contrast,
inference works best for puzzles that include plenty of basic facts in the
information given, but an inference program is not much affected by the
number of categories.  Each approach has strengths and weaknesses.

<P>How do <I>people</I> solve logic puzzles?  We often use a combination of
the two methods.  We generally start by making inferences, but if we get
stuck, we switch to a backtracking approach.  Backtracking works well if
inferences have already ruled out most of the possible solutions, so that
there aren't as many left to test.  Computer inference systems have also been
written using this hybrid technique.  Such a program is harder to write,
because it's not easy to specify precise rules to decide when to switch from
inference to backtracking, and because the program's data structures must
accommodate both techniques.  The advantage is that solutions can be found
quickly for a wide range of problems.

<P>[Addendum:  Since publishing this, I've written a hybrid program, which
you can <A HREF="logic-code/hybrid.lg">download</A>.]

<H2>Appendix A:  The Inference Program</H2>

<PRE>
;; Establish categories

to category :category.name :members
print (list "category :category.name :members)
if not namep "categories [make "categories []]
make "categories lput :category.name :categories
make :category.name :members
foreach :members [pprop ? "category :category.name]
end

;; Verify and falsify matches

to verify :a :b
settruth :a :b "true
end

to falsify :a :b
settruth :a :b "false
end

to settruth :a :b :truth.value
if equalp (gprop :a "category) (gprop :b "category) [stop]
localmake "oldvalue get :a :b
if equalp :oldvalue :truth.value [stop]
if equalp :oldvalue (not :truth.value) ~
   [(throw "error (sentence [inconsistency in settruth]
                            :a :b :truth.value))]
print (list :a :b "-> :truth.value)
store :a :b :truth.value
settruth1 :a :b :truth.value
settruth1 :b :a :truth.value
if not emptyp :oldvalue ~
   [foreach (filter [equalp first ? :truth.value] :oldvalue)
            [apply "settruth butfirst ?]]
end

to settruth1 :a :b :truth.value
apply (word "find not :truth.value) (list :a :b)
foreach (gprop :a "true) [settruth ? :b :truth.value]
if :truth.value [foreach (gprop :a "false) [falsify ? :b]
                 pprop :a (gprop :b "category) :b]
pprop :a :truth.value (fput :b gprop :a :truth.value)
end

to findfalse :a :b
foreach (filter [not equalp get ? :b "true] peers :a) ~
        [falsify ? :b]
end

to findtrue :a :b
if equalp (count peers :a) (1+falses :a :b) ~
   [verify (find [not equalp get ? :b "false] peers :a)
           :b]
end

to falses :a :b
output count filter [equalp "false get ? :b] peers :a
end

to peers :a
output thing gprop :a "category
end

;; Common types of clues

to differ :list
print (list "differ :list)
foreach :list [differ1 ? ?rest]
end

to differ1 :a :them
foreach :them [falsify :a ?]
end

to justbefore :this :that :lineup
falsify :this :that
falsify :this last :lineup
falsify :that first :lineup
justbefore1 :this :that :lineup
end

to justbefore1 :this :that :slotlist
if emptyp butfirst :slotlist [stop]
equiv :this (first :slotlist) :that (first butfirst :slotlist)
justbefore1 :this :that (butfirst :slotlist)
end

;; Remember conditional linkages

to implies :who1 :what1 :truth1 :who2 :what2 :truth2
implies1 :who1 :what1 :truth1 :who2 :what2 :truth2
implies1 :who2 :what2 (not :truth2) :who1 :what1 (not :truth1)
end

to implies1 :who1 :what1 :truth1 :who2 :what2 :truth2
localmake "old1 get :who1 :what1
if equalp :old1 :truth1 [settruth :who2 :what2 :truth2  stop]
if equalp :old1 (not :truth1) [stop]
if memberp (list :truth1 :who2 :what2 (not :truth2)) :old1 ~
   [settruth :who1 :what1 (not :truth1)  stop]
if memberp (list :truth1 :what2 :who2 (not :truth2)) :old1 ~
   [settruth :who1 :what1 (not :truth1)  stop]
store :who1 :what1 ~
      fput (list :truth1 :who2 :what2 :truth2) :old1
end

to equiv :who1 :what1 :who2 :what2
implies :who1 :what1 "true :who2 :what2 "true
implies :who2 :what2 "true :who1 :what1 "true
end

to xor :who1 :what1 :who2 :what2
implies :who1 :what1 "true :who2 :what2 "false
implies :who1 :what1 "false :who2 :what2 "true
end

;; Interface to property list mechanism

to get :a :b
output gprop :a :b
end

to store :a :b :val
pprop :a :b :val
pprop :b :a :val
end

;; Print the solution

to solution
foreach thing first :categories [solve1 ? butfirst :categories]
end

to solve1 :who :order
type :who
foreach :order [type "| |   type gprop :who ?]
print []
end

;; Get rid of old problem data

to cleanup
if not namep "categories [stop]
ern :categories
ern "categories
erpls
end
</PRE>

<H2>Appendix B: The Backtracking Program</H2>

<PRE>
to track :lists :tests
foreach first :lists [make ? array count bf :lists]
catch "tracked [track1 first :lists bf :lists 1]
end

to track1 :master :others :index
if emptyp :others [tracktest stop]
track2 :master first :others bf :others
end

to track2 :names :these :those
if emptyp :these [track1 :master :those :index+1 stop]
foreach :these [setitem :index thing first :names ?
                track2 bf :names remove ? :these :those]
end

to tracktest
foreach :tests [if not run ? [stop]]
foreach :master [pr se ? arraytolist thing ?]
throw "tracked
end

to is :this :that
if memberp :this :master [output memberp :that thing :this]
if memberp :that :master [output memberp :this thing :that]
localmake "who find [memberp :this thing ?] :master
output memberp :that thing :who
end
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<H2>Appendix C: The Enhanced Inference System</H2>

<P>Only the procedures changed from the version in appendix A are given here:

<PRE>
to implies :who1 :what1 :truth1 :who2 :what2 :truth2
if equalp (gprop :who1 "category) (gprop :what1 "category) [stop]
if equalp (gprop :who2 "category) (gprop :what2 "category) [stop]
implies1 :who1 :what1 :truth1 :who2 :what2 :truth2
implies1 :who2 :what2 (not :truth2) :who1 :what1 (not :truth1)
end

to implies1 :who1 :what1 :truth1 :who2 :what2 :truth2
localmake "old1 get :who1 :what1
if equalp :old1 :truth1 [settruth :who2 :what2 :truth2  stop]
if equalp :old1 (not :truth1) [stop]
if memberp (list :truth1 :who2 :what2 :truth2) :old1 [stop]
if memberp (list :truth1 :what2 :who2 :truth2) :old1 [stop]
if memberp (list :truth1 :who2 :what2 (not :truth2)) :old1 ~
   [settruth :who1 :what1 (not :truth1)  stop]
if memberp (list :truth1 :what2 :who2 (not :truth2)) :old1 ~
   [settruth :who1 :what1 (not :truth1)  stop]
store :who1 :what1 ~
      fput (list :truth1 :who2 :what2 :truth2) :old1
if :truth2 [foreach (remove :who2 peers :who2)
                    [implies :who1 :what1 :truth1 ? :what2 "false]
            foreach (remove :what2 peers :what2)
                    [implies :who1 :what1 :truth1 :who2 ? "false]]
if not :truth2 [implies2 :what2 (remove :who2 peers :who2)
                implies2 :who2 (remove :what2 peers :what2)]
foreach (gprop :who2 "true) ~
        [implies :who1 :what1 :truth1 ? :what2 :truth2]
foreach (gprop :what2 "true) ~
        [implies :who1 :what1 :truth1 :who2 ? :truth2]
if :truth2 ~
   [foreach (gprop :who2 "false)
            [implies :who1 :what1 :truth1 ? :what2 "false]
    foreach (gprop :what2 "false)
            [implies :who1 :what1 :truth1 :who2 ? "false]]
end

to implies2 :one :others
localmake "left filter [not (or memberp (list :truth1 :one ? "false) :old1
                                memberp (list :truth1 ? :one "false) :old1
                                (and :truth1
                                     (or (and equalp ? :who1
                                              equalp gprop :what1 "category
                                                     gprop :one "category)
                                         (and equalp ? :what1
                                              equalp gprop :who1 "category
                                                     gprop :one "category))
                                     (not or equalp :one :who1 
                                             equalp :one :what1))
                                equalp get :one ? "false)] ~
                       :others
if emptyp :left [settruth :who1 :what1 (not :truth1) stop]
if emptyp butfirst :left ~
   [implies :who1 :what1 :truth1 :one first :left "true]
end
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