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Scope

The scope of a quantifier is the range in which its corresponding variable is bound. It begins with the left parenthesis which precedes the quantifier, and ends with the matching right parenthesis.

Semantic Knowledge Source Integration

Semantic Knowledge Source Integration (SKSI) is a means of extending the Cyc KB by allowing information from structured knowledge sources — databases, triple stores, APIs — to be hooked into Cyc as if they were “external” assertions and used just like...

Sentence editor

The Sentence Editor is an input device appearing in several tools in the Cyc Browser: Tools used to find, assert or edit assertions such as Find Assertion, Assert Sentence, Assert Similar, and Edit Assertion, as well as the Query Tool all have a Sentence Editor box....

Simplifier

The Simplifier is a part of the Canonicalization Subsystem that performs very fast, mostly syntactic simplification of CycL sentences.

Skolem function

Skolem functions are CycL functions which are used in the implementation of formulas that use existential quantification. They are instances of #$ReifiableFunction, and are automatically generated. Whenever someone asserts to the Knowledge Base a sentence that...