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Subquestion (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021) (view source)
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|Formulation Text=A question ''Q'' is a subquestion of another question ''Q’'', iff any direct answer to ''Q'' is also a partial answer to ''Q’''.
|Formulation File=Subquestion (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021).png
|Authors List=Paul Patton, Cyrus Al-Zayadi, Paul Patton
|Formulated Year=2021
|Description=TODOQuestions can constitute hierarchies where more specific questions are subquestions of broader questions. For example, 'Was Peter the Great an emperor of Russia?' is a subquestion of 'Who were the emperors of Russia?' since by answering the former, we are also providing a partial answer to the latter. The latter is, in turn, a subquestion of the broader question 'Who were the rulers of European countries?'. A partial answer to a question is a complete, or direct, answer to one of its subquestions [[CiteRef: Paul add a description:Sharvit and Beck (2002) p. 121]][[CiteRef::Sharvit and Beck (2001) p.511]][[CiteRef::Eckardt (2007) p.87]].
|Resource=Patton and Al-Zayadi (2021)
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