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Reduction to propositional inference<br />

Suppose the KB contains just the following:<br />

∀x King(x) ∧ Greedy(x) ⇒ Evil(x)<br />

King(John)<br />

Greedy(John)<br />

Brother(Richard,John)<br />

Instantiating the universal sentence in all possible ways, we have:<br />

King(John) ∧ Greedy(John) ⇒ Evil(John)<br />

King(Richard) ∧ Greedy(Richard) ⇒ Evil(Richard)<br />

King(John)<br />

Greedy(John)<br />

Brother(Richard,John )<br />

The new KB is propositionalized : proposition symbols are<br />

King(John), Greedy(John), Evil(John), King(Richard ), etc.<br />

Artificial Intelligence: <strong>Predicate</strong> <strong>Logic</strong> Slide: 45

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