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Add more examples, more thoughts and a three-argument "collaborated" rule
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date Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:45:26 +0100
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1 % Make a KB of books and authors and query it.
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2 book(the_long_earth).
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3 book(night_watch).
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4 book(science_of_discworld).
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5 book(lord_of_the_rings).
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6 book(route_666).
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7 book(krokodil_tears).
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8 author(terry_pratchett).
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9 author(stephen_baxter).
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10 author(jack_cohen).
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11 author(ian_stewart).
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12 author(jrr_tolkein).
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13 author(jack_yeovil).
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14 wrote(terry_pratchett, the_long_earth).
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15 wrote(stephen_baxter, the_long_earth).
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16 wrote(terry_pratchett, night_watch).
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17 wrote(terry_pratchett, science_of_discworld).
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18 wrote(jack_cohen, science_of_discworld).
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19 wrote(ian_stewart, science_of_discworld).
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20 wrote(jrr_tolkein, lord_of_the_rings).
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21 wrote(jack_yeovil, route_666).
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22 wrote(jack_yeovil, krokodil_tears).
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24 collaborated(Author1, Author2, Book) :- \+(Author1 = Author2), author(Author1), author(Author2),
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25 wrote(Author1, Book), wrote(Author2, Book), book(Book).
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27 collaborated(Author1, Author2) :- collaborated(Author1, Author2, Book).
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28 % collaborated(terry_pratchett, stephen_baxter). returns true, but collaborated(Author1, Author2). just says "no", as does
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29 % collaborated(terry_pratchett, OtherAuthor). - for some reason it isn't filling in answers. It does, however, correctly
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30 % say that Pratchett never collaborated with Pratchett.
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31 %
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32 % If I remove "\+(Author1 = Author2)" then it successfully returns stephen_baxter for terry_pratchett but also returns
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33 % Pratchett himself as a valid answer as well.
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35 % wrote(terry_pratchett, Book). works to return all books by an author, though.
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36 %
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37 % However, having added a three-argument version, it can correctly identify the books that someone collaborated on if
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38 % you supply both authors.