Pragmatics Domain Ontology

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Pragmatics Domain Ontology v1.0
Kireth Semantic Library
Source: https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/domain-ontologies/language-domains/pragmatics-domain-ontology.html
Status: Domain-based draft; source page content not independently verified.

flow "PragmaticsDomainOntology" v1.0

DOMAIN:
  id: language.pragmatics
  label: Pragmatics Domain Ontology
  parent: language-domains
  scope: Context-dependent meaning, speaker intention, conversational inference and language use.

ENTITY_TYPES:
  Utterance: {fields: [id, text, language, speaker_id, timestamp, context_id]}
  Speaker: {fields: [id, role, intentions, beliefs]}
  Addressee: {fields: [id, role, common_ground]}
  CommunicativeContext: {fields: [id, setting, participants, time, place, social_norms]}
  SpeechAct: {fields: [id, act_type, propositional_content, felicity_conditions]}
  Implicature: {fields: [id, inferred_content, trigger, defeasible]}
  Presupposition: {fields: [id, proposition, projection_status]}
  DeicticExpression: {fields: [id, form, deixis_type, referent]}
  ReferentialExpression: {fields: [id, form, candidate_referents]}
  ConversationalTurn: {fields: [id, utterance_id, sequence_index, response_to]}
  DiscourseGoal: {fields: [id, goal, participants]}
  PolitenessStrategy: {fields: [id, strategy, face_goal, cultural_context]}
  CommonGround: {fields: [id, propositions, participants, valid_at]}
  PragmaticInterpretation: {fields: [id, utterance_id, interpretation, evidence, confidence]}

RELATIONSHIP_TYPES:
  UTTERED_BY: Utterance -> Speaker
  ADDRESSED_TO: Utterance -> Addressee
  OCCURS_IN: Utterance -> CommunicativeContext
  PERFORMS: Utterance -> SpeechAct
  IMPLICATES: Utterance -> Implicature
  PRESUPPOSES: Utterance -> Presupposition
  CONTAINS_DEIXIS: Utterance -> DeicticExpression
  REFERS_TO: ReferentialExpression -> Entity
  RESPONDS_TO: ConversationalTurn -> ConversationalTurn
  PURSUES_GOAL: Speaker -> DiscourseGoal
  USES_STRATEGY: Utterance -> PolitenessStrategy
  DEPENDS_ON: PragmaticInterpretation -> CommunicativeContext
  GROUNDED_IN: PragmaticInterpretation -> CommonGround

CONSTRAINTS:
  - Interpret deictic expressions relative to speaker, addressee, time and place.
  - Do not equate literal sentence meaning with intended speaker meaning.
  - Treat conversational implicatures as defeasible, not logical entailments.
  - Track whether presuppositions are accepted, contested or accommodated.
  - Record cultural and situational limits for politeness interpretations.
  - Avoid inferring intentions as facts without supporting contextual evidence.

INFERENCE_RULES:
  - id: R1_CONTEXTUAL_REFERENCE
    when: deictic_expression AND context_has_relevant_anchor
    then: propose_contextual_referent
    qualification: retain_ambiguity_if_multiple_candidates
  - id: R2_INDIRECT_SPEECH_ACT
    when: literal_form_differs_from_plausible_communicative_goal
    then: propose_indirect_speech_act
    qualification: hypothesis_not_certainty
  - id: R3_CONVERSATIONAL_IMPLICATURE
    when: utterance AND shared_context AND apparent_relevance
    then: derive_defeasible_implicature
    qualification: cancel_if_explicitly_denied_or_context_changes
  - id: R4_PRESUPPOSITION
    when: utterance_contains_presupposition_trigger
    then: identify_presupposed_proposition
    qualification: distinguish_trigger_from_truth
  - id: R5_DISCOURSE_UPDATE
    when: interpretation_accepted_by_participants
    then: update_common_ground
    qualification: preserve_source_and_time
  - id: R6_CONTEXT_REVISION
    when: context_or_common_ground_changes
    then: re_evaluate_context_dependent_interpretations

CONFIDENCE:
  range: [0.0, 1.0]
  evidence_factors: [explicit_context, participant_confirmation, discourse_coherence, referent_uniqueness, cultural_fit]
  rule: Confidence is calibrated to evidence; no default certainty for inferred intent.

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE:
  compare: [speech_act, intended_proposition, referent_resolution, context, implicatures]
  rule: Similar wording does not establish pragmatic equivalence across contexts.

PROVENANCE:
  required: [source_utterance, context_reference, inference_rule, observation_time, model_version]
  preserve: [alternative_interpretations, uncertainty, revision_history]

FLOW_HASH:
  method: SHA-256
  input: canonical_serialisation_of_flow_definition
  note: Compute on publication; do not substitute a fabricated digest.

UPDATE_MODEL:
  triggers: [new_utterance, context_change, participant_correction, new_evidence, ontology_revision]
  actions: [reassess_referents, revise_implicatures, update_common_ground, recalculate_confidence, regenerate_flow_hash]
  versioning: retain_previous_versions

AI_CONSUMPTION:
  supported_tasks: [contextual_language_understanding, dialogue_analysis, speech_act_detection, reference_resolution, conversational_reasoning]
  output_fields: [interpretation, speech_act, referents, implicatures, presuppositions, confidence, provenance]
  safeguards: [do_not_assert_unverified_intent, preserve_ambiguity, respect_context, distinguish_inference_from_observation]

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