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What is a fact in a knowledge base?

  • A.A statement whose truth the system has verified against the world
  • B.A sentence that cannot be contradicted by any later assertion
  • C.An asserted sentence taken to be true
  • D.A conclusion derived by the inference engine from other sentences

Answer: C

Facts are the sentences put into the knowledge base directly, as distinct from the conclusions a reasoner derives from them. Whether they are true of the world is beyond the system's reach and is the responsibility of whoever supplied them. Verification and irrefutability are different notions. Keeping the asserted and the derived clearly apart is what allows a conclusion to be traced back to its premises when it turns out to be wrong.

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