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When is an inference procedure said to be complete?

  • A.Everything entailed by the premises can eventually be derived
  • B.Everything derived is entailed by the premises
  • C.Every sentence can be shown either true or false
  • D.The procedure halts on every input it is given

Answer: A

Completeness guarantees that the procedure will find a proof whenever one exists, though it may take arbitrarily long. Soundness is the converse, and decidability, that every question receives an answer, is a stronger property first order logic lacks. Halting is related but distinct. A procedure may be sound and complete and still fail to terminate on an unprovable question, which is exactly the situation in first order logic and is worth being precise about.

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