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Dependency¶

Definition¶

  <dependency type="wh_question" predicate="depending_predicate">
    <question type="wh_question" predicate="predicate_depended_upon"/>
  </dependency>

The element defines dependency from one question to the other.

Attribute	Type	Description
type	string	Question type. This can be a wh-question or other questions.
predicate	string	This is the predicate of the question which depends on the contained question.

Parents¶

<domain>

Children¶

<question>

Behaviour¶

In practice, the use of this element makes TDM see the two questions as related to each other, so that a question about the predicate depended upon is seen as relevant when the user is being asked about the depending predicate. This means that TDM will not see this as a topic switch.

Examples¶

A dependency declaration that states that `some_predicate` is dependent on `explanation_of_word`.¶

  <dependency type="wh_question" predicate="some_predicate">
    <question type="wh_question" predicate="explanation_of_word"/>
  </dependency>