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Inference Rule Premise Slot Match Tool

Compare exact supplied premise identifiers for one explicit inference-rule slot without validating an argument.

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Description

Compare a supplied premise token with an inference-rule slot token.

Evidence records distinguish claims, source origins, confidence labels, logical scope and access status. Repeated citations may share an origin rather than provide independent support; an unknown origin is not proof of independence. A recorded support or witness link does not establish entailment, truth or a valid inference.

Compare a supplied premise token with an inference-rule slot token.

When to use this tool

Use Inference Rule Premise Slot Match when checking the stated evidence, source, confidence or logical-label convention.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter suppliedPremiseId, expectedPremiseId. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read matchesSlot. Inspect matchesSlot before interpreting the associated values.

Require nonempty supplied/expected premise IDs. Return literal equality as matchesSlot.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
suppliedPremiseIdSupplied Premise IdRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
expectedPremiseIdExpected Premise IdRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
matchesSlotMatches SlotRequired. Boolean.
json
{
  "input": {
    "suppliedPremiseId": "P17",
    "expectedPremiseId": "P17"
  },
  "output": {
    "matchesSlot": true
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • This compares identifiers rather than logical formulas; no inference rule, substitution, valid argument or premise truth is checked.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Inspect original evidence and use appropriate complete logical/statistical analysis, preserving uncertainty, provenance and applicable access/reuse permissions.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: epistemology/inference-rule-premise-slot-match — tool.io

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