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How to write these predicates

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lauraberishaj

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Feb 16, 2007
4
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Hi everybody

I have a problem!

I have a file of prolog which I need to extend with some code.

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woman(anna).
woman(mia).
woman(eva).
woman(maja).
woman(nora).
woman(kim).
woman(elfrida).
woman(ana).
man(john).
man(peter).
man(erik).
man(ben).
man(ed).
man(bill).
man(bull).
man(bert).
man(bob).
man(ari).
man(magnus).

happy(anna).
happy(john).
tall(erik).

loves(john,mia).
loves(peter,mia).
loves(erik,eva).
loves(erik,erik).
loves(eva,erik).

married(erik,eva).
married(mia,peter).
married(bill,maja).

childTo(erik, mia, peter).
childTo(eva, ed, elfrida).
childTo(bill, mia, peter).
childTo(maja, bob, ana).
childTo(ben, bob, ana).
childTo(kim, mia, bob).
childTo(nora, mia, peter).

childTo(anna, erik, eva).
childTo(john, eva, erik).
childTo(bull, bill, maja).
childTo(bert, bill, maja).
childTo(ari, ben, kim).
childTo(magnus, ben, nora).

jealous(X,Y) :-
loves(X,Z),loves(Y,Z),
X\==Y,
\+ happy(X)
.

playsAirGuitar(jody).
playsAirGuitar(X) :-
listensToMusic(X),
happy(X)
.

listensToMusic(mia).
listensToMusic(X) :-
(
woman(X) ;
tall(X), man(X)
)
.

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Now I need to add for example :
1. person(P): P is an existing person in the database
2.fatherTo(A,B): A is the father to B
3. father(A): A is a father.
4. siblings(A,B): A and B are siblings (both parents in common)
5. halfSiblings(A,B): A and B are half siblings (only one parent in common)
6. cousins(A,B): A and B are cousins
7. grandmotherTo(A,B): A is a grandmother to B
8. noChildren(A): A has no children
9. ancestor(F,CS,N): F is the ancestor of the people in the list CS and N is the length of CS.


I hope someone can help me, and I would appriciate your help.
Thank You,
Laura

 
1.
Code:
  person(P):-man(P).
  person(P):-woman(P).

2.dont know how you use childTo.assuming child is first then parents.so:
Code:
  fatherTo(A,B):-childTo(B,A,_),man(A).
  fatherTo(A,B):-childTo(B,_,A),man(A).

3.
Code:
  father(A):-man(A),childTo(_,A,_).
  father(A):-man(A),childTo(_,_,A).

and it goes on.
just play with your data,nothing more!

ps.all answers are theoretical and have not been tested.
i just wrote what came in mind first [what i would start from if it was my prob]
 
Hi,

Thanx a lot,
I almost did most of them.
Can you help me with these:

4. siblings(A,B): A and B are siblings (both parents in common)
9. ancestor(F,CS,N): F is the ancestor of the people in the list CS and N is the length of CS.
 
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