This document provides examples of inferential questions to ask about things, people, actions, events, and states. For things and people, it suggests questions about their properties, uses, and relationships. For actions, it focuses on their effects and outcomes. For events, it lists common factors like participants, timing, and location. And for states, it asks about the process involved and changes that result.
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1. Inferential Questions
Things and People:
則 What action does this thing usually perform?
則 What action is usually performed on this thing?
則 How is this thing usually used?
則 What is this thing part of?
則 What is the process for making this thing?
則 What particular taste, feel, smell or sound does this thing have?
則 What particular color, number (or quantity), location, or dimensionality does this thing
have?
則 How is this thing usually sold?
則 What particular emotional state does this person have?
則 Does this thing have a particular value?
則 When this thing is used, does it present a particular danger to other things or to
people? What is it?
Actions:
則 What thing or person usually performs this action?
則 What effect does this action have on the taste, feel, sound, or look of this thing?
則 How does this action typically change the emotional state of a person?
則 How is the value of a thing changed by this action?
則 How does this action change the size or shape of a thing?
則 How does this action change the state of a thing?
Events:
則 What people are usually involved in this event?
則 During what season or time of year does this event usually take place?
則 On what day of the week does this event usually take place?
則 At what time of the day does this event usually take place?
則 Where does this event usually take place?
則 At what point in history did this event take place?
則 What equipment is typically used in this event?
則 How long does this event usually take?
States:
則 What is the basic process involved in reaching this state?
則 What changes occur when something reaches this state?