An Incremental Framework for Topological Dialogue Semantics: Efficient Reasoning in Discrete Spaces

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Main Author: Santacana, Andreu Ballus
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contents We present a tractable, incremental framework for topological dialogue semantics based on finite, discrete semantic spaces. Building on the intuition that utterances correspond to open sets and their combinatorial relations form a simplicial complex (the dialogue nerve), we give a rigorous foundation, a provably correct incremental algorithm for nerve updates, and a reference implementation in the Wolfram Language. The framework supports negative nerve computation (inconsistency tracking), consequence extraction, and a transparent, set-theoretic ranking of entailments. We clarify which combinatorial properties hold in the discrete case, provide motivating examples, and outline limitations and prospects for richer logical and categorical extensions.
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spellingShingle An Incremental Framework for Topological Dialogue Semantics: Efficient Reasoning in Discrete Spaces
Santacana, Andreu Ballus
Logic in Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence
Algebraic Topology
Logic
03B05, 55U10, 68T27
F.4.1; I.2.3; I.2.4
We present a tractable, incremental framework for topological dialogue semantics based on finite, discrete semantic spaces. Building on the intuition that utterances correspond to open sets and their combinatorial relations form a simplicial complex (the dialogue nerve), we give a rigorous foundation, a provably correct incremental algorithm for nerve updates, and a reference implementation in the Wolfram Language. The framework supports negative nerve computation (inconsistency tracking), consequence extraction, and a transparent, set-theoretic ranking of entailments. We clarify which combinatorial properties hold in the discrete case, provide motivating examples, and outline limitations and prospects for richer logical and categorical extensions.
title An Incremental Framework for Topological Dialogue Semantics: Efficient Reasoning in Discrete Spaces
topic Logic in Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence
Algebraic Topology
Logic
03B05, 55U10, 68T27
F.4.1; I.2.3; I.2.4
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00615