commitment

An internal obligation to make some sentence true, a key abstraction for Elephant speech acts.

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Commitment (Abstract Performative)
related_to
Internal commitment to make a sentence true; correctness requires fulfillment; example of abstract performative not necessarily externally expressed.
obligations
associated_with
Legal or social duties incurred through speech acts like promises, important for commercial programs.

cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edge

Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

make commitmentmethod0.888
Internal action to create a commitment object in Elephant.
cancel commitmentmethod0.842
Internal action to revoke a commitment in Elephant.
exists commitmentmethod0.841
Predicate to check whether a commitment exists.
What class of sentences to allow as expressing various kinds of commitments?question0.780
Open problem on the expressiveness of commitment sentences.
Commitments are like specifications, but they are to be considered as dynamic, i.e. specific commitments are created as the program runs.claim0.775
Dynamic nature of commitments.
Engagementmethod0.769
Attribute: exchange, entering into a relation of dialogue or contest.
biddingconcept0.766
The act of placing monetary bids in the auction phase.
Closingmethod0.760
Dynamic condition: ending a branch or closing a frame.