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    Challenges→The representations 'Easy-to-please(John)' and 'Eager-to-please(John)' efface the semantic asymmetry between sentences (20) and (21).

    Predicate-argument representations are tools for inference tracking, not exhaustive semantic analyses, so notational economy is a virtue, not a defect.

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    • 1.Inference systems require tractable representations; exhaustive semantic detail creates computational bottlenecks that impede practical reasoning.
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    • 2.Notation economy reduces cognitive load for users, making formal systems more interpretable and less prone to notational errors.
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    • 3.Context-dependent semantic features can be recovered from background knowledge; encoding them redundantly in notation violates parsimony principles.
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    • 1.Economy-first notation risks encoding ambiguities that lead to invalid inferences when semantic distinctions are quietly overlooked.
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    • 2.Inference tracking divorced from semantic completeness conflates mapping logical form with understanding meaning, a fundamentally different task.
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    • 3.Assuming context always recovers omitted details fails when systems operate across unfamiliar domains or encounter genuine semantic gaps.
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