Re: [lojban] "knowledge as to who saw who" readings

[pycyn@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/11/2001 6:11:00 PM Central Daylight Time, jjllambias@hotmail.com writes:

What if the set of answers does not include the {noda} case?
Let's say that {ma} presupposes {da}, so that {ma} expects a
positive answer only. Since I don't admit {na'i} as a member
of the set of answers, that would mean that {noda} is out.

I think this is just a contextual matter, i.e., sometimes the presupposition is that there are some cases, sometimes there is no such presupposition.  I am not sure that the difference is regularly marked.  So, sometimes even {da broda} is an answer, sometimes it is not -- and similarly {noda} (which would come in in one case only after {na'i}, however you work that).  

<It is probably the case that "who" does have existential import,
otherwise phrases like "who if anyone" would be redundant.>

Might just be clarifying in an uncertain situation.