Subject: Re: [lojban] mansa

From: Bob LeChevalier <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 12:21:02 -0400

At 03:15 PM 6/2/02 +0000, you wrote:
>I have a question about the definition of {mansa}:
>
>mansa satisfy
> x1 satisfies evaluator x2 in property (ka)/state x3
>
>Is the "evaluator" x1 here a person performing a judgment
>or a condition like in "the variable X satisfies the equation Y"?
>
>If x1 can be only a person what can we use in the latter example:
>{mapti} (match) or {cipra} (test)?

I would use mapti for the equation example.

The words are all related, though. Given a situation or property, you 
might want to test (cipra) whether something matches (mapti) that situation 
or property, such as the variable X in your example. mansa allows for the 
fact that outside of mathematics, the minimal standard for passing or 
mapti-ing a test is at the discrimination of the person evaluating the test.

lojbab