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BP1194 Bongard Problems listed in Harry E. Foundalis's collection vs. not.
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BP2
BP3
BP4
BP5
BP6
BP7
BP8
BP9
BP10
BP11
BP12
BP13
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BP20
BP21
BP22
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BP24
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BP28
BP29
BP30
BP31
BP32
BP33
BP34
BP35

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BP501
BP503
BP504
BP505
BP506
BP507
BP508
BP509
BP510
BP1194
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COMMENTS

Alternatively, BP pages on the OEBP with number less than or equal to 394 vs. other BP pages.

REFERENCE

https://www.foundalis.com/res/bps/bpidx.htm

CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP1189 BP1190 BP1191 BP1192 BP1193  *  BP1195 BP1196 BP1197 BP1198 BP1199

EXAMPLE

Foundalis's collection includes all Bongard Problems by Bongard.

KEYWORD

meta (see left/right), links, right-self, time

AUTHOR

Aaron David Fairbanks

BP1190 BPs with a precisely defined pool of examples vs. BPs with an imprecisely defined pool of examples.
BP3
BP6
BP13
BP103
BP292
BP312
BP329
BP334
BP376
BP384
BP386
BP390
BP391
BP557
BP558
BP560
BP569
BP576
BP788
BP856
BP891
BP897
BP898
BP905
BP922
BP932
BP942
BP945
BP949
BP956
BP961
BP962
BP988
BP989
BP993

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COMMENTS

Left-sorted Bongard Problems are tagged with the keyword "preciseworld" on the OEBP.


The keyword "preciseworld" basically means: if a new Bongard Problem were created to sort whether or not examples fit in the pool of examples in the original Bongard Problem, it would be tagged precise.


For a Bongard Problem fitting left, the intended class of examples sorted by the Bongard Problem is clear-cut.

For a Bongard Problem fitting right, there isn't any obvious boundary to take as delimiting the pool of potential examples. There is an imprecise fading of relevancy rather than a natural cutoff point.



Sometimes there are specific notable cases of potential examples for which there is ambiguity about whether they belong.


For example, the empty square (zero dots) has been left out of BP989. This is perhaps the only obvious example that is ambiguous as to whether it should be considered as belonging to the pool of examples shown in the Bongard Problem (or any similar dot-counting Bongard Problem).

(There would be no ambiguity if it were actually included in the Bongard Problem.)

(Whether or not zero seems like an obvious example also has a cultural component (see culture); someone who is not accustomed think of zero as a number might not see this as ambiguous at all.)

Larger pools of examples make the absence of notable border cases like this more conspicuous and intentional-seeming. (See also discussion at left-narrow.) But expanding the pool of examples cannot resolve certain border cases: if the rule of the Bongard Problem by nature leaves unsorted a potential example that is a border case for even fitting in with the rest of the examples, its absence doesn't communicate anything; whether it belongs with the pool of examples remains ambiguous.



It is tempting to make another another "allsortedworld" analogous to allsorted. But the pool of relevant examples fitting in a Bongard Problem is like a Bongard Problem with only one side: a collection satisfying some rule. Would there be any difference between precise and allsorted for a Bongard Problem with only one side?

CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP1185 BP1186 BP1187 BP1188 BP1189  *  BP1191 BP1192 BP1193 BP1194 BP1195

EXAMPLE

Bongard Problems featuring generic shapes ( https://oebp.org/search.php?q=world:fill_shape ) have not usually been labelled "preciseworld". (What counts as a "shape"? Can the shapes be fractally complicated, for example? What exactly are the criteria?) Nonetheless, these Bongard Problems are frequently precise.

KEYWORD

meta (see left/right), links, keyword

AUTHOR

Aaron David Fairbanks

BP1189 Bongard Problems where there is an obvious relevant case that fits neither in the left collection nor the right collection vs. other Bongard Problems.
BP339
BP570
BP961
BP1108
BP1168
BP1193
BP1
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COMMENTS

Left-sorted Bongard Problems have the keyword "neither" on the OEBP.


This keyword is for Bongard Problems for which some obviously relevant case, in the same class as the shown examples, clearly would not fit in with either of the two sides.



An example falling in the threshold between a less-than/greater-than comparison (keyword spectrum) is a special case; it is easy to view such an example as belonging on both sides (keyword both) as well as neither side.

NOTE: It might be nice to have a separate keyword for tracking these special-case spectrum-based ambiguities (because they don't quite suit the keywords "both" or "neither"). - Aaron David Fairbanks, Apr 16 2022

CROSSREFS

See also both.

The keywords "neither" and allsorted are mutually exclusive.


Usually, Bongard Problems with a case that fits neither side in a clear-cut way are precise.

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP1184 BP1185 BP1186 BP1187 BP1188  *  BP1190 BP1191 BP1192 BP1193 BP1194

KEYWORD

meta (see left/right), links, keyword

AUTHOR

Aaron David Fairbanks

BP1188 Bongard Problems where there exists an overlap between the collections shown left and right vs. other Bongard Problems.
BP328
BP339
BP345
BP932
BP961
BP1213
BP1
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COMMENTS

Left-sorted Bongard Problems have the keyword "both" on the OEBP.


The archetypal example is "rhombuses vs. rectangles".


Notice "rhombuses vs. rectangles" could alternatively be interpreted as "not rectangles vs. not rhombuses"; by this less natural interpretation, a square would fit on neither side (keyword neither) rather than both.


In fact, for any Bongard Problem solution "A vs. B", there are three alternative solution descriptions: "A vs. not A", "not B vs. B", and "not B vs. not A". These are not necessarily just different wordings of the same answer. For example, "rhombuses vs. not rhombuses" and "not rectangles vs. rectangles" differ on where they would sort a square. (This discrepancy between "A vs. not A" and "B vs. not B" occurs whenever "A vs. B" does not sort all relevant cases. See the keyword allsorted.)


"Is a rhombus" and "is a rectangle" are what are on the OEBP called "narrow" patterns, while "is not a rectangle" and "is not a rhombus" are not. (See keywords left-narrow and right-narrow for more explanation.)

CROSSREFS

The keywords both and allsorted are mutually exclusive.

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP1183 BP1184 BP1185 BP1186 BP1187  *  BP1189 BP1190 BP1191 BP1192 BP1193

KEYWORD

meta (see left/right), links, keyword

AUTHOR

Aaron David Fairbanks

BP1186 Bongard Problem with solution relating to concept: element-wise symmetry vs. Bongard Problem unrelated to this concept.
BP986
BP1092
BP1185
BP1187
BP1268
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CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP1181 BP1182 BP1183 BP1184 BP1185  *  BP1187 BP1188 BP1189 BP1190 BP1191

KEYWORD

meta (see left/right), links, metaconcept

CONCEPT This MBP is about BPs that feature concept: "element_wise_symmetry"

WORLD

bp [smaller | same | bigger]

AUTHOR

Leo Crabbe

BP1182 Meta Bongard Problems about object-wise comparison vs. other meta Bongard Problems.
BP787
BP908
BP909
BP928
BP929
BP1176
BP1177
BP1179
BP1180
BP1181
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CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP1177 BP1178 BP1179 BP1180 BP1181  *  BP1183 BP1184 BP1185 BP1186 BP1187

KEYWORD

notso, meta (see left/right), links

AUTHOR

Leo Crabbe

BP1181 Unordered object-wise comparison Bongard Problems where the number of objects can vary between examples vs. similar Bongard Problems where certain objects are distinguishable in some consistent way across all examples.
BP840
BP841
BP842
BP1135
BP956
BP1138
BP1157
BP1175
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COMMENTS

Any "sequence" (BP929left) or "grid" (BP1176left) Problems will be sorted right.

CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP1176 BP1177 BP1178 BP1179 BP1180  *  BP1182 BP1183 BP1184 BP1185 BP1186

KEYWORD

unwordable, meta (see left/right), links

WORLD

[smaller | same | bigger]

AUTHOR

Leo Crabbe

BP1180 Bongard Problems where every example establishes its own distinct "world" of allowed objects vs. Bongard Problems where every example pulls from the same set of allowed objects.
BP139
BP142
BP144
BP145
BP353
BP354
BP356
BP357
BP360
BP364
BP365
BP373
BP379
BP380
BP393
BP792
BP841
BP917
BP951
BP979
BP981
BP986
BP998
BP999
BP1003
BP1004
BP1049
BP1110
BP1123
BP1127
BP1153
BP1157
BP1175
BP1185
BP1191

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BP48
BP90
BP121
BP149
BP189
BP291
BP840
BP956
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COMMENTS

Left-sorted Problems have the keyword "miniworlds" on the OEBP.


All examples in this Problem are visual Bongard Problems with multiple objects in most panels. This is key as an intuitive set of allowable objects needs to be communicated by any one sorted image.


There is a decent degree of overlap between rules and "miniworlds", but BP1049 is an example of a "miniworlds" problem where the rule is constant across examples, and BP1155 is an example of a "rules" Problem that would not be tagged "miniworlds".


Although this Problem does sort any BP whose examples are images of Bongard Problems left, it is probably best not to consider them to avoid clutter and more unnecessary keywords being attached to them.

CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP1175 BP1176 BP1177 BP1178 BP1179  *  BP1181 BP1182 BP1183 BP1184 BP1185

KEYWORD

meta (see left/right), links, keyword

WORLD

visualbp [smaller | same | bigger]

AUTHOR

Leo Crabbe

BP1179 Object-wise comparison Bongard Problems where the number of objects in each panel can vary vs. object-wise comparison Bongard Problems with a fixed number of objects in each panel.
BP318
BP840
BP841
BP842
BP1135
BP1138
BP1157
BP1175
BP922
BP1110
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COMMENTS

This Problem sorts all sequence and grid Problems on its left, and all orderedpair, unorderedpair, orderedtriplet, unorderedtriplet, fixedsequence, and fixedgrid Problems on its left.


Right-sorted examples could collectively be called "n-wise comparison Problems".

CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP1174 BP1175 BP1176 BP1177 BP1178  *  BP1180 BP1181 BP1182 BP1183 BP1184

KEYWORD

meta (see left/right), links

WORLD

zoom in left

AUTHOR

Leo Crabbe

BP1178 Formatted object comparison Bongard Problems where each example pulls from a fixed set of usable objects vs. formatted object comparison Bongard Problems where the set of usable objects varies across examples.
BP904
BP922
BP926
BP931
BP956
BP1147
BP1148
BP1149
BP986
BP1049
BP1123
BP1175
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COMMENTS

Examples sorted by this problem need to be Bongard Problems with some multiple disconnected shapes in them that are formatted in some way.


Problems do not necessarily need symbols to recur across examples to be sorted left.


Right-sorted Problems usually vary their object "language" across examples to emphasise the generality of their solution. Every example in these problems would be thought of as having its own intuitive "world".


TO DO: Figure out whether to implement the prerequisite "You must easily be able to think of a way that a sorted problem could be redrawn such that its sorting in this Problem would switch." This restriction would eliminate problems like BP121 from being sorted, for example, as its solution hinges on the consistency of the symbols across examples. The keyword consistentsymbols already describes problems like this. This also eliminates problems like BP998 from sorting.


TO DO: Should this problem's world be changed from "Formatted object comparison BPs" to "object comparison BPs"? This would allow for some nice Problems like BP841 to be sorted, but may make things too broad.

CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP1173 BP1174 BP1175 BP1176 BP1177  *  BP1179 BP1180 BP1181 BP1182 BP1183

KEYWORD

meta (see left/right), links

AUTHOR

Leo Crabbe

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