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Informal competence questions in the Temporal evolution modelet

Question 1

Question

What geographical entities of a defined type exist at a given time?

Expected result

The list of geographical features according to the given type (street, district, etc.) with their period name.

Example

Question: What roads existed in Paris in 1860? Answer:

addr:LM_00534107-721b-49b6-b126-98b5fe0681a6,"rue de Rochechouart"@fr
...
addr:LM_99c2ec65-89d1-404e-93a1-6b1cbd68ed5a,"place du Trône"@fr

Question 2

Question

Over which time interval(s) is a given name address valid?

Expected result

A list of time intervals giving the validity of the address.

Example

Question: In which years can we find the address that reads ‘3 rue de la vieille place aux veaux’?
Answer: the years when this address existed under the name ‘3 rue de la vieille place aux veaux’, represented in the form of one (or more) time interval(s) : [1646-1855]

Question 3

Question

What is the history of a landmark?
There are two alternatives:

  • (a) what events are associated with it?
  • (b) what states are associated with it?

Expected result

A list of events describing changes to the benchmark (a) or a list of ordered versions each describing the benchmark over a given time interval (b).

Example

Question: What is the history of the Place de la Nation?
Answers :
(a)

1728 : place du Trône is created
10 August 1792 : name change from place du Trône to place du Trône Renversé
around 1814 : name change from place du Trône Renversé to place du Trône
2 July 1880 : name change from place du Trône to place de la Nation

(b)

  • [1728,1792-08-10] :
    • name : place du Trône
    • geometry : "POLYGON(...)"
    • location : former 8th arrondissement of Paris
  • ...
  • [1880-07-02,...] :
    • name : place de la Nation
    • geometry : "POLYGON(...)"
    • location : 11th et 12th arrondissement of Paris

Question 4

Question

What states and events are missing from an address history?

Expected result

A list of ‘phantom’ states (respectively events) and the events (respectively states) to which they are linked.