writing prolog statement with not operator

Question

Hi,

I have prolog statements like this

verb('part_of-8').
noun('doctor_investigation_system-2').
noun('dis-4').
berelation('be-6').
verb('be-6').
noun('hospital_information_system-11').
noun('his-13').
rel('part_of-8', 'doctor_investigation_system-2').
rel('doctor_investigation_system-2', 'dis-4').
rel('part_of-8', 'be-6').
rel('part_of-8', 'hospital_information_system-11').
rel('hospital_information_system-11', 'his-13').

associatedWith(X,Y,Z) :- verb(Y), noun(X), noun(Z),X\=Y,Y\=Z,Z\=X, rel(X,Y), rel(Y,Z), not(beralation(X)), not(beralation(Z)), not(beralation(Y)).

my aim is to get associationWith(X,Y,Z) where X, Y, Z is not a "be" term(berelation), but the above rule taht i have written is not working, what to do to make it work

Answer 1

I believe you're looking for \+ "is not provable" operator

Thus:

associatedWith(X,Y,Z) :-
  verb(Y),
  noun(X),
  noun(Z),
  X\=Y,
  Y\=Z,
  Z\=X,
  rel(X,Y),
  rel(Y,Z),
  \+ beralation(X),
  \+ beralation(Z),
  \+ beralation(Y).

There is another way (without \+, with ! "cut" operator):

associatedWith(X,_,_) :-
  berelation(X), !, fail.
associatedWith(_,Y,_) :-
  berelation(Y), !, fail.
associatedWith(_,_,Z) :-
  berelation(Z), !, fail.
associatedWith(X,Y,Z) :-
  verb(Y),
  noun(X),
  noun(Z),
  X\=Y,
  Y\=Z,
  Z\=X,
  rel(X,Y),
  rel(Y,Z).