Relations and patterns
Pattern-based relations are a legacy workflow. New graphs use stored relations by default. If you’re still using patterns or you’re not sure which system your graph is on, see Migration to stored relations.
The legacy pattern workflow recognizes a few common writing and outlining structures and converts them into discourse relations.
Question Informed by Evidence
- Go into a Question page.
- Create a block and reference an evidence page.
Like this:
The system recognizes that this piece of evidence informs the question.
Claim Supported by Evidence
Create a block anywhere and reference a claim page. We’ll call this the claim block.
Indent a block underneath the claim block and reference the page [[SupportedBy]]. We’ll call this the connecting block.
Indent a block underneath the connecting block and reference an evidence page.
Like this:
The system recognizes that this piece of evidence supports that claim.
Claim Opposed by Evidence
Create a block anywhere and reference a claim page. We’ll call this the claim block.
Indent a block underneath the claim block and reference the page [[OpposedBy]]. We’ll call this the connecting block.
Indent a block underneath the connecting block and reference an evidence page.
Like this:
The system recognizes that this piece of evidence opposes that claim.