Prolog

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/prolog

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the programming paradigm?Logic programming language
2. What is the foundational logic basis?First-order logic
3. What is Prolog and how does it solve puzzles?Prolog is a computer language that uses facts and rules to find answers, like a puzzle solver that thinks about what is true instead of how to do steps.
4. Why is Prolog different from other programming languages?Unlike languages that give step-by-step instructions, Prolog tells the computer what is true and lets it figure out the steps, making it good for thinking about knowledge.

First-Order Logic: A formal system of logic that allows quantification over variables and predicates.
Unification: The process of finding substitutions for variables to make two logical terms identical.
Backtracking: A general algorithm for finding solutions by incrementally building candidates and abandoning them when they cannot be completed.