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B.5.QD:4.3 - Give the new question an answer form

Say what would answer the question: for example, a construction, an explanatory relation, a bound, a counterexample or a condition under which an operation works. State the objects, allowed changes and premises that can alter the answer.

Connect that answer to its possible use. “Find a partition” and “return a partition or an odd-cycle witness” make different contributions: the second also explains failure. “Predict the position” and “bound the reachable positions” may serve the same present decision at different effort.

Separate a proposed answer from the question. “Does this procedure always terminate on finite inputs?” remains a useful question when the proposed positive answer is false. The failing case can open the question of a termination condition or another procedure.

If a question combines several missing contributions, make the dependency visible. For a physical calculation, you may first need a model that determines a quantity, then a computation of that model, then an interpretation for action. B.5.MPC coordinates those contributions. Name the first unresolved connection so a person, AI agent or group can work on it using the available subject knowledge and tools.