Question: Questions and Interrogative Pronouns

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    abstract Question = Cat ** {

A question can be formed from a clause ('yes-no question') or with an interrogative.

      fun
        QuestCl     : Cl -> QCl ;                  -- does John walk
        QuestVP     : IP -> VP -> QCl ;            -- who walks
        QuestSlash  : IP -> Slash -> QCl ;         -- who does John love
        QuestIAdv   : IAdv -> Cl -> QCl ;          -- why does John walk
        QuestIComp  : IComp -> NP -> QCl ;         -- where is John

Interrogative pronouns can be formed with interrogative determiners.

        IDetCN  : IDet -> Num -> Ord -> CN -> IP;  -- which five best songs
        AdvIP   : IP -> Adv -> IP ;                -- who in Europe
    
        PrepIP  : Prep -> IP -> IAdv ;             -- with whom
    
        CompIAdv : IAdv -> IComp ;                 -- where

More IP, IDet, and IAdv are defined in Structural.

    }