We consider an interaction where one maintains some representation of truth and then performs experiments to strengthen or weaken it.
I see a spreadsheet with employee names and team assignments and wonder, how much of this is true?
Align names with known aliases, count misses. Align teams with repo commits, explore broad or non-committers. Is data fit for purpose?
How Bayes’ Rule Can Make You A Better Thinker. post 
Collaborative Exploration emphasizes the benefit of collaboration where each other's strengths guide the path.
Exploratory Parsing develops a grammatical model, a parser, to represent where facts can be found in data.