I think I understand what you mean, but what would that 'extra context' look like? For example, could 'practical' knot tying be modelled as a sequence of state

I think I understand what you mean, but what would that 'extra context' look like? For example, could 'practical' knot tying be modelled as a sequence of states? So one state would be 'untied' and then the next might be 'looped under', then 'end passed through loop' and so on? If i think about the enormous pain i had when first tying a bow-tie... then realistically there are all sorts of details like which hand you hold which part with :/