]> 2008/06/10 OpenCyc Knowledge Base Copyright© 2001-2008 Cycorp, Inc., http://www.cyc.com/, Austin, TX, USA This file contains an OWL representation of information contained in the OpenCyc Knowledge Base. The content of this OWL file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license whose text can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode. The content of this OWL file, including the OpenCyc content it represents, constitutes the "Work" referred to in the Creative Commons license. The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. one at A time action type OneAtATimeActionType The collection of types of action which occupy the doer to such an extent that two such actions cannot be done simultaneously by the same doer.

<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">subEvents</a> are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJie_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Inhaling_BreathingIn</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1e3pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Exhaling_BreathingOut</a>; <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjzhZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TakingABreath</a> is part of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi3c5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Breathing</a>. breath TakingABreath

eating a meal HavingAMeal A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViN65wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanActivity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjMMJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HavingAMeal</a> is an event in which one or more diners consume a meal. Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjMMJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HavingAMeal</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVig25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HavingBreakfast</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjF75wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HavingLunch</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HavingDinner</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViC7pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HavingASnack</a>.

The collection of events in which a performer loses control of his/her leg muscles while in a standing posture and abruptly falls unless supported by arms or by others. collapsing legs CollapsingLegs

FlingingArmsWide flinging arms wide

ejaculation Ejaculating The collection of ejaculation events. In an individual event in this collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgC-zpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Semen</a> passes through the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjkypwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Urethra</a> from the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6trqZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Prostate</a> out of the body transiting the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvrlD0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CorpusSpongiosum</a> (which would normally be engorged with blood for this process), the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdCpE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GlansPenis</a>, and therefore the length of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjkCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Penis</a>. This is a normal subevent (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">subEvents</a>) of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL8pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SexualCopulation</a>.

Blinking blink The reflex movement of closing one's eyelids.

Stepping out of bounds or leaving your lane during a sports event. stepping out of bounds SteppingOutOfBounds

tackle The process of catching, immobilizing, and slamming to the ground some moving object (like Herschel Walker). Tackling

The action of sitting down. SittingDown sitting down

GoingToWork The event of going to work. going to work

Bowing bow

Performing a dance motion, any of many different bodily movements that, taken together, make up a dance. PerformingADanceMotion performing a dance motion

The collection of all escapes from <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvem215wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Prison</a>. In every instance, some <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a> who was confined to a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvem215wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Prison</a> escapes from those confines, against the will of whatever <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a> was doing the imprisoning (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rionaviDNEdaAAACQJ5pZBw" class="cyc_term">GettingFreeFromControl</a>). Note that the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a> doing the escaping may be an individual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a> or a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Group</a> of people, provided the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Group</a> is known to qualify as an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a> in its own right. escaping prison EscapingPrison

tasting A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViI65wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ingesting</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4jqZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalDestructionEvent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EatingAMorsel</a> is an event that starts with holding food, is followed by then chewing the food (if necessary), then swallowing it. When <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rIcwFloGUQdeMlsOWYLFB2w" class="cyc_term">HomoSapiens</a> eat a morsel, the first thing they must do is hold the food somehow. If it is with a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPznZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Tool</a>, then the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV0FMZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">deviceUsed</a> should be a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKCJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SilverwarePiece</a> or pair of #$ChopSticks. If one is grabbing the food by hand then <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj2G5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GrabbingOntoWithHand</a> is used. Next <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOw5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Chewing</a> happens (unless the food is a liquid). <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Swallowing</a> ends after <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOw5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Chewing</a> ends. EatingAMorsel

SpreadingArmsApart The collection of all events in which a person spreads apart his or her arms. This usually signifies magnanimousness, feelings of inclusion, welcoming, etc. spreading arms apart

The collection of events in which a person loses consciousness and physically collapses. Fainting occurs as a result of various causes, including physical shocks and strong emotions of surprise, grief, or fear. fainting FaintingEvent

sipping The liquid analogue of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EatingAMorsel</a>. Consists of manually grasping a drinking vessel, moving it to the mouth and pouring fluid into the mouth. The last thing to happen is swallowing. DrinkingASip

pushing off Pushing with arms or legs to initiate movement. For example, to start from a standing position in ice skating or to move away from the wall in swimming. PushingOff

GettingAnErection getting an erection The collection of events in which erotic stimulation, either sensory or from memory, causes the corpora cavernosa of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjkCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Penis</a> of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MaleAnimal</a> to fill with blood, with the result that the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjkCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Penis</a> becomes rigid, erect, and enlarged. This state is generally a prerequisite to <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL8pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SexualCopulation</a> or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwEMMN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ejaculating</a>. (Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvy89sJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CorpusCavernosum</a>.)

The collection of all instances which are commonly referred to as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi495wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Insect</a>s biting. This collection includes <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvn04fJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HavingABloodMeal</a> which is the action done by mosquitoes that results in what is commonly referred to as a mosquito bite, as well as instances of ant bites, flea bites, etc. insect biting InsectBiting

Mooning The collection of all events in which someone uncovers their <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjhD5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buttocks</a> and points them toward the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a>(s) they wish to provoke (i.e. the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVwuhZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">communicationTarget</a>). mooning

DailyMorningRoutine daily morning routine The complex sequence of actions one performs on a typical working day morning in order to get ready to leave the house.

going to sleep GoingToSleep The collection of events in which an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViwMZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Animal</a> goes from the state of being awake to being in a state of sleep.

Sneezing This is the collection of acts of making a violent spasmodic expiration of breath from the mouth or nose. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwRN-sJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sneezing_AilmentCondition</a>. sneeze

orgasm HavingAnOrgasm

ScorpionSting scorpion sting

brushing of teeth This is the collection of all complex actions the focal point of which is brushing one's own teeth. Each instance begins with the preparations for brushing one's teeth--looking for the tools--and continues through the physical act of brushing, ending only after the cleaning up--putting away the tools--is finished. For the simple physical action of brushing one's teeth, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVio-JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TeethCleaning</a>. BrushingTeeth

The movement of crossing one's legs, while sitting, standing, or reclining. crossing legs CrossingLegs

The event of doing a day's work. DoingADaysWork doing a day's work

The set of actions in which a person kisses his/her hand and blows on it, as if blowing the kiss toward the recipient(s); generally, something done by a performer in front of a crowd of fans. blowing a kiss BlowingAKiss

Suddenly catching the breath. Gasping gasp

swallowing Swallowing A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjz2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodilyFunctionEvent</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj245wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyMovementEvent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Swallowing</a> is an event in which an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViwMZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Animal</a> moves a solid or a liquid from its <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVidh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mouth</a> to its <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjlqpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stomach</a>.

turning away from something TurningAway To rotate the body away from something, usally done in shame or embarrassment.

Hiccoughing hiccoughing The spasmodic inhaling of air. Note that inhaling is a subProcess and thereby cotemporal with this. This is just one hiccoughing event. That they often occur in a series (as do <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjRFJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Coughing</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjSW5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sneezing</a>, etc) is not yet expressed here.

CoveringOnesOwnFace The set of actions in which a person covers his (or her) face. Often it is done to prevent others from seeing the person's expression of some emotional response; may be done with the hands, an article of clothing, a newspaper, etc. covering one's face

going to the bathroom GoingToTheBathroom The collection of all scripts in which a person uses a facility designed to accept excreta by excreting into the facility. Other <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">subEvents</a> might include opening and closing a lid of the facility and using <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ToiletPaper</a>.

Miscarriage A natural ending of a pregnancy, which is not a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVizDJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BirthEvent</a>. miscarriage

stepping TakingAStep The act of raising a foot, moving it forwards (backwards in ab cases) and placing it down again.

HangingOnesHead hanging ones head The set of actions in which a performer lowers his (or her) head by bending the neck forward; usually understood to express shame or disappointment.

The event of returning home from work. going home from work ComingHomeFromWork

dodge DodgingSomething The act of moving quickly out of the way of some object which would otherwise have hit you.

The collection of events in which an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViwMZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Animal</a> goes from the state of being asleep to being in a waking state. WakingUpFromSleep rousing

StingingByBee bee sting

The collection of all specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a>, that is, of all collections of (first-order) collections, and an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHUFI8h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">ThirdOrderCollection</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHQdVmB_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">SecondOrderCollection</a> are collections of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a>s. Any instance of any instance of any instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHQdVmB_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">SecondOrderCollection</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Individual</a>. SecondOrderCollection second-order Cyc collection A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a> (q.v.) whose instances are all and only those collections that are temporally object-like. A collection <code>COL</code> is temporally object-like just in case it generally holds that any proper purely temporal parts (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a>) of an instance of <code>COL</code> is not itself an instance of <code>COL</code>. More precisely, a collection <code>COL</code> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViq35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalObjectType</a> just in case it satisfies the following: For any distinct <code>OBJ1</code> and <code>OBJ2</code>, if <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> OBJ1 COL)</code> and <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> OBJ1 OBJ2)</code>, then not <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> OBJ2 COL)</code>. For example, none of the proper time-slices of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjyV5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CalendarYear</a> is itself a calendar year. Likewise for <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYBpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TakingAStep</a>. So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjyV5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CalendarYear</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYBpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TakingAStep</a> are both instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViq35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalObjectType</a>. Conversely, a proper time-slice of a given <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVisWZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Date</a> might itself be a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVisWZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Date</a> (e.g. an hour has minutes and seconds as time-slices); so <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVisWZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Date</a> is not a temporal-object-type. See <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a> for the disjoint notion of being temporally stuff-like. TemporalObjectType temporal object type one at A time action type OneAtATimeActionType The collection of types of action which occupy the doer to such an extent that two such actions cannot be done simultaneously by the same doer. The collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_4bScKNtQdiVw7XtX-HN0Q" class="cyc_term">ClarifyingCollectionType</a> that are used by the #$KRAKEN application to resolve natural language ambiguities. KE clarifying collection type KEClarifyingCollectionType one at A time action type OneAtATimeActionType The collection of types of action which occupy the doer to such an extent that two such actions cannot be done simultaneously by the same doer.