]> 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. Comedian The collection of all comedians, who are persons who perform comedic entertainment as art. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjEJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artist_Performer</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHlJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Comedian</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvxw_ApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainerTypeByActivity</a>, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r47Ru3NpoQdeTed0_ATzdJQ" class="cyc_term">ArtistTypeByArtForm</a>, and an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rcBeCItjbQdeDNJmB1g8x4g" class="cyc_term">Artist_PerformerTypeByPerformanceType</a>. comedian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedian comic comedienne comics comedians comediennes The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHlJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Comedian</a> who perform standup routines at nightclubs. standup comedian StandupComedian The collection of all clowns. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjal5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StagePerformer</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHlJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Comedian</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgHzjJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Clown</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvxw_ApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainerTypeByActivity</a>. Clown clown MoeHoward Moe Howard Curly Howard CurlyHoward MinniePearl Minnie Pearl DavidLetterman David Letterman Tom Arnold TomArnold BobNewhart Bob Newhart LarryFine Larry Fine ShempHoward Shemp Howard JerrySeinfeld Jerry Seinfeld Comedian The collection of all comedians, who are persons who perform comedic entertainment as art. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjEJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artist_Performer</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHlJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Comedian</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvxw_ApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainerTypeByActivity</a>, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r47Ru3NpoQdeTed0_ATzdJQ" class="cyc_term">ArtistTypeByArtForm</a>, and an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rcBeCItjbQdeDNJmB1g8x4g" class="cyc_term">Artist_PerformerTypeByPerformanceType</a>. comedian <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> <b>TERM1</b> <b>TERM2</b>)</code> means that <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is <i>broader</i> than <code><b>TERM1</b></code>, in an extremely general sense of &quot;broader&quot;. For example, <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is, in the relevant sense, broader than <code><b>TERM1</b></code> if any of the following hold:<br><br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection that subsumes <code><b>TERM1</b></code>; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection that has <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as an instance; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection, instances of which have instances of the collection <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as parts; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> has <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as a part; <br><br> This list of reasons for why <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> <b>TERM1</b> <b>TERM2</b>)</code> could hold is not exhaustive, but it should give a good indication of how general the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> relation actually is. BT broaderTerm artist performer type by performance type A collection of collections. Each instance is a spec of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjEJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artist_Performer</a> whose instances are all of the same performance type. Artist-PerformerTypeByPerformanceType Comedian The collection of all comedians, who are persons who perform comedic entertainment as art. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjEJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artist_Performer</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHlJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Comedian</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvxw_ApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainerTypeByActivity</a>, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r47Ru3NpoQdeTed0_ATzdJQ" class="cyc_term">ArtistTypeByArtForm</a>, and an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rcBeCItjbQdeDNJmB1g8x4g" class="cyc_term">Artist_PerformerTypeByPerformanceType</a>. comedian artist type by art form ArtistTypeByArtForm A collection of collections. Each instance is a spec of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwMcZI5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artist</a> whose instances are all of the same art form. Comedian The collection of all comedians, who are persons who perform comedic entertainment as art. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjEJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artist_Performer</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHlJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Comedian</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvxw_ApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainerTypeByActivity</a>, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r47Ru3NpoQdeTed0_ATzdJQ" class="cyc_term">ArtistTypeByArtForm</a>, and an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rcBeCItjbQdeDNJmB1g8x4g" class="cyc_term">Artist_PerformerTypeByPerformanceType</a>. comedian Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString Comedian The collection of all comedians, who are persons who perform comedic entertainment as art. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjEJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artist_Performer</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHlJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Comedian</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvxw_ApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainerTypeByActivity</a>, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r47Ru3NpoQdeTed0_ATzdJQ" class="cyc_term">ArtistTypeByArtForm</a>, and an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rcBeCItjbQdeDNJmB1g8x4g" class="cyc_term">Artist_PerformerTypeByPerformanceType</a>. comedian Comedian The collection of all comedians, who are persons who perform comedic entertainment as art. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjEJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artist_Performer</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHlJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Comedian</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvxw_ApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainerTypeByActivity</a>, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r47Ru3NpoQdeTed0_ATzdJQ" class="cyc_term">ArtistTypeByArtForm</a>, and an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rcBeCItjbQdeDNJmB1g8x4g" class="cyc_term">Artist_PerformerTypeByPerformanceType</a>. comedian Artist-Performer A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwMcZI5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artist</a> and of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrkuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Entertainer</a>. Each instance of this collection is a person watched by the audience during some instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjAJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentPerformance</a>. Note that this collection includes only individual performers and not, for instance, musical groups (for that, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwDSivJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MusicPerformanceAgent</a>). performing artist type of entertainer EntertainerTypeByActivity <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvxw_ApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainerTypeByActivity</a> is a collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvxw_ApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainerTypeByActivity</a> is a collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrkuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Entertainer</a>s who perform the same kind of activity. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv1Snr5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Magician</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Actor</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqXpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MusicalPerformer</a> are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvxw_ApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainerTypeByActivity</a>. This collection can be used to generate English questions to aid classification in a clarification dialogue. See <font color="#ff0000">#$NoteAboutHowFacetAssertionsAreUsed</font>. Since instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrkuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Entertainer</a> can engage in more than one activity of this sort, the elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvxw_ApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainerTypeByActivity</a> need not be disjoint.