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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. SymbolicObject icon A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKrQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicThing</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdCO4pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanAccessibleIBO</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicObject</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKrQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicThing</a> that has some material part (i.e. is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>), and symbolizes some thing, event or achievement, without describing it propositionally in any detail. Examples include national flags, military medals and ribbons, an Oscar, a Crucifix, a caduceus, and printed trademark logos of commercial brands. Only some instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicObject</a> have the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-lujZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">primaryFunction</a> of serving as symbols (e.g. national flags, war memorials); others are symbolic in a secondary capacity (e.g. a gravestone symbolizes death but its primary function is as a marker), and/or acquire symbolic associations over time (e.g. Ellis Island). Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicObject</a> include the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1lTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArcDeTriomphe</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgEMDZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StatueOfLiberty</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPzYFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PyramidOfCheops</a>, a hangman's noose, a Menorah, a white dove. Negative examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPBZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalAnthem</a>s and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBf_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Swastika</a>s projected on walls, because these do not have a material part; for such symbols use the broader collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKrQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicThing</a>. symbolic object symbolic objects icons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icon embassy The collection of all embassies, the buildings in which official diplomatic representations are hosted. For the office itself see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVmmK5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Embassy_TheMission</a>. EmbassyBuilding The collection of all embodiments. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicObject</a>. Embodiment embodiment A collection of symbolic objects. Each element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQ_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Insignia</a> is a visual configuration conventionally associated with some organization, person, or other agent. Elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQ_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Insignia</a> include monograms, company logos, devices of heraldry, totems, the official seals of universities, etc. Insignia insignia The collection of all thrones. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjo_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Chair_PieceOfFurniture</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicObject</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rOVxI-im6QdifN7MwFspDTQ" class="cyc_term">Throne</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. Throne throne Academy Award statuette A collection of objects. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwHfrXpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Oscar_Statuette</a> is a small gold-colored statuette, based on the design of Cedric Gibbons and used by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwE2qF5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AcademyOfMotionPictureArtsAndSciences</a> to symbolize the awards it gives for achievement in motion pictures. Oscar-Statuette memorial MemorialMarker A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicObject</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVidpZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConstructionArtifact</a>. Each instance of this collection is an artifact built to commemorate an individual, group of individuals or event. The collection includes gravestones, statues, and pyramids. See <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPzmhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">honorsThing</a> and its specializations. Large and imposing instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1rJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MemorialMarker</a> fall under the more specialized collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwtQJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Monument</a>. The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr1CJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GovernmentalBuilding</a> wherein instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4A_2hI2bQdiY2PczkXJ4BQ" class="cyc_term">Parliament</a> gather to do legislative business. ParliamentBuilding parliament building An award certificate-- a paper symbol of an award. AwardCertificate award certificate trophy A collection of objects. Each element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgEOvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Trophy</a> is a solid tangible object with a symbolic meaning, awarded to some agent(s) in recognition for winning some competition or achieving some goal. Trophies typically contain (e.g., in engraved writing) the name of the award, date, and name(s) of the recipient(s). Examples: the Heisman trophy, the Americas Cup, an Oscar. Trophy signature A specialization of #$HandWriting. The collection of tokens of a person's name, written by his or her own hand. Signature token A collection of small symbolic artifacts, normally made of metal. The collection includes medals (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOYJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Medal_Physical</a>) and coins (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJ0pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Coin_Currency</a>) as well as privately issued <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjMQpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Currency</a> substitutes and similar objects. Token-Physical SymbolicObject A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKrQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicThing</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdCO4pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanAccessibleIBO</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicObject</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKrQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicThing</a> that has some material part (i.e. is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>), and symbolizes some thing, event or achievement, without describing it propositionally in any detail. Examples include national flags, military medals and ribbons, an Oscar, a Crucifix, a caduceus, and printed trademark logos of commercial brands. Only some instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicObject</a> have the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-lujZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">primaryFunction</a> of serving as symbols (e.g. national flags, war memorials); others are symbolic in a secondary capacity (e.g. a gravestone symbolizes death but its primary function is as a marker), and/or acquire symbolic associations over time (e.g. Ellis Island). Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicObject</a> include the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1lTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArcDeTriomphe</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgEMDZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StatueOfLiberty</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPzYFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PyramidOfCheops</a>, a hangman's noose, a Menorah, a white dove. Negative examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPBZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalAnthem</a>s and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBf_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Swastika</a>s projected on walls, because these do not have a material part; for such symbols use the broader collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKrQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicThing</a>. icon SymbolicObject A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKrQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicThing</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdCO4pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanAccessibleIBO</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicObject</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKrQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicThing</a> that has some material part (i.e. is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>), and symbolizes some thing, event or achievement, without describing it propositionally in any detail. Examples include national flags, military medals and ribbons, an Oscar, a Crucifix, a caduceus, and printed trademark logos of commercial brands. Only some instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicObject</a> have the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-lujZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">primaryFunction</a> of serving as symbols (e.g. national flags, war memorials); others are symbolic in a secondary capacity (e.g. a gravestone symbolizes death but its primary function is as a marker), and/or acquire symbolic associations over time (e.g. Ellis Island). Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicObject</a> include the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1lTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArcDeTriomphe</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgEMDZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StatueOfLiberty</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPzYFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PyramidOfCheops</a>, a hangman's noose, a Menorah, a white dove. Negative examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPBZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalAnthem</a>s and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBf_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Swastika</a>s projected on walls, because these do not have a material part; for such symbols use the broader collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKrQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicThing</a>. icon <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> TERM1 TERM2)</code> means that <code>TERM2</code> is broader than <code>TERM1</code>, in an extremely general sense of "broader". For example, <code>TERM2</code> is, in the relevant sense, broader than <code>TERM1</code> if any of the following hold: <code>TERM2</code> is a collection that subsumes <code>TERM1</code>; <code>TERM2</code> is a collection that has <code>TERM1</code> as an instance; <code>TERM2</code> is a collection, instances of which have instances of the collection <code>TERM1</code> as parts; <code>TERM2</code> has <code>TERM1</code> as a part; This list of reasons for why <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> TERM1 TERM2)</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 A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> (q.v.). Moreover, each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a collection that is temporally stuff-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a>) but physically-spatially object-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>) -- i.e. object-like with respect to some physical-spatial part-whole predicate (e.g. some specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r8a2smPXcQdiEoJhcx65EiQ" class="cyc_term">properPhysicalDecompositions</a>). Consider the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>. Further, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is temporally stuff-like: any one of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> of a given copy <code>COPY</code> of (say) "Moby Dick" is still a copy of "Moby Dick". (Most collections of tangible objects are temporally stuff-like in this way.) But <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is spatially object-like: if we take a scalpel and slice <code>COPY</code> into ten pieces, each piece is not a copy of "Moby Dick". So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVir35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>. ExistingObjectType type of object Artifact A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkF6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InanimateObject</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkH_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact</a> is an at least partially tangible thing which was intentionally created by an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a> (or a group of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a>s working together) to serve some purpose or perform some function. In order to create an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkH_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact</a>, it is not necessary that an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a> create the matter out of which the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkH_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact</a> is composed; rather, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a> can create an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkH_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact</a> by assembling or modifying existing matter. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkH_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact</a>s include a wooden flute that's been whittled from a tree branch, a sawhorse that's been put together out of boards and nails, and a coin that's been minted by embossing or by melting liquid silver into a mold. In addition to the obvious human artifacts (buildings, tools, textiles, power lines), the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkH_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact</a> also includes certain sorts of things made by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViwMZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Animal</a>s, such as bird nests, termite mounds, and beaver dams. Artifacts without any tangible parts are excluded from the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkH_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact</a>; they are included in the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtisp5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact_Intangible</a>. artifact SymbolicObject A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKrQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicThing</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdCO4pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanAccessibleIBO</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicObject</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKrQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicThing</a> that has some material part (i.e. is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>), and symbolizes some thing, event or achievement, without describing it propositionally in any detail. Examples include national flags, military medals and ribbons, an Oscar, a Crucifix, a caduceus, and printed trademark logos of commercial brands. Only some instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicObject</a> have the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-lujZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">primaryFunction</a> of serving as symbols (e.g. national flags, war memorials); others are symbolic in a secondary capacity (e.g. a gravestone symbolizes death but its primary function is as a marker), and/or acquire symbolic associations over time (e.g. Ellis Island). Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicObject</a> include the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1lTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArcDeTriomphe</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgEMDZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StatueOfLiberty</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPzYFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PyramidOfCheops</a>, a hangman's noose, a Menorah, a white dove. Negative examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPBZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalAnthem</a>s and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBf_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Swastika</a>s projected on walls, because these do not have a material part; for such symbols use the broader collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKrQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicThing</a>. icon A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvrtS6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanAccessibleIBT</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj2rJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingObject</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdCO4pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanAccessibleIBO</a> is an object (i.e. an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>) that can be interpreted by a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a> to yield information. Examples include street signs, product wrappings and roulette wheels. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj2rJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingObject</a>s requiring a device to convert them into human understandable form (such as DVDs) are not included. Most instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdCO4pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanAccessibleIBO</a> are also instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_W6CJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StillImageSource</a>. Objects such as Braille book copies, however, are not (since they are not interpreted visually). Objects that are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvrtS6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanAccessibleIBT</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_W6CJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StillImageSource</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkH_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact</a> fall into the collection defined as the intersection of these three -- <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjgDpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HardcopyInformationBearingObject</a>. human culture specific information bearing object HumanAccessibleIBO candidate KB completeness node CandidateKBCompletenessNode InformationAndCWs-Topic information and CWs topic 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 A collection of collections and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a> is a collection C of spatial things (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatialThing</a>), where each of the spatial things in C is spatially disjoint with the other spatial things in C. For example, the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Dog</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>, since dogs do not spatially overlap. Even pregnant dogs do not spatially overlap the pups they bear; rather, pregnant dogs contain their unborn pups. Other instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwVGrQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LatitudeLine</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvW4n1pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CompactDisc_Audio</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwR7UWZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PlanetaryBody</a>. An important specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a> is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjlE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointRegionType</a> (a collection of specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">City</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwT-n15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TrueContinent</a>). spatially disjoint object type SpatiallyDisjointObjectType A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvu__KJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationStore</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwBObNJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyIntangibleIndividual</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKrQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicThing</a> symbolizes some thing or event or achievement, without describing it in any detail. Examples include halos (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvzaw1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Halo_Symbolic</a>), <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPBZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalAnthem</a>s, school colors, and physical objects such as national flags which are instances of the (notable) subcollection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicObject</a>. Note that instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKrQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicThing</a> can be <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvkNufpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingThing</a>s or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwClAZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConceptualWork</a>s. They generally do not have propositional information (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAqJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PropositionalInformationThing</a>) contents -- rather, they are typically associated (by an informed interpreter) with particular entities. To emotional interpreters, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a>s, symbolic objects are often evocative of certain attitudes associated with the entities symbolized -- such as nationalism, respect, school spirit, hatred, reverence, etc. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKrQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicThing</a> differs from <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjJhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Signal</a> in that <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjJhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Signal</a>s are one-time-only occurrences, whereas <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKrQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicThing</a>s are open to their characteristic interpretation any time they are encountered. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwDZeOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">signifiesTo</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvX_fqJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">signifies</a>. symbolic representation SymbolicThing 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 <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYbXiJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">QueryAugmentationApplication</a> to resolve natural language ambiguities. QAClarifyingCollectionType QA clarifying collection type SymbolicObject A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKrQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicThing</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdCO4pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanAccessibleIBO</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicObject</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKrQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicThing</a> that has some material part (i.e. is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>), and symbolizes some thing, event or achievement, without describing it propositionally in any detail. Examples include national flags, military medals and ribbons, an Oscar, a Crucifix, a caduceus, and printed trademark logos of commercial brands. Only some instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicObject</a> have the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-lujZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">primaryFunction</a> of serving as symbols (e.g. national flags, war memorials); others are symbolic in a secondary capacity (e.g. a gravestone symbolizes death but its primary function is as a marker), and/or acquire symbolic associations over time (e.g. Ellis Island). Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicObject</a> include the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1lTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArcDeTriomphe</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgEMDZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StatueOfLiberty</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPzYFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PyramidOfCheops</a>, a hangman's noose, a Menorah, a white dove. Negative examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPBZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalAnthem</a>s and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBf_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Swastika</a>s projected on walls, because these do not have a material part; for such symbols use the broader collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKrQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicThing</a>. icon