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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. EngagementEvent betrothal The collection of engagements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a>s to get married. An engagement lasts from the time two <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a>s agree to marry one another until either (1) they get married or (2) they break off the engagement. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjWoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">firstSubEvents</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj9TJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EngagementEventPart_BecomingEngaged</a>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betrothal engagements engagement betrothals A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjeiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CreationEvent</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6wB1JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CooperationEvent</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViexZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Communicating</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVihhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MakingAnAgreement</a> is an event in which two or more agents specify the terms of an agreement (see the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVivo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agreement</a>) to which they will be agreeing parties (see the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjcJZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">agreeingAgents</a>), and subsequently enter into that agreement. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVihhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MakingAnAgreement</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj9TJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EngagementEventPart_BecomingEngaged</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjZyJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EmployeeHiring</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjMtZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DeclaringCeaseFire</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWD1HZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MakingAReservation</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwL9R45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BreakingAnAgreement</a>. MakingAnAgreement authorization SomeSampleKindsOfSocialActions-Social-Topic some sample kinds of social actions social topic EngagementEvent betrothal The collection of engagements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a>s to get married. An engagement lasts from the time two <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a>s agree to marry one another until either (1) they get married or (2) they break off the engagement. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjWoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">firstSubEvents</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj9TJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EngagementEventPart_BecomingEngaged</a>. gift giving occasion GiftGivingOccasionType The collection of all occasion types for which it is appropriate (relative to some social norm) to give a gift to a person. Each instance is a collection of events of a certain type. Some instances are such that gifts are given on that occasion to recipients who participate in the event merely as a celebrant (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAFJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">socialParticipants</a>), e.g., <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ChristmasHoliday</a>. Other instances are such that gifts are given on that occasion only to recipients who play the role of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">performedBy</a> in the event, e.g., <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWVcIZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GraduatingEvent</a>. 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 EngagementEvent betrothal The collection of engagements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a>s to get married. An engagement lasts from the time two <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a>s agree to marry one another until either (1) they get married or (2) they break off the engagement. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjWoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">firstSubEvents</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj9TJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EngagementEventPart_BecomingEngaged</a>. EngagementEvent betrothal The collection of engagements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a>s to get married. An engagement lasts from the time two <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a>s agree to marry one another until either (1) they get married or (2) they break off the engagement. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjWoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">firstSubEvents</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj9TJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EngagementEventPart_BecomingEngaged</a>.