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Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. sweepstakes A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaBSgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweepstakes_Event</a> has specs whose <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">subEvents</a> include a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv1jl05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Drawing_RandomSelection</a>; however, not all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>s which have a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv1jl05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Drawing_RandomSelection</a> are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvzXFNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">specs</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaBSgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweepstakes_Event</a>. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKLFE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lottery</a> is not a spec of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaBSgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweepstakes_Event</a>, but <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwRAL1pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PublishersClearingHouse_SweepstakesEvent</a> is. A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaBSgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweepstakes_Event</a> does not require a purchase or a bet. Sweepstakes-Event http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweepstakes PublishersClearingHouse-SweepstakesEvent Publishers Clearing House The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwRAL1pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PublishersClearingHouse_SweepstakesEvent</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAzJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Collection</a> of all the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaBSgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweepstakes_Event</a>s <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">performedBy</a> the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4VD6ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PublishersClearingHouse_Organization</a>. These <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwRAL1pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PublishersClearingHouse_SweepstakesEvent</a>s occur on an annual basis. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwRAL1pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PublishersClearingHouse_SweepstakesEvent</a> would be the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaBSgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweepstakes_Event</a> performed by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4VD6ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PublishersClearingHouse_Organization</a> that occurred for a particular ?YEAR. 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><b>COL</b></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><b>COL</b></code> is not itself an instance of <code><b>COL</b></code>. More precisely, a collection <code><b>COL</b></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><b>OBJ1</b></code> and <code><b>OBJ2</b></code>, if <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> <b>OBJ1</b> <b>COL</b>)</code> and <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> <b>OBJ1</b> <b>OBJ2</b>)</code>, then <i>not</i> <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> <b>OBJ2</b> <b>COL</b>)</code>. <p/> 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 <i>not</i> a temporal-object-type. <p/> 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 sweepstakes A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaBSgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweepstakes_Event</a> has specs whose <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">subEvents</a> include a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv1jl05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Drawing_RandomSelection</a>; however, not all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>s which have a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv1jl05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Drawing_RandomSelection</a> are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvzXFNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">specs</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaBSgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweepstakes_Event</a>. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKLFE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lottery</a> is not a spec of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaBSgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweepstakes_Event</a>, but <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwRAL1pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PublishersClearingHouse_SweepstakesEvent</a> is. A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaBSgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweepstakes_Event</a> does not require a purchase or a bet. Sweepstakes-Event sweepstakes A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaBSgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweepstakes_Event</a> has specs whose <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">subEvents</a> include a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv1jl05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Drawing_RandomSelection</a>; however, not all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>s which have a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv1jl05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Drawing_RandomSelection</a> are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvzXFNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">specs</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaBSgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweepstakes_Event</a>. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKLFE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lottery</a> is not a spec of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaBSgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweepstakes_Event</a>, but <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwRAL1pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PublishersClearingHouse_SweepstakesEvent</a> is. A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaBSgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweepstakes_Event</a> does not require a purchase or a bet. Sweepstakes-Event sweepstakes A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaBSgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweepstakes_Event</a> has specs whose <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">subEvents</a> include a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv1jl05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Drawing_RandomSelection</a>; however, not all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>s which have a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv1jl05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Drawing_RandomSelection</a> are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvzXFNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">specs</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaBSgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweepstakes_Event</a>. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKLFE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lottery</a> is not a spec of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaBSgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweepstakes_Event</a>, but <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwRAL1pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PublishersClearingHouse_SweepstakesEvent</a> is. A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaBSgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweepstakes_Event</a> does not require a purchase or a bet. Sweepstakes-Event The collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZTe2JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GameEvent</a>s that involve either: 1. bets of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjU2JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryValue</a> [<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjEcJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TenderObject</a>] or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwURC85wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Property</a> that are based on the outcome of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv2cAh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GameOfChance_Event</a>, such as in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgDMuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Gambling</a>, or 2. a spec of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv1jl05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Drawing_RandomSelection</a>, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKLFE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lottery</a> or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaBSgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweepstakes_Event</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv2cAh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GameOfChance_Event</a> is a playing of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTeYu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GameOfChance</a>. GameOfChance-Event game of chance CommercialActivity A collection of events and a specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7B1XJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EconomicAction</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjdf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Transaction</a>. Instances of this collection include all types of buying, selling, offering to sell, offering to buy, marketing, paying for bought items, requesting bids, performing services for hire, advertising, etc. Its many specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvpz69ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LoanRepaying</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjXvZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Renting</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtt8wJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProductRecall</a>. <p/> Though there is a great deal of overlap between this collection and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMOJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BusinessEvent</a>, they are not the same. Firstly, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMOJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BusinessEvent</a> does not include any purely social or recreational events (whereas a weekend swap-meet, for example, would be an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViHpJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialActivity</a>). Secondly, not all activities carried out in pursuit of business interests fall under the definition of commercial activity above (consider head-hunting, for example). commercial activity competition Competition A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyEmy5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConflictEvent</a>. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Competition</a> is a conflict event that typically involves one or more agents who are each striving to attain a certain goal uniquely or to outdo the other competitors with respect to some game or task. Examples include arm wrestling contests, football games, fighting for prey, competitive courting, racing events, and spelling bees. Note that it is possible for the competitors in a competition to be unaware that a competition has been going on until after it is over (e.g. the first year a &quot;Best Restaurant in Town&quot; award is given out in a particular city). See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi3D5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">competingAgents</a>.