]> 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. historic event This is the collection of events which are somehow historically significant. HistoricallySignificantEvent historical events historically significant events historical event historic events historically significant event A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXtOhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MilitaryConflictEvent</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwDgCrpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ViolentAction</a>. Each instance of this collection is a state of open, armed, often prolonged conflict carried on between nations, states, or parties. It usually ends only with one of the parties <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV4LYJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Surrendering</a>. war War The Constitutional Convention TheConstitutionalConvention-HistoricEvent An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkDiJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Meeting_SocialGathering</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjeiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CreationEvent</a>. This is the historic meeting during which the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvy_ifZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USConstitution</a> was drafted in the city of Philadelphia, PA. the Underground Railroad TheUndergroundRailroad The group of trials of Nazis that took place in Nuremberg, Germany, following #$WorldWarII. NurembergTrials the Nuremberg Trials the Gettysburg Address GettysburgAddress-Speech TheFrenchRevolution-HistoricEvent the French Revolution AmericanRevolution the American Revolution An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjMsT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Revolution_Political</a>. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rxTFIUuefQdadfLdfnrSwOQ" class="cyc_term">AmericanRevolution</a> is the complex series of events that lead up to the #$AmericanRevolutionaryWar and include the formation of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBeUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesFederalGovernment</a>. TheBostonMassacre-HistoricEvent the Boston Massacre the Challenger accident ChallengerAccident <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwIkWzJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WatergateScandal</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXTNFZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandal</a>. The main event in the scandal was a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters. Taped evidence proved that President <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVizFZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RichardNixon</a> discussed a cover-up just a week after the Watergate burglary. Three days after the White House released transcripts of that taped evidence, Nixon announced his resigation. The scandal also involved a wide range of other crimes. More than 30 officials were convicted. the Watergate scandal WatergateScandal the first lunar landing FirstLunarLanding the Columbia accident ColumbiaAccident IranRevolution-1978-1979 the 1978-79 Iranian revolution The Iranian revolution which deposed the U.S.-backed government of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and brought to power a Shiite Muslim religious oligarchy led by the Ayatollah Khomeini with the declaration of an Islamic republic (April 1, 1979).--Rode, March 15, 1998 BigBangII-British Big Bang II ExecutionOfLouisXVI the execution of Louis XVI The execution of Louis XVI. BigBang-British Big Bang historic event This is the collection of events which are somehow historically significant. HistoricallySignificantEvent historic event This is the collection of events which are somehow historically significant. HistoricallySignificantEvent first-order collection An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rNooX_CChEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FixedOrderCollection</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a> is the collection of all specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Individual</a> (q.v.) Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViq35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalObjectType</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. FirstOrderCollection Event event An important specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYjIS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Situation</a> and thus also of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjj45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntangibleIndividual</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtM0npht0QdiUF94Dipp7Pg" class="cyc_term">TemporallyExistingThing</a> (qq.v). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a> is a dynamic situation in which the state of the world changes; each instance is something one would say "happens". Events are intangible because they are changes per se, not tangible objects that effect and undergo changes. Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjJE4ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event_Localized</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpjZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalEvent</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVioQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Action</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViOtpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeneralizedTransfer</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>s should not be confused with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAw5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeInterval</a>s (q.v.). The temporal bounds of events are delineated by time intervals, but in contrast to many events time intervals have no spatial location or extent. 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 historic event This is the collection of events which are somehow historically significant. HistoricallySignificantEvent historic thing HistoricTemporalThing The collection of all events, people, objects, periods, etc. which are considered to have historical significance. The membership in this collection depends upon time, place, and culture. 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