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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. social occasion Mx4rvVjrvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA SocialGathering A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialOccurrence" class="cyc_term">SocialOccurrence</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a> is an intentional social gathering of people who have the same or similar purposes in attending, and in which there is communication between the participants. Specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BabyShower" class="cyc_term">BabyShower</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Carnival" class="cyc_term">Carnival</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Rally" class="cyc_term">Rally</a>. Note that a group of people waiting to board an elevator is not typically a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a>, even though they share a common purpose, since they are not expected to talk to each other. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social gathering more social Local event get-together Local events most social social social occasions get-togethers gatherings The collection of all seminars. A type of group of meetings, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Education" class="cyc_term">Education</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/EventSeries" class="cyc_term">EventSeries</a>, and group of formal lectures. seminar SeminarSeries reunion Reunion-Gathering The collection of all reunions. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a>. rally Rally A large gathering of people to show and generate support of a specific cause SocialDining social dining A collection of events; a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a>. In each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Joining_SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">Joining_SocialGathering</a>, someone comes into the company of someone else. Joining-SocialGathering joining A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Ritual" class="cyc_term">Ritual</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialRitual" class="cyc_term">SocialRitual</a> is a ritual performed by two or more people. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialRitual" class="cyc_term">SocialRitual</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/GraduationCeremony" class="cyc_term">GraduationCeremony</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/AwardsCeremony" class="cyc_term">AwardsCeremony</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Parade" class="cyc_term">Parade</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Funeral" class="cyc_term">Funeral</a>. social ritual SocialRitual A sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a>. Each instance is an occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children). sleepover Sleepover-SocialGathering Carnival carnival Rides, games, food -- a carnival WeddingEvent-Generic The class of all events associated with marriage. Subsets include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/WeddingCeremony" class="cyc_term">WeddingCeremony</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/WeddingReception" class="cyc_term">WeddingReception</a>. wedding event hosted social event HostedSocialGathering A subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/HostedSocialGathering" class="cyc_term">HostedSocialGathering</a> is the collection of social gatherings which have both a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/hostOfEvent" class="cyc_term">hostOfEvent</a> and one or more guests (cf., <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/guestAtSocialGathering" class="cyc_term">guestAtSocialGathering</a>). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/HostedSocialGathering" class="cyc_term">HostedSocialGathering</a> thus has a 'hosting' sub-event -- see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/HostingASocialGathering" class="cyc_term">HostingASocialGathering</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/hostedGathering" class="cyc_term">hostedGathering</a>. commemoration An action that commemorates some event or person. Commemoration meeting A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Meeting_SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">Meeting_SocialGathering</a> is an event in which people (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/meetingParticipants" class="cyc_term">meetingParticipants</a>) gather intentionally for some common purpose: for example, to communicate with each other, share some experience, or transact some business. Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Meeting_SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">Meeting_SocialGathering</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/StaffMeeting" class="cyc_term">StaffMeeting</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ClassMeeting" class="cyc_term">ClassMeeting</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BusinessMeeting" class="cyc_term">BusinessMeeting</a>. Meeting-SocialGathering FamilyNight family night The highly ritualized act of opening presents that have been given. OpeningPresents opening presents party Party-Celebration A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Party_Celebration" class="cyc_term">Party_Celebration</a> is a social gathering whose main purpose is the entertainment, amusement, or pleasure of those gathered. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Party_Celebration" class="cyc_term">Party_Celebration</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BirthdayParty" class="cyc_term">BirthdayParty</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/DinnerParty" class="cyc_term">DinnerParty</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BabyShower" class="cyc_term">BabyShower</a>. nativity NativityScene The 400th Cyc KB build. This event occured on January 25th, 2001 at Cycorp in Austin, Texas. 400thCycKBBuild 400th Cyc KB Build KE clarifying collection type The collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ClarifyingCollectionType" class="cyc_term">ClarifyingCollectionType</a> that are used by the <font color="#ff0000">#$KRAKEN</font> application to resolve natural language ambiguities. KEClarifyingCollectionType social occasion SocialGathering A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialOccurrence" class="cyc_term">SocialOccurrence</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a> is an intentional social gathering of people who have the same or similar purposes in attending, and in which there is communication between the participants. Specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BabyShower" class="cyc_term">BabyShower</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Carnival" class="cyc_term">Carnival</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Rally" class="cyc_term">Rally</a>. Note that a group of people waiting to board an elevator is not typically a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a>, even though they share a common purpose, since they are not expected to talk to each other. social occasion SocialGathering A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialOccurrence" class="cyc_term">SocialOccurrence</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a> is an intentional social gathering of people who have the same or similar purposes in attending, and in which there is communication between the participants. Specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BabyShower" class="cyc_term">BabyShower</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Carnival" class="cyc_term">Carnival</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Rally" class="cyc_term">Rally</a>. Note that a group of people waiting to board an elevator is not typically a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a>, even though they share a common purpose, since they are not expected to talk to each other. SocialOccurrence A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PurposefulAction" class="cyc_term">PurposefulAction</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CompositePhysicalAndMentalEvent" class="cyc_term">CompositePhysicalAndMentalEvent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialOccurrence" class="cyc_term">SocialOccurrence</a> is an action in which two or more agents take part. In many cases, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialOccurrence" class="cyc_term">SocialOccurrence</a>s involve communication among the participating agents. Some instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialOccurrence" class="cyc_term">SocialOccurrence</a> have very elaborate role structures (e.g. a typical lawsuit), while others have fairly simple role structures (e.g. greeting a colleague at work). social event social occasion SocialGathering A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialOccurrence" class="cyc_term">SocialOccurrence</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a> is an intentional social gathering of people who have the same or similar purposes in attending, and in which there is communication between the participants. Specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BabyShower" class="cyc_term">BabyShower</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Carnival" class="cyc_term">Carnival</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Rally" class="cyc_term">Rally</a>. Note that a group of people waiting to board an elevator is not typically a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a>, even though they share a common purpose, since they are not expected to talk to each other. social occasion SocialGathering A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialOccurrence" class="cyc_term">SocialOccurrence</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a> is an intentional social gathering of people who have the same or similar purposes in attending, and in which there is communication between the participants. Specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BabyShower" class="cyc_term">BabyShower</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Carnival" class="cyc_term">Carnival</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Rally" class="cyc_term">Rally</a>. Note that a group of people waiting to board an elevator is not typically a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a>, even though they share a common purpose, since they are not expected to talk to each other. CulturalActivity The collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CulturalThing" class="cyc_term">CulturalThing</a>s that are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PurposefulAction" class="cyc_term">PurposefulAction</a>s. cultural activity social occasion SocialGathering A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialOccurrence" class="cyc_term">SocialOccurrence</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a> is an intentional social gathering of people who have the same or similar purposes in attending, and in which there is communication between the participants. Specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BabyShower" class="cyc_term">BabyShower</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Carnival" class="cyc_term">Carnival</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Rally" class="cyc_term">Rally</a>. Note that a group of people waiting to board an elevator is not typically a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a>, even though they share a common purpose, since they are not expected to talk to each other. SomeSampleKindsOfSocialActions-Social-Topic some sample kinds of social actions social topic (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/wikipediaArticleURL" class="cyc_term">wikipediaArticleURL</a> THING URL) means that in <font color="#ff0000">#$Wikipedia-WebSite</font> THING is described by an article located at URL wikipediaArticleURL wikipediaArticleURL BT <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/broaderTerm" 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/en/broaderTerm" 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/en/broaderTerm" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> relation actually is. broaderTerm A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ObjectType" 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/en/timeSlices" 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/en/TemporalObjectType" 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/en/isa" class="cyc_term">isa</a> <b>OBJ1</b> <b>COL</b>)</code> and <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/timeSlices" 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/en/isa" 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/en/CalendarYear" class="cyc_term">CalendarYear</a> is itself a calendar year. Likewise for <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TakingAStep" class="cyc_term">TakingAStep</a>. So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CalendarYear" class="cyc_term">CalendarYear</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TakingAStep" class="cyc_term">TakingAStep</a> are both instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TemporalObjectType" class="cyc_term">TemporalObjectType</a>. Conversely, a proper time-slice of a given <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Date" class="cyc_term">Date</a> might itself be a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Date" 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/en/Date" 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/en/TemporalStuffType" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a> for the disjoint notion of being temporally stuff-like. TemporalObjectType temporal object type social occasion SocialGathering A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialOccurrence" class="cyc_term">SocialOccurrence</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a> is an intentional social gathering of people who have the same or similar purposes in attending, and in which there is communication between the participants. Specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BabyShower" class="cyc_term">BabyShower</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Carnival" class="cyc_term">Carnival</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Rally" class="cyc_term">Rally</a>. Note that a group of people waiting to board an elevator is not typically a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a>, even though they share a common purpose, since they are not expected to talk to each other. prettyString (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/prettyString" 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/en/prettyString" 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. Pretty String social occasion SocialGathering A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialOccurrence" class="cyc_term">SocialOccurrence</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a> is an intentional social gathering of people who have the same or similar purposes in attending, and in which there is communication between the participants. Specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BabyShower" class="cyc_term">BabyShower</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Carnival" class="cyc_term">Carnival</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Rally" class="cyc_term">Rally</a>. Note that a group of people waiting to board an elevator is not typically a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialGathering" class="cyc_term">SocialGathering</a>, even though they share a common purpose, since they are not expected to talk to each other.