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WatchingTelevision watching television A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwO0J55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WatchingSomething</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjWH5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AccessingAnIBT</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjhCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentEvent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjWuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WatchingTelevision</a> is an event in which a person watches a television make sounds and images for entertainment. watching TV Television http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television (SubcollectionOfWithRelationToFn WatchingTelevision infoTransferred Matlock-TheTVShow) watching television that is concerned with Matlock EntertainmentEventType The only current (Jan 1996) motivation for this collection is to enforce sibling disjointness between specs of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjhCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentEvent</a>. type of entertainment event Wikipedia Article URL (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rNv0nbm4TTjOp7yhmnzOyqg" class="cyc_term">wikipediaArticleURL</a> THING URL) means that in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rtqXA6OC8QdiWC72DuLJdUw" class="cyc_term">Wikipedia_WebSite</a> THING is described by an article located at URL wikipediaArticleURL type of temporally stuff-like thing TemporalStuffType A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVir35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> (q.v.) whose instances are all and only those collections that are temporally stuff-like. A collection <code><b>COL</b></code> is temporally stuff-like just in case every purely temporal part (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a>) of an instance of <code><b>COL</b></code> is itself an instance of <code><b>COL</b></code>, unless it is a temporal part of a temporal granule of <code><b>COL</b></code> (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjaJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">granuleOfTemporalStuff</a>). <p/> More precisely, for a collection <code><b>COL</b></code> to be an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a> it is both a necessary and sufficient condition that for any <code><b>OBJ1</b></code> and <code><b>OBJ2</b></code> (with <code><b>OBJ2</b></code> at or above <code><b>COL</b></code>'s temporal granularity level), if <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> <b>OBJ1</b> <b>COL</b>)</code> and <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> <b>OBJ1</b> <b>OBJ2</b>)</code>, then <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> <b>OBJ2</b> <b>COL</b>)</code>. <p/> Consider <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi0gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WalkingOnTwoLegs</a>. Take an arbitrary instance <code><b>WALK</b></code> of this collection (say Miss America 2000's victory walk down the runway and back); and then take an arbitrary time-slice <code><b>SUBWALK</b></code> of <code><b>WALK</b></code> that subsumes at least one instance of (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjaJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">granuleOfTemporalStuff</a> for <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi0gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WalkingOnTwoLegs</a>) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViYBpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TakingAStep</a> (say her trip back from the end of the runway). <code><b>SUBWALK</b></code> is itself an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi0gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WalkingOnTwoLegs</a>. So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi0gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WalkingOnTwoLegs</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a>. See <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViq35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalObjectType</a> for the disjoint notion of being temporally object-like. RecreationalActivity recreational activity The collection of all events which animals (especially humans) do for enjoyment. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvkKMU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CulturalActivity</a>. The concept <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjgzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RecreationalActivity</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv-wD55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanCapabilityType</a>, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvm8XOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LearnedActivityType</a>, and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rsptUGhfiQdmQ1dIv6htA7Q" class="cyc_term">ProcessType</a>. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwAsXo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Observing</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjwtpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VisualPerception</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvneYtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Perceiving_Voluntary</a>. Each instance of this collection is an event involving the deliberate direction of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjwtpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VisualPerception</a> on the part of an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a>. See also the specialization, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rtZe3_JeNQdeFEpWcn6VbTA" class="cyc_term">EyeContact</a>. WatchingSomething watching A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwLCgz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CulturalEvent</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjeRpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ServiceEvent</a>. Each instance of this collection is an activity performed by one or more agents primarily to amuse, entertain or otherwise divert others. Every instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjhCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentEvent</a> necessarily has among its subevents both an instance of (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvaXXZZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PerformingFn</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjhCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentEvent</a>) and an instance of (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwSI6e5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AttendingFn</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjhCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentEvent</a>). It is thus distinguished from <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjgzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RecreationalActivity</a>: a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjgzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RecreationalActivity</a> need not involve any entertainers, whereas an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjhCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentEvent</a> will always involve both an entertainer, and an entertainee. Note: This collection is more general than <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjAJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentPerformance</a>. For instance, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViy25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">JokeTelling</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjhCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentEvent</a>, since it involves both an entertainer and an entertainee, Such an event, however, can occur under informal circumstances, and need not be a formal performance. Thus <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViy25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">JokeTelling</a> is not a spec of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjAJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentPerformance</a>. NB: one need not be an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQrkuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Entertainer</a> to play the role of entertainer in an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjhCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentEvent</a>. entertainment event EntertainmentEvent Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/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/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 WatchingTelevision watching television A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwO0J55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WatchingSomething</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjWH5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AccessingAnIBT</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjhCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentEvent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjWuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WatchingTelevision</a> is an event in which a person watches a television make sounds and images for entertainment. WatchingTelevision watching television A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwO0J55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WatchingSomething</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjWH5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AccessingAnIBT</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjhCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentEvent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjWuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WatchingTelevision</a> is an event in which a person watches a television make sounds and images for entertainment. wikipediaArticleName (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rTv-jk9SPTXa991kk5mAvHg" class="cyc_term">wikipediaArticleName</a> THING NAME) means that in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rtqXA6OC8QdiWC72DuLJdUw" class="cyc_term">Wikipedia_WebSite</a> THING is described by an article with the title NAME Wikipedia Article Name AccessingAnIBT information-accessing event A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVifB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationTransferEvent</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVieP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PurposefulAction</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjWH5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AccessingAnIBT</a> is an action by which an agent accesses the content of some instance(s) of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvkNufpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingThing</a>. Examples include (getting information from) reading a newspaper, watching a film, listening to a musical performance, decoding an encrypted message, seeing a traffic police officer wave one on, or hearing one's roommate ask one to take out the trash.