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Mappings between OpenCyc terms and Wikipedia article names provided by Olena Medelyan and Catherine Legg, University of Waikato, NZ under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. 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. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvcyOaZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Superhero</a> from the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwMeg6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComicBookSeries</a> created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1961. Spiderman's first appearance was in the last issue, no. 15, of Amazing Fantasy. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwNyqV5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Spiderman</a> created a trend in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwMeg6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComicBookSeries</a> that represented a move away from the glossy froth of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvmkYYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Superman</a> toward a more realistic consideration of a character's personality and social milieu. Spidey obtained his superpowers after being bitten by a radioactive spider, causing him to exhibit the proportional strength of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjCnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Spider</a>. He uses home-made 'web-shooters' to extrude long strands of a synthetic web-substance at high speed, and uses these strands to fly through the cityscape in a Tarzan/vine-like manner. Spiderman Spiderman Spidey webhead Peter Parker Spidermans Spider-Man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man 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 The class of fictitious people who perform superhuman feats of strength, bravery or daring. Often such heroes possess special, non-human powers, such as x-ray vision or powers of unassisted flight. In some cases no such superpowers are necessary, as in the case of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvlbjDJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Batman</a>. In their general conception, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvcyOaZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Superhero</a>es are conceived of as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvtwAoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vigilante</a> crime-fighters superhero Superhero MaleHuman male person The collection of all male instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rIcwFloGUQdeMlsOWYLFB2w" class="cyc_term">HomoSapiens</a>. 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 <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvtwAoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vigilante</a>s are people who take law into their own hands, by seeking out, and often punishing, perceived wrong-doers without the full force of the law on their side. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvtwAoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vigilante</a>s are often perceived as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjIu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Criminal</a>s in their own right. vigilante Vigilante A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a>, and an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvw00wJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanTypeByLifeStageType</a>. Each instance of this collection is a person old enough to participate as an independent, mature member of society. In most modern Western contexts it is assumed that anyone over 18 is an adult. However, in many cultures, adulthood occurs when one reaches puberty. Adulthood is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVin4pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">contiguousAfter</a> (q.v.) childhood. Notable specializations of this collection include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViyfpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AdultMaleHuman</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVix8ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AdultFemaleHuman</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVibu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MiddleAgedHuman</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjZtZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OldHuman</a>. HumanAdult human adult The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvcyOaZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Superhero</a> from the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwMeg6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComicBookSeries</a> created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1961. Spiderman's first appearance was in the last issue, no. 15, of Amazing Fantasy. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwNyqV5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Spiderman</a> created a trend in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwMeg6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComicBookSeries</a> that represented a move away from the glossy froth of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvmkYYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Superman</a> toward a more realistic consideration of a character's personality and social milieu. Spidey obtained his superpowers after being bitten by a radioactive spider, causing him to exhibit the proportional strength of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjCnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Spider</a>. He uses home-made 'web-shooters' to extrude long strands of a synthetic web-substance at high speed, and uses these strands to fly through the cityscape in a Tarzan/vine-like manner. Spiderman Spiderman Mutant The collection of organisms (people, plants, etc.) that have mutated away from their natural state, either through some genetic disorder or through some exposure to <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgEFjZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RadioactiveStuff</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQLZlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mutant</a>s have a valid scientific status (especially with regard to plants and genetic experimentation), but the concept is often stretched into the realms of the fantastic in contexts such as that of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvcyOaZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Superhero</a> (e.g., see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwNyqV5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Spiderman</a>). mutant FictionalCharacter fictitious character This is the collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQwwBZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FictionalThing</a> which are also instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a>. Thus <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwHKvgpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FictionalCharacter</a> excludes such instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQwwBZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FictionalThing</a> as Golden Mountains, which are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQwwBZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FictionalThing</a>, but are not instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a>. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvcyOaZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Superhero</a> from the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwMeg6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComicBookSeries</a> created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1961. Spiderman's first appearance was in the last issue, no. 15, of Amazing Fantasy. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwNyqV5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Spiderman</a> created a trend in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwMeg6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComicBookSeries</a> that represented a move away from the glossy froth of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvmkYYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Superman</a> toward a more realistic consideration of a character's personality and social milieu. Spidey obtained his superpowers after being bitten by a radioactive spider, causing him to exhibit the proportional strength of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjCnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Spider</a>. He uses home-made 'web-shooters' to extrude long strands of a synthetic web-substance at high speed, and uses these strands to fly through the cityscape in a Tarzan/vine-like manner. Spiderman Spiderman 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