pm#entity something that can be "involved" in a situation
closed_exclusion: situation
supertype: thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
subtype: object__entity_with_spatial_feature spatial object (space, location or physical object) or description medium/container (e.g., string, language, image); in a 4D ontology, an object is something whose spatiotemporal extent is thought of as dividing into spatial parts roughly parallel to the time-axis
subtype: spatial_object__spatialobject object which as a direct spatial location, e.g., physical object, spatial region or shape
subtype: space point or extent in space
subtype: physical_endurant__PED
subtype: object__physical_independent_continuant click here for details
subtype: mathematical_point__point a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a point is defined by its coordinates"
subtype: 2D_object
subtype: 3D_object
subtype: information_bearing_thing__informationbearingthing http://www.cyc.com/cycdoc/vocab/info-vocab.html#InformationBearingThing
subtype: self_connected_object object that does not consist of two or more disconnected parts
subtype: substance__amount_of_matter___divisible_entity_without_discrete_parts object in which every part is similar to every other in every relevant respect; more precisely, something is a substance when it has only arbitrary pieces as parts - any part has properties which are similar to those of the whole; note that a substance may nonetheless have physical properties that vary, e.g., the temperature, chemical constitution, density, etc. may change from one part to another; examples: body of water, air, cement
subtype: corpuscular_object__corpuscularobject__composite_entity__compositeentity___divisible_entity_with_discrete_parts self_connected_object whose parts have properties that are not shared by the whole
subtype: transit_way__transitway
subtype: food
subtype: collection__physical_collection such a collection has members like a class, but unlike a class, it has a position in space-time and members can be added and subtracted without thereby changing the identity of the collection; some examples are toolkits, football teams, and flocks of sheep
subtype: non_spatial_object__nonspatialobject abstraction or description content/medium/container (a description medium that has some spatial feature is both instance of sumo#object and pm#non_spatial_object
subtype: attribute_or_quality_or_measure e.g., mass, mass unit, 1 kg, frequency, [2-3] hz, color, blue, speed, 1 m/s
subtype: time_measure__temporal_attribute_or_quality_or_measure temporal duration or positions of time_points and time_intervals along the universal timeline
subtype: physical/spatial_attribute_or_quality_or_measure e.g., mass/length/color measure; here are most of the subtypes of #property.attribute, e.g., #visual_property
subtype: process_attribute_or_quality_or_measure e.g., a speed measure
subtype: psychological_attribute_or_quality_or_measure
subtype: social_attribute_or_quality_or_measure
subtype: modality_measure e.g., pm#never is as an instance
subtype: numeric_attribute__numericattribute
subtype: unit_of_measure Any kind of unit of measure, metre, dollar, kilogram, etc.
subtype: security_attribute
subtype: Attribute
subtype: quantity any specification of how many or how much of something there is
subtype: measure__quantity__amount__quantum how much there is of something that you can measure
subtype: attribute an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
subtype: property__attribute__dimension a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished; "self-confidence is not an endearing property"
subtype: magnitude_relation__magnituderelation__quantitative_relation a relation between magnitudes
subtype: non_spatial_object_that_is_not_an_attribute_or_quality_or_measure
subtype: description_content/medium/container__descriptioncontent/medium/container
subtype: non_spatial_collection__nonspatialcollection__true_collection something gathering separated things (entities/situations) and that is not a spatial object
subtype: abstract__entity_without_spatial_feature e.g., knowledge, motivation, measure; properties or qualities as distinguished from any particular embodiment of the properties/qualities in a physical medium; instances of sumo#abstract can be said to exist in the same sense as mathematical objects such as sets and relations, but they cannot exist at a particular place or time without some physical encoding or embodiment
subtype: psychological_entity__psychologicalentity feature/product of mental activity, e.g., feeling
subtype: Attribute
subtype: type second-order type or more
subtype: set_or_class like sumo#set_or_class but including rdfs#class too
subtype: description_content__descriptioncontent__information e.g., a narration, an hypothesis
subtype: abstract__abstract_entity distinguished from sumo#abstract because John Sowa does not seem to categorize all types of relations, sets, classes, attributes, quantities and graphs under this category; see http://www.jfsowa.com/ontology/toplevel.htm and http://www.jfsowa.com/ontology/roles.htm
subtype: abstract__abstraction__ab
subtype: quantity any specification of how many or how much of something there is
subtype: abstract_object a thing that does not exist in space-time; click here for details
subtype: non_spatial_object_playing_some_role
subtype: psychological_entity__psychologicalentity feature/product of mental activity, e.g., feeling
subtype: entity_playing_some_role e.g., an agent, an owner
subtype: owned_entity__ownedentity
subtype: possession anything owned or possessed
subtype: good_point__goodness__good that which is good or valuable or useful: "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization"
subtype: bad_point__badpoint__badness__badnes that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency: "take the bad with the good"
subtype: creation_result__creation an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
subtype: entity_part
subtype: physical_entity_part_or_substance
subtype: variable something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation; "the weather is one variable to be considered"
subtype: tool
subtype: artifact
subtype: instrument.tool__tool the means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease"
subtype: situation_result__situationresult
subtype: process_recipient__processrecipient recipient of a process
subtype: recipient__receiver a person who gets something
subtype: process_object__processobject
subtype: depicted_object__subject__content something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"
subtype: causal_entity__agent something (animal or software agent) able to act
subtype: goal_directed_agent goal directed causal entity, e.g., a problem solver or an interactional agent
subtype: perhaps_goal_directed_causal_entity e.g., supernatural forces
subtype: without_goal_causal_entity non conscious entity and not AI_Agent
subtype: agentive_physical_object__APO something or someone that can act on its own and produce changes in the world
subtype: agentive_social_object__ASO
subtype: computer_code__code (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
subtype: imaginary_entity__imaginaryentity an entity that has been imagined
subtype: imaginary_spatial_entity__imaginaryspatialentity e.g., a cartoon character
subtype: essential__necessity__requirement__requisite__necessary anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"
subtype: desideratum something desired as a necessity; "the desiderata for a vacation are time and money"
subtype: want__need anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"
subtype: inessential__nonessential anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials"
subtype: adjunct something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
subtype: self-contained_entity__thing a separate and self-contained entity
subtype: anything a thing of any kind; "do you have anything to declare?"
subtype: something a thing of some kind; "is there something you want?"
subtype: anticipation some early entity whose type or style anticipates a later one; "there were many anticipations of Darwinian theory"; "the hour glass was an anticipation of the clock"
subtype: unnamed_thing__unnamedthing__thing an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell what the thing was"
subtype: change.thing a thing that is different; "he inspected several changes before selecting one"
subtype: freshener anything that freshens
subtype: horror.thing something that inspires horror; something horrible; "the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him"
subtype: jimhickey__jimdandy__crackerjack something excellent of its kind; "the bike was a jimdandy"
subtype: security_blanket.thing__securityblanket (informal) anything that an adult person uses to reduce their anxiety
subtype: stinker anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar)
subtype: whacker__whopper something especially big or impressive of its kind
subtype: holy_of_holies something that is regarded as inviolable or sacred; "every politician fears to touch that holy of holies, the Social Security System"
subtype: representation creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
subtype: audiogram a graphical representation of a person's auditory sensitivity to sound
subtype: copy a secondary representation of an original; "she made a copy of the designer dress"
subtype: cosmography a representation of the earth or the heavens; "the cosmography of Ptolemy"
subtype: creche a representation of Christ's Nativity in the stable at Bethlehem
subtype: cutaway_drawing__cutawaydrawing__cutaway__cutaway_model__cutawaymodel a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts
subtype: display.representation__presentation a visual representation of something
subtype: document anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
subtype: ecce_homo a representation (a picture or sculpture) of Jesus wearing a crown of thorns
subtype: effigy__image__simulacrum a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone"
subtype: illustration.representation a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand
subtype: map a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
subtype: model.representation__simulation representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
subtype: nomogram__nomograph a graphic representation of numerical relations
subtype: image__picture__icon__ikon a visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"
subtype: pieta a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus
subtype: projection.representation the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction
subtype: rubbing representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal
subtype: shade.representation a representation of the effect of shade in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
subtype: stage_set__stageset__set representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production; "the sets were meticulously authentic"
subtype: stations_of_the_Cross.representation__stationsofthecros a representation of the 14 stages in Christ's journey to Calvary
subtype: endurant__ED
subtype: physical_endurant__PED
subtype: physical_entity__object spatial entity made of matter
subtype: feature__F e.g., hole, gulf, bundary
subtype: non-physical_endurant__NPED
subtype: non-physical_object__NPOB
subtype: arbitrary_sum__arbitrarysum__AS e.g., the collection of a car and a foot
subtype: undivisible_entity__undivisibleentity many classifications under this category are application-dependant
subtype: divisible_entity__divisibleentity many classifications under this category are application-dependant
subtype: collection something gathering separated things (entities/situations)
subtype: spatial_collection__spatialcollection
subtype: non_spatial_collection__nonspatialcollection__true_collection something gathering separated things (entities/situations) and that is not a spatial object
subtype: collection__physical_collection such a collection has members like a class, but unlike a class, it has a position in space-time and members can be added and subtracted without thereby changing the identity of the collection; some examples are toolkits, football teams, and flocks of sheep
subtype: group__grouping any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
subtype: set (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite"
subtype: corpuscular_object__corpuscularobject__composite_entity__compositeentity___divisible_entity_with_discrete_parts self_connected_object whose parts have properties that are not shared by the whole
subtype: content_bearing_object__contentbearingobject a self_connected_object that expresses content; this content may be a sumo#proposition, e.g., when the content_bearing_object is a sentence or text, or it may be a representation of an abstract or physical object, as with an icon, a word or a phrase
subtype: organic_object__organicobject
subtype: artifact
subtype: structure__physical_mediating_continuant click here for details
subtype: whole_thing__wholething__whole__unit an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the repairman simply replaced the unit"
subtype: amount_of_matter
subtype: arranged_individual possible_individual that has parts that play distinct roles with respect to the whole; click here for details
subtype: entity_categorized_in_an_ontology
subtype: Publication-reference_or_Information-Bearing-Object_or_Technology_or_Method
subtype: Publication-Reference
subtype: Information-Bearing-Object_or_Technology_or_Method
2 statements are about direct instances of entity: graph1_on_description, graph1_on_research_staff
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