pm#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
closed_exclusion: owl#nothing
instance of: sumo#class
equal: owl#thing (pm) cyc#thing (pm) akts#Thing (pm) sumo#entity (pm) sowa#entity (pm) rdfs#Resource (pm) nsm#thing
subtype: pm#situation something that "occurs" in a real/imaginary region of time and space
subtype: pm#process__proces situation commonly considered as making a change during some period of time
subtype: pm#state situation that is not a process
subtype: pm#situation_playing_some_role e.g., a causal situation
subtype: dl#perdurant__occurence___PD
subtype: sumo#process__proces__physicalsituation intuitively, the class of things that happen and have temporal parts or stages; examples include extended events like a football match or a race, actions like pursuing and reading, and biological processes; sumo#process is not identical to pm#situation because an instance of pm#situation is not necessarily an instance of sumo#physical
subtype: sowa#process__proces__physicalindependentoccurrent___spatially_located_process click here for details
subtype: sowa#participation__physical_relative_occurrent click here for details
subtype: sowa#situation__physical_mediating_occurrent___spatially_located_situation click here for details
subtype: pm#situation_categorized_in_an_ontology
subtype: pm#entity something that can be "involved" in a situation
subtype: sumo#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: pm#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: pm#entity_playing_some_role e.g., an agent, an owner
subtype: dl#endurant__ED
subtype: pm#undivisible_entity__undivisibleentity many classifications under this category are application-dependant
subtype: pm#divisible_entity__divisibleentity many classifications under this category are application-dependant
subtype: pm#entity_categorized_in_an_ontology
subtype: pm#thing_playing_some_role category to classify things according to roles/viewpoints; classification under this category is application-dependant
subtype: pm#thing_that_can_be_seen_as_a_relation usable as relation type
subtype: pm#created_thing__createdthing e.g., entity or situation that results from a process; in WordNet, #creation_result is for entities while #resultant is for situation
subtype: pm#processing_thing
subtype: #causal_agent__cause__causal_agency any entity that causes events to happen
subtype: pm#error
subtype: pm#failure
subtype: pm#fault
subtype: pm#thing_needed_for_some_process
subtype: pm#situation_playing_some_role e.g., a causal situation
subtype: sowa#mediating_thing__mediatingthing Peirce/Sowa's notion of "thirdness"; click here for details
subtype: sowa#relative_thing Peirce/Sowa's notion of "secondness"; click here for details
subtype: sowa#independent_thing__independentthing Peirce/Sowa's notion of "firstness"; click here for details
subtype: sowa#actuality__physical_independent_thing click here for details
subtype: sowa#form__abstract_independent_thing click here for details
subtype: sowa#continuant__spatial_entity_with_time_independent_identity click here for details
subtype: sowa#object__physical_independent_continuant click here for details
subtype: sowa#schema__abstract_independent_continuant click here for details
subtype: sowa#juncture__physical_relative_continuant click here for details
subtype: sowa#description__abstract_relative_continuant click here for details
subtype: sowa#structure__physical_mediating_continuant click here for details
subtype: sowa#reason__abstract_mediating_continuant click here for details
subtype: sowa#occurrent__thing_without_temporally_stable_identity click here for details
subtype: sowa#process__proces__physicalindependentoccurrent___spatially_located_process click here for details
subtype: sowa#script__abstract_independent_occurrent click here for details
subtype: sowa#participation__physical_relative_occurrent click here for details
subtype: sowa#history__abstract_relative_occurrent click here for details
subtype: sowa#situation__physical_mediating_occurrent___spatially_located_situation click here for details
subtype: sowa#purpose__abstract_mediating_occurrent click here for details
subtype: 3D#thing an object seen from a 3D (or endurantist) perspective, i.e. where a spatial entity may have a time independent identity, as opposed for example to the 4D perspective where each spatial entity has an associated time frame; click here and here for details
subtype: dl#endurant__ED
subtype: 4D#thing an object seen from a 3D (or perdurantist) perspective; click here and here for details
subtype: lis#thing anything that is or may be thought about or perceived; click here for details
subtype: sumo#physical__physical_thing an entity that has a location in space-time; locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time; click here for more details on the identical category sowa#physical_thing
subtype: sumo#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: sumo#process__proces__physicalsituation intuitively, the class of things that happen and have temporal parts or stages; examples include extended events like a football match or a race, actions like pursuing and reading, and biological processes; sumo#process is not identical to pm#situation because an instance of pm#situation is not necessarily an instance of sumo#physical
subtype: sowa#actuality__physical_independent_thing click here for details
subtype: sowa#prehension__physical_relative_thing click here for details
subtype: sowa#nexus__nexu__physical_mediating_thing click here for details
subtype: lis#possible_individual something that exists in space and time; click here for details
subtype: cyc#partially_tangible__partiallytangible A subcollection of cyc#SpatialThing-Localized and cyc#TemporalThing. Each instance of cyc#PartiallyTangible has a tangible (i.e. material) part and a temporal extent (i.e. it exists in time). It might or might not also have an intangible part. For example, a particular copy of a book is made of matter, has temporal extent, and also has an intangible part: the information content of the text markings on its pages.
subtype: cyc#PartiallyTangibleProduct
subtype: cyc#CordlikeObject
subtype: cyc#MineralOre
subtype: cyc#Secretion-Bodily
subtype: cyc#EdibleStuff
subtype: cyc#ConnectedPhysicalPathSystem
subtype: cyc#JunctionOfPaths
subtype: cyc#CavityInteriorContent
subtype: cyc#ContainerShapedObject
subtype: cyc#PhysicalSeries
subtype: cyc#MolecularStuff
subtype: cyc#Corner-2or3d
subtype: cyc#VisualMark
subtype: cyc#ContactLocation
subtype: cyc#Wall-GenericBarrier
subtype: cyc#ComplexPhysicalObject
subtype: cyc#Sensor
subtype: cyc#MicroscopicScaleObject
subtype: cyc#NaturalTangibleStuff
subtype: cyc#InanimateThing
subtype: cyc#OrganicStuff
subtype: cyc#EdgeOnObject
subtype: cyc#Surface-Physical
subtype: cyc#SheetOfSomeStuff
subtype: cyc#CompositeTangibleAndIntangibleObject
subtype: cyc#HumanScaleObject
subtype: cyc#DrugSubstance
subtype: cyc#InorganicStuff
subtype: cyc#PipingSystem-Generic
subtype: cyc#Covering-Object
subtype: cyc#ConductingMedium
subtype: cyc#Plasma-StateOfMatter
subtype: cyc#FluidTangibleThing
subtype: cyc#SemiSolidTangibleThing
subtype: cyc#CavityWithWalls
subtype: cyc#SolidTangibleThing
subtype: cyc#Protrusion
subtype: cyc#Mixture
subtype: cyc#SolidSurfacePathThroughAir
subtype: cyc#ControlStructure-Physical
subtype: cyc#FluidConduit
subtype: cyc#SemiconductorStuff
subtype: cyc#ConvexTangibleObject
subtype: pm#spatial_object__spatialobject object which as a direct spatial location, e.g., physical object, spatial region or shape
subtype: cyc#partially_intangible__partiallyintangible The collection of things that either are wholly intangible (see cyc#Intangible) or have at least one intangible (i.e. immaterial) part (see cyc#intangibleParts). This includes intangible individuals, such as instances of cyc#Number-General or cyc#Agreement, as well as non-individuals (all of which are intangible), i.e. instances of cyc#SetOrCollection. It also includes things that have both tangible and intangible components (see cyc#CompositeTangibleAndIntangibleObject), such as a printed copy of a newspaper (as its information content is intangible) or a person (as her mental states are intangible).
subtype: cyc#intangible The collection of things that are not physical -- are not made of, or encoded in, matter. Every cyc#Collection is a cyc#intangible (even if its instances are tangible), and so are some cyc#individuals. Caution: do not confuse `tangibility' with `perceivability' -- humans can perceive light even though it's intangible--at least in a sense.
subtype: pm#undivisible_thing__undivisiblething thing with no proper part
subtype: dl#atom__At
subtype: pm#undivisible_entity__undivisibleentity many classifications under this category are application-dependant
subtype: pm#divisible_thing__divisiblething
subtype: pm#divisible_entity__divisibleentity many classifications under this category are application-dependant
subtype: cyc#temporal_thing The collection of all things that have temporal extent or location, i.e. things about which one might sensibly ask When? . cyc#TemporalThing thus contains many kinds of things, including events, physical objects, agreements, and abstract pieces of time. Note that cyc#TimePoint is a specialization of cyc#TemporalThing, since time points have temporal location, although they arguably lack temporal extent. Abstract things that are timeless -- such as mathematical sets, attributes, and numbers -- are of course _not_ instances of cyc#TemporalThing.
subtype: cyc#tangible Something which is not intangible, something which is physical, made of matter. It does not matter whether things are real of imaginary. Therefore we consider Mickey Mouse's car and a hippogriff as tangible things
subtype: cyc#Artifact-Generic
subtype: cyc#Situation-Temporal
subtype: cyc#SpatialThing-Localized
subtype: cyc#Series
subtype: cyc#BeliefSystem
subtype: cyc#SomethingExisting
subtype: cyc#TimeInterval
subtype: cyc#Product
subtype: cyc#Group
subtype: cyc#Credential
subtype: cyc#HumanLanguage
subtype: cyc#SoftwareParameter
subtype: pm#causal_entity__agent something (animal or software agent) able to act
subtype: pm#non_temporal_thing
subtype: pm#individual__particular___supertype_of_1st_order_types all individuals (for concepts or relations) are implicitely or explicitely instance of that type
subtype: pm#spatial_object__spatialobject object which as a direct spatial location, e.g., physical object, spatial region or shape
subtype: pm#description_content__descriptioncontent__information e.g., a narration, an hypothesis
subtype: pm#description_container__descriptioncontainer file, image, ... but not a disk or a piece of paper
subtype: pm#attribute_or_quality_or_measure e.g., mass, mass unit, 1 kg, frequency, [2-3] hz, color, blue, speed, 1 m/s
subtype: dl#entity a category from DOLCE or generalized by a category from DOLCE
subtype: dolce#entity
subtype: dolce#particular a 0-order type
subtype: dolce#world
subtype: pm#thing_that_is_not_a_domain
subtype: pm#thing_categorized_in_an_ontology
subtype: pm#entity_categorized_in_an_ontology
subtype: pm#situation_categorized_in_an_ontology
subtype: pm#P3P_thing
subtype: pm#dbpedia_thing__dbpediathing
1 schema is about pm#thing
[pm#graph1_on_thing
[any pm#thing,
may have for pm#url: a pm#URL]
];
16 statements are about direct instances of pm#thing: pm#graph1_on_collection, pm#graph1_on_situation, pm#graph1_on_transaction, pm#graph1_on_birth, pm#graph1_on_human_motion, pm#graph1_on_flight, pm#graph1_on_conference, pm#graph1_on_description, pm#graph1_on_description_container, pm#graph1_on_description_medium, pm#graph1_on_file, pm#graph1_on_written_material, pm#graph1_on_publication, pm#graph1_on_report, pm#graph35_on_article
pm#thing has many specializing statements. Browse its subtypes, or click here for a search form or here to represent such an object.
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