#trial_balloon__trialballoon  a test of public opinion
  supertype:  #trial_run__trialrun__trial__test__tryout  trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"
     supertype:  #experimentation__experiment  the testing of an idea; "it was an experiment in living"; "not all experimentation is done in laboratories"
        supertype:  #enquiry__inquiry__research  a search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"
           supertype:  #problem_solving  the thought processes involved in solving a problem
              supertype:  #thinking__thought__cerebration__intellection__mentation  the process of thinking (especially thinking carefully); "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"
                 supertype:  #higher_cognitive_process  cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use
                    supertype:  #cognitive_process__cognitiveproces__process__proces__cognitive_operation__cognitiveoperation__act  the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the act of remembering"
                       supertype:  pm#process__proces  situation commonly considered as making a change during some period of time
                          supertype:  pm#situation  something that "occurs" in a real/imaginary region of time and space
                             supertype:  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
                          supertype:  pm#process_or_process_description
                             supertype:  pm#processing_thing
                                supertype:  pm#thing_playing_some_role  category to classify things according to roles/viewpoints; classification under this category is application-dependant
                                   supertype:  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
                       supertype:  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
                          supertype:  pm#situation  something that "occurs" in a real/imaginary region of time and space
                          supertype:  pm#process_or_process_description
                          supertype:  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
                             supertype:  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

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