you3 yi4 tu2 (hasPurpose)

This Predicate expresses the concept of a conventional goal, i.e. a goal with a neutralized agent's intention. Accordingly, (hasPurpose thing formula) means that the instance of Physical thing has, as its purpose, the Proposition expressed by formula. Note that there is an important difference in meaning between the Predicates hasPurpose and result. Although the second argument of the latter can satisfy the second argument of the former, a conventional goal is an expected and desired outcome, while a result may be neither expected nor desired. For example, a machine process may have outcomes but no goals, aimless wandering may have an outcome but no goal; a learning process may have goals with no outcomes, and so on.

Ontology

SUMO / BASE-ONTOLOGY

Class(es)

zhong3 lei4

ke3 ji4 cheng2 guan1 xi4

er4 yuan2 shu4 ci2
is instance of

bu2 dui4 chen4 guan1 xi4
is instance of

you3 yi4 tu2

Coordinate term(s)

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Type restrictions

hasPurpose(wu4 zhi4 de5, SUO-KIFbiao3 shu4 shi4)

Related WordNet synsets

motivation, motive, need: the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action; the reason for the action; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"
function, purpose, role, use: what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
purposefulness, sense of purpose: the quality of having a definite purpose
bourn, bourne: an archaic term for a goal or destination
goal, end: the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means"
aim, object, objective, target: the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children"
purpose, intent, intention, aim, design: an anticipated outcome that is intended or guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs"
view: the phrase "with a view to" means "with the intention of"; "he took the computer with a view to pawning it"
purposefully: in a purposeful manner; "he caught the motorcycles in the full glare of his headlights, braked and slipped purposefully out of the car"

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Axioms (9)

If thing you3 yi4 tu2 purpose, then there exists agent so_that_not thing dui4agent you3 yi4 tu2 purpose.

(=>
      (hasPurpose ?THING ?PURPOSE)
      (exists
            (?AGENT)
            (hasPurposeForAgent ?THING ?PURPOSE ?AGENT)))

If education shi4 jiao4 yu4 li4 cheng2 de5 shi2 li4 and person shi4 education de5 shou4 shi4 zhe3, then education you3 yi4 tu2 "there exists xue2 xi2 learn so_that_not person shi4 learn de5 shou4 shi4 zhe3".

(=>
      (and
            (instance ?EDUCATION EducationalProcess)
            (patient ?EDUCATION ?PERSON))
      (hasPurpose
            ?EDUCATION
            (exists
                  (?LEARN)
                  (and
                        (instance ?LEARN Learning)
                        (patient ?LEARN ?PERSON)))))

If pretend shi4 wei3 zhuang1 de5 shi2 li4, then there exist person,prop so_that_not pretend you3 yi4 tu2 "person (bu2)xiang1 xin4 prop" and prop &$shi4 zhen1 de5.

(=>
      (instance ?PRETEND Pretending)
      (exists
            (?PERSON ?PROP)
            (and
                  (hasPurpose
                        ?PRETEND
                        (believes ?PERSON ?PROP))
                  (true ?PROP True))))

If advert shi4 guang3 gao4 de5 shi2 li4, then there exists obj so_that_not advert can1 zhao4 obj and advert you3 yi4 tu2 "there exists xiao1 shou4 sale so_that_not obj shi4 sale de5 shou4 shi4 zhe3".

(=>
      (instance ?ADVERT Advertising)
      (exists
            (?OBJ)
            (and
                  (refers ?ADVERT ?OBJ)
                  (hasPurpose
                        ?ADVERT
                        (exists
                              (?SALE)
                              (and
                                    (instance ?SALE Selling)
                                    (patient ?SALE ?OBJ)))))))

If meet shi4 hui4 mian4 de5 shi2 li4, then there exist agent1,agent2 so_that_not meet shi4 agent1 de5 shi1 shi4 zhe3 and meet shi4 agent2 de5 shi1 shi4 zhe3 and meet you3 yi4 tu2 "there exists gou1 tong1 comm so_that_not comm shi4 agent1 de5 shi1 shi4 zhe3 and comm shi4 agent2 de5 shi1 shi4 zhe3".

(=>
      (instance ?MEET Meeting)
      (exists
            (?AGENT1 ?AGENT2)
            (and
                  (agent ?MEET ?AGENT1)
                  (agent ?MEET ?AGENT2)
                  (hasPurpose
                        ?MEET
                        (exists
                              (?COMM)
                              (and
                                    (instance ?COMM Communication)
                                    (agent ?COMM ?AGENT1)
                                    (agent ?COMM ?AGENT2)))))))

If organ shi4 qi4 guan1 de5 shi2 li4, then there exists purp so_that_not organ you3 yi4 tu2 purp.

(=>
      (instance ?ORGAN Organ)
      (exists
            (?PURP)
            (hasPurpose ?ORGAN ?PURP)))

If device shi4 zhuang1 zhi4 de5 shi2 li4, then there exists li4 cheng2 proc so_that_not device you3 yi4 tu2 "device ke3 yi3 ren4 jue2 se4 gong1 ju4 zuo4 proc".

(=>
      (instance ?DEVICE Device)
      (exists
            (?PROC)
            (and
                  (subclass ?PROC Process)
                  (hasPurpose
                        ?DEVICE
                        (capability ?PROC instrument ?DEVICE)))))

If weapon shi4 wu3 qi4 de5 shi2 li4, then weapon you3 yi4 tu2 "there exist sun3 hai4 dest,patient so_that_not patient shi4 dest de5 shou4 shi4 zhe3 and

patient shi4 gu4 ding4 ren2 zao4 wu4 de5 shi2 li4
patient shi4 dong4 wu4 de5 shi2 li4
there exists dong4 wu4 animal so_that_not animal zhu4s zai4 patient

(=>
      (instance ?WEAPON Weapon)
      (hasPurpose
            ?WEAPON
            (exists
                  (?DEST ?PATIENT)
                  (and
                        (instance ?DEST Damaging)
                        (patient ?DEST ?PATIENT)
                        (or
                              (instance ?PATIENT StationaryArtifact)
                              (instance ?PATIENT Animal)
                              (exists
                                    (?ANIMAL)
                                    (and
                                          (instance ?ANIMAL Animal)
                                          (inhabits ?ANIMAL ?PATIENT))))))))

If plan shi4 ji4 hua4 de5 shi2 li4, then there exists purp so_that_not plan you3 yi4 tu2 purp.

(=>
      (instance ?PLAN Plan)
      (exists
            (?PURP)
            (hasPurpose ?PLAN ?PURP)))