cheng2 xian4 (represents)

A very general semiotics Predicate. (represents thing entity) means that thing in some way indicates, expresses, connotes, pictures, describes, etc. entity. The Predicates containsInformation and realization are subrelations of represents. Note that represents is a subrelation of refers, since something can represent something else only if it refers to this other thing. See the documentation string for names.

Ontology

SUMO / BASE-ONTOLOGY

Superrelation(s)

ti2 ji2

cheng2 xian4

Subrelation(s)

bao1 han2 xun4 xi1 shi2 xian4

Related WordNet synsets

representative: standing for something else; "the bald eagle is representative of the United States"

See more related synsets on a separate page.

Axioms (2)

If agent shi3 yong4 rep biao3 shi4 entity, then rep biao3 da2 entity.

(=>
      (representsForAgent ?REP ?ENTITY ?AGENT)
      (represents ?REP ?ENTITY))

If express shi4 biao3 da2 de5 shi2 li4 and express shi4 agent de5 shi1 shi4 zhe3, then there exists xin1 li3 zhuang4 tai4 state so_that_not state shi4 agent de5 shu3 xing4 and express biao3 da2 state.

(=>
      (and
            (instance ?EXPRESS Expressing)
            (agent ?EXPRESS ?AGENT))
      (exists
            (?STATE)
            (and
                  (instance ?STATE StateOfMind)
                  (attribute ?AGENT ?STATE)
                  (represents ?EXPRESS ?STATE))))