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member (member)

A specialized common sense notion of part for uniform parts of Collections. For example, each sheep in a flock of sheep would have the relationship of member to the flock.

Ontology

SUMO / BASE-ONTOLOGY

Class(es)

asymmetric relation
is instance of
intransitive relation
is instance of
is instance of
  member  

Superrelation(s)

partly located
is subrelation of
  located  
is subrelation of
  part  
is subrelation of
  member  

Coordinate term(s)

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Type restrictions

member(self connected object, collection)

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Axioms (14)

If coll is an instance of collection, then there exists obj so that obj is a member of coll. 
(=>
      (instance ?COLL Collection)
      (exists
            (?OBJ)
            (member ?OBJ ?COLL)))
member is internally related to instance. 
(relatedInternalConcept member instance)
member is internally related to element. 
(relatedInternalConcept member element)
coll1 is a proper sub-collection of coll2 if and only if 
(<=>
      (subCollection ?COLL1 ?COLL2)
      (and
            (instance ?COLL1 Collection)
            (instance ?COLL2 Collection)
            (forall
                  (?MEMBER)
                  (=>
                        (member ?MEMBER ?COLL1)
                        (member ?MEMBER ?COLL2)))))
If obj1 is a member of coll and obj2 is a member of coll and obj1 is not equal to obj2, then obj1 doesn't overlap with obj2. 
(=>
      (and
            (member ?OBJ1 ?COLL)
            (member ?OBJ2 ?COLL)
            (not
                  (equal ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2)))
      (not
            (overlapsSpatially ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2)))
If act is an instance of organizational process and act is an agent of agent, then 
(=>
      (and
            (instance ?ACT OrganizationalProcess)
            (agent ?ACT ?AGENT))
      (or
            (instance ?AGENT Organization)
            (exists
                  (?ORG)
                  (and
                        (instance ?ORG Organization)
                        (member ?AGENT ?ORG)))))
If act is an instance of religious process and act is an agent of agent, then 
(=>
      (and
            (instance ?ACT ReligiousProcess)
            (agent ?ACT ?AGENT))
      (or
            (instance ?AGENT ReligiousOrganization)
            (exists
                  (?ORG)
                  (and
                        (member ?AGENT ?ORG)
                        (instance ?ORG ReligiousOrganization)))))
If join is an instance of joining an organization and org is an instance of organization and join is an agent of org and person is a patient of join, then person is a member of org immediately after "the time of existence of join". 
(=>
      (and
            (instance ?JOIN JoiningAnOrganization)
            (instance ?ORG Organization)
            (agent ?JOIN ?ORG)
            (patient ?JOIN ?PERSON))
      (holdsDuring
            (ImmediateFutureFn
                  (WhenFn ?JOIN))
            (member ?PERSON ?ORG)))
If leave is an instance of leaving an organization and org is an instance of organization and leave is an agent of org and person is a patient of leave, then person is not a member of org immediately after "the time of existence of leave". 
(=>
      (and
            (instance ?LEAVE LeavingAnOrganization)
            (instance ?ORG Organization)
            (agent ?LEAVE ?ORG)
            (patient ?LEAVE ?PERSON))
      (holdsDuring
            (ImmediateFutureFn
                  (WhenFn ?LEAVE))
            (not
                  (member ?PERSON ?ORG))))
(=>
      (and
            (instance ?WAR War)
            (agent ?WAR ?AGENT))
      (or
            (instance ?AGENT Nation)
            (and
                  (instance ?AGENT Organization)
                  (forall
                        (?MEMBER)
                        (=>
                              (member ?MEMBER ?AGENT)
                              (instance ?MEMBER Nation))))))
If group is an instance of group and memb is a member of group, then memb is an instance of agent. 
(=>
      (and
            (instance ?GROUP Group)
            (member ?MEMB ?GROUP))
      (instance ?MEMB Agent))
(=>
      (instance ?GROUP AgeGroup)
      (forall
            (?MEMB1 ?MEMB2 ?AGE1 ?AGE2)
            (=>
                  (and
                        (member ?MEMB1 ?GROUP)
                        (member ?MEMB2 ?GROUP)
                        (age ?MEMB1 ?AGE1)
                        (age ?MEMB2 ?AGE2))
                  (equal ?AGE1 ?AGE2))))
(=>
      (instance ?GROUP FamilyGroup)
      (forall
            (?MEMB1 ?MEMB2)
            (=>
                  (and
                        (member ?MEMB1 ?GROUP)
                        (member ?MEMB2 ?GROUP))
                  (familyRelation ?MEMB1 ?MEMB2))))
If org employs person, then person is a member of org. 
(=>
      (employs ?ORG ?PERSON)
      (member ?PERSON ?ORG))