refers (refers)

(refers obj1 obj2) means that obj1 mentions or includes a reference to obj2. Note that refers is more general in meaning than represents, because presumably something can represent something else only if it refers to this other thing. For example, an article whose topic is a recent change in the price of oil may refer to many other things, e.g. the general state of the economy, the weather in California, the prospect of global warming, the options for alternative energy sources, the stock prices of various oil companies, etc.

Ontology

SUMO / BASE-ONTOLOGY

Class(es)

class

inheritable relation

binary predicate

refers

Subrelation(s)

names represents

Coordinate term(s)

arc weight authors before or equal causes causes subclass citizen closed on connected contains information cooccur copy date decreases likelihood developmental form disjoint distributes documentation duration earlier editor element employs equal equivalence relation on exploits expressed in language faces family relation finishes frequency graph part greater than greater than or equal to has purpose has skill holds during holds obligation holds right hole identity element in list in scope of interest increases likelihood independent probability inhabits inhibits initial list instance inverse irreflexive on larger less than less than or equal to material measure meets temporally modal attribute overlaps temporally parent partial ordering on partly located path length possesses precondition prevents property publishes range range subclass reflexive on related internal concept sibling smaller starts sub attribute sub collection sub graph sub list sub process sub proposition subclass subrelation subsumes content class subsumes content instance successor attribute successor attribute closure temporal part time total ordering on trichotomizing on uses valence version

Type restrictions

refers(physical, entity)

Related WordNet synsets

refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on: be about; have to do with; be relevant to; refer, pertain, or relate to; "What's this novel all about?"; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"
referential: referring or pointing to something; "symbols are inherently referential"

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Axioms (1)

If advert is an instance of advertising, then there exists obj so that advert includes a reference to obj and advert has purpose "there exists selling sale so that obj is a patient of sale".

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