uses (uses)

(uses object AGENT) means that object is used by agent as an instrument in an unspecified Process. This Predicate, as its corresponding axiom indicates, is a composition of the CaseRoles agent and instrument.

Ontology

SUMO / BASE-ONTOLOGY

Class(es)

Classe

inheritable relation

PredicatoBinario
is instance of

RelazioneAsimmetrica
is instance of

uses

Coordinate term(s)

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Type restrictions

uses(Oggetto, Agente)

Related WordNet synsets

use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise: the act of using; "the steps were worn from years of use"
employed, made use of(p): put to use
used: employed in accomplishing something; "the principle of surprise is the most used and misused of all the principles of war"- H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker
utilized: put to use
applied: that are used; "an isotropic resonance shift...to lower applied fields"

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Axioms (1)

Se agent usa obj, allora esiste proc tale che proc é un agente di agent e obj é uno strumento per proc.

(=>
      (uses ?OBJ ?AGENT)
      (exists
            (?PROC)
            (and
                  (agent ?PROC ?AGENT)
                  (instrument ?PROC ?OBJ))))