wants (wants)

(wants agent object) means that object is desired by agent, i.e. agent believes that object will satisfy one of its goals. Note that there is no implication that what is wanted by an agent is not already possessed by the agent.

Ontology

SUMO / BASE-ONTOLOGY

Class(es)

Classe

inheritable relation

AtteggiamentoOggettuale

wants

Superrelation(s)

in scope of interest

wants

Coordinate term(s)

needs notices

Type restrictions

wants(AgenteCognitivo, Oggetto)

Related WordNet synsets

desire: an inclination to want things; "a man of many desires"
desire: something that is desired
want, need, require: have need of: "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
desirous: having or expressing desire for something; "desirous of high office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem"
wanted: desired or wished for or sought; "couldn't keep her eyes off the wanted toy"; "a wanted criminal"; "a wanted poster"

See more related synsets on a separate page.

Axioms (6)

Se agent necessita dis object, allora agent vuoles object.

(=>
      (needs ?AGENT ?OBJECT)
      (wants ?AGENT ?OBJECT))

wants é interamente correlato a desires.

(relatedInternalConcept wants desires)

Se agent vuoles obj, allora esiste purp tale che obj ha &n scopo purp per agent.

(=>
      (wants ?AGENT ?OBJ)
      (exists
            (?PURP)
            (hasPurposeForAgent ?OBJ ?PURP ?AGENT)))

Se agent vuoles obj, allora agent desideras "agent possiedees obj".

(=>
      (wants ?AGENT ?OBJ)
      (desires
            ?AGENT
            (possesses ?AGENT ?OBJ)))

desires é interamente correlato a wants.

(relatedInternalConcept desires wants)

Se pursue é un' istanza di Cercare e pursue é un agente di agent e obj é un paziente di pursue, allora "agent vuoles obj" vales durante pursue.

(=>
      (and
            (instance ?PURSUE Pursuing)
            (agent ?PURSUE ?AGENT)
            (patient ?PURSUE ?OBJ))
      (holdsDuring
            ?PURSUE
            (wants ?AGENT ?OBJ)))