pm#entity  something that can be "involved" in a situation
  closed_exclusion:  pm#situation
  supertype:  pm#thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
  subtype:  sumo#object__entity_with_spatial_feature  spatial object (space, location or physical object) or description medium/container (e.g., string, language, image); in a 4D ontology, an object is something whose spatiotemporal extent is thought of as dividing into spatial parts roughly parallel to the time-axis
     subtype:  pm#spatial_object__spatialobject  object which as a direct spatial location, e.g., physical object, spatial region or shape
        subtype:  pm#space  point or extent in space
        subtype:  dl#physical_endurant__PED
        subtype:  sowa#object__physical_independent_continuant  click here for details
        subtype:  #mathematical_point__point  a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a point is defined by its coordinates"
        subtype:  pm#2D_object
        subtype:  pm#3D_object
        subtype:  cyc#information_bearing_thing__informationbearingthing  http://www.cyc.com/cycdoc/vocab/info-vocab.html#InformationBearingThing
     subtype:  sumo#self_connected_object  object that does not consist of two or more disconnected parts
        subtype:  sumo#substance__amount_of_matter___divisible_entity_without_discrete_parts  object in which every part is similar to every other in every relevant respect; more precisely, something is a substance when it has only arbitrary pieces as parts - any part has properties which are similar to those of the whole; note that a substance may nonetheless have physical properties that vary, e.g., the temperature, chemical constitution, density, etc. may change from one part to another; examples: body of water, air, cement
        subtype:  sumo#corpuscular_object__corpuscularobject__composite_entity__compositeentity___divisible_entity_with_discrete_parts  self_connected_object whose parts have properties that are not shared by the whole
        subtype:  sumo#transit_way__transitway
        subtype:  sumo#food
     subtype:  sumo#collection__physical_collection  such a collection has members like a class, but unlike a class, it has a position in space-time and members can be added and subtracted without thereby changing the identity of the collection; some examples are toolkits, football teams, and flocks of sheep
  subtype:  pm#non_spatial_object__nonspatialobject  abstraction or description content/medium/container (a description medium that has some spatial feature is both instance of sumo#object and pm#non_spatial_object
     subtype:  pm#attribute_or_quality_or_measure  e.g., mass, mass unit, 1 kg, frequency, [2-3] hz, color, blue, speed, 1 m/s
        subtype:  pm#time_measure__temporal_attribute_or_quality_or_measure  temporal duration or positions of time_points and time_intervals along the universal timeline
        subtype:  pm#physical/spatial_attribute_or_quality_or_measure  e.g., mass/length/color measure; here are most of the subtypes of #property.attribute, e.g., #visual_property
        subtype:  pm#process_attribute_or_quality_or_measure  e.g., a speed measure
        subtype:  pm#psychological_attribute_or_quality_or_measure
        subtype:  pm#social_attribute_or_quality_or_measure
        subtype:  pm#modality_measure  e.g., pm#never is as an instance
        subtype:  pm#numeric_attribute__numericattribute
        subtype:  pm#unit_of_measure   Any kind of unit of measure, metre, dollar, kilogram, etc. 
        subtype:  pm#security_attribute
        subtype:  sumo#Attribute
        subtype:  sumo#quantity  any specification of how many or how much of something there is
        subtype:  #measure__quantity__amount__quantum  how much there is of something that you can measure
        subtype:  #attribute  an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
        subtype:  #property__attribute__dimension  a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished; "self-confidence is not an endearing property"
        subtype:  #magnitude_relation__magnituderelation__quantitative_relation  a relation between magnitudes
     subtype:  pm#non_spatial_object_that_is_not_an_attribute_or_quality_or_measure
        subtype:  pm#description_content/medium/container__descriptioncontent/medium/container
        subtype:  pm#non_spatial_collection__nonspatialcollection__true_collection  something gathering separated things (entities/situations) and that is not a spatial object
     subtype:  sumo#abstract__entity_without_spatial_feature  e.g., knowledge, motivation, measure; properties or qualities as distinguished from any particular embodiment of the properties/qualities in a physical medium; instances of sumo#abstract can be said to exist in the same sense as mathematical objects such as sets and relations, but they cannot exist at a particular place or time without some physical encoding or embodiment
        subtype:  pm#psychological_entity__psychologicalentity  feature/product of mental activity, e.g., feeling
        subtype:  sumo#Attribute
        subtype:  pm#type  second-order type or more
        subtype:  pm#set_or_class  like sumo#set_or_class but including rdfs#class too
        subtype:  pm#description_content__descriptioncontent__information  e.g., a narration, an hypothesis
        subtype:  sowa#abstract__abstract_entity  distinguished from sumo#abstract because John Sowa does not seem to categorize all types of relations, sets, classes, attributes, quantities and graphs under this category; see http://www.jfsowa.com/ontology/toplevel.htm and http://www.jfsowa.com/ontology/roles.htm
        subtype:  dl#abstract__abstraction__ab
        subtype:  sumo#quantity  any specification of how many or how much of something there is
        subtype:  lis#abstract_object  a thing that does not exist in space-time; click here for details
     subtype:  pm#non_spatial_object_playing_some_role
        subtype:  pm#psychological_entity__psychologicalentity  feature/product of mental activity, e.g., feeling
  subtype:  pm#entity_playing_some_role  e.g., an agent, an owner
     subtype:  pm#owned_entity__ownedentity
        subtype:  #possession  anything owned or possessed
        subtype:  #good_point__goodness__good  that which is good or valuable or useful: "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization"
        subtype:  #bad_point__badpoint__badness__badnes  that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency: "take the bad with the good"
        subtype:  #creation_result__creation  an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
     subtype:  pm#entity_part
        subtype:  pm#physical_entity_part_or_substance
     subtype:  #variable  something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation; "the weather is one variable to be considered"
     subtype:  pm#tool
        subtype:  dl#artifact
        subtype:  #instrument.tool__tool  the means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease"
     subtype:  pm#situation_result__situationresult
     subtype:  pm#process_recipient__processrecipient  recipient of a process
        subtype:  #recipient__receiver  a person who gets something
     subtype:  pm#process_object__processobject
        subtype:  #depicted_object__subject__content  something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"
     subtype:  pm#causal_entity__agent  something (animal or software agent) able to act
        subtype:  pm#goal_directed_agent  goal directed causal entity, e.g., a problem solver or an interactional agent
        subtype:  pm#perhaps_goal_directed_causal_entity  e.g., supernatural forces
        subtype:  pm#without_goal_causal_entity  non conscious entity and not AI_Agent
        subtype:  dl#agentive_physical_object__APO  something or someone that can act on its own and produce changes in the world
        subtype:  dl#agentive_social_object__ASO
        subtype:  #computer_code__code  (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
     subtype:  pm#imaginary_entity__imaginaryentity  an entity that has been imagined
        subtype:  pm#imaginary_spatial_entity__imaginaryspatialentity  e.g., a cartoon character
     subtype:  #essential__necessity__requirement__requisite__necessary  anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"
        subtype:  #desideratum  something desired as a necessity; "the desiderata for a vacation are time and money"
        subtype:  #want__need  anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"
     subtype:  #inessential__nonessential  anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials"
        subtype:  #adjunct  something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
     subtype:  #self-contained_entity__thing  a separate and self-contained entity
        subtype:  #anything  a thing of any kind; "do you have anything to declare?"
        subtype:  #something  a thing of some kind; "is there something you want?"
     subtype:  #anticipation  some early entity whose type or style anticipates a later one; "there were many anticipations of Darwinian theory"; "the hour glass was an anticipation of the clock"
     subtype:  #unnamed_thing__unnamedthing__thing  an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell what the thing was"
        subtype:  #change.thing  a thing that is different; "he inspected several changes before selecting one"
        subtype:  #freshener  anything that freshens
        subtype:  #horror.thing  something that inspires horror; something horrible; "the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him"
        subtype:  #jimhickey__jimdandy__crackerjack  something excellent of its kind; "the bike was a jimdandy"
        subtype:  #security_blanket.thing__securityblanket  (informal) anything that an adult person uses to reduce their anxiety
        subtype:  #stinker  anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar)
        subtype:  #whacker__whopper  something especially big or impressive of its kind
     subtype:  #holy_of_holies  something that is regarded as inviolable or sacred; "every politician fears to touch that holy of holies, the Social Security System"
     subtype:  #representation  creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
        subtype:  #audiogram  a graphical representation of a person's auditory sensitivity to sound
        subtype:  #copy  a secondary representation of an original; "she made a copy of the designer dress"
        subtype:  #cosmography  a representation of the earth or the heavens; "the cosmography of Ptolemy"
        subtype:  #creche  a representation of Christ's Nativity in the stable at Bethlehem
        subtype:  #cutaway_drawing__cutawaydrawing__cutaway__cutaway_model__cutawaymodel  a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts
        subtype:  #display.representation__presentation  a visual representation of something
        subtype:  #document  anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
        subtype:  #ecce_homo  a representation (a picture or sculpture) of Jesus wearing a crown of thorns
        subtype:  #effigy__image__simulacrum  a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone"
        subtype:  #illustration.representation  a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand
        subtype:  #map  a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
        subtype:  #model.representation__simulation  representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
        subtype:  #nomogram__nomograph  a graphic representation of numerical relations
        subtype:  #image__picture__icon__ikon  a visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"
        subtype:  #pieta  a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus
        subtype:  #projection.representation  the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction
        subtype:  #rubbing  representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal
        subtype:  #shade.representation  a representation of the effect of shade in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
        subtype:  #stage_set__stageset__set  representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production; "the sets were meticulously authentic"
        subtype:  #stations_of_the_Cross.representation__stationsofthecros  a representation of the 14 stages in Christ's journey to Calvary
  subtype:  dl#endurant__ED
     subtype:  dl#physical_endurant__PED
        subtype:  pm#physical_entity__object  spatial entity made of matter
        subtype:  dl#feature__F  e.g., hole, gulf, bundary
     subtype:  dl#non-physical_endurant__NPED
        subtype:  dl#non-physical_object__NPOB
     subtype:  dl#arbitrary_sum__arbitrarysum__AS  e.g., the collection of a car and a foot
  subtype:  pm#undivisible_entity__undivisibleentity  many classifications under this category are application-dependant
  subtype:  pm#divisible_entity__divisibleentity  many classifications under this category are application-dependant
     subtype:  pm#collection  something gathering separated things (entities/situations)
        subtype:  pm#spatial_collection__spatialcollection
        subtype:  pm#non_spatial_collection__nonspatialcollection__true_collection  something gathering separated things (entities/situations) and that is not a spatial object
        subtype:  sumo#collection__physical_collection  such a collection has members like a class, but unlike a class, it has a position in space-time and members can be added and subtracted without thereby changing the identity of the collection; some examples are toolkits, football teams, and flocks of sheep
        subtype:  #group__grouping  any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
        subtype:  #set  (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite"
     subtype:  sumo#corpuscular_object__corpuscularobject__composite_entity__compositeentity___divisible_entity_with_discrete_parts  self_connected_object whose parts have properties that are not shared by the whole
        subtype:  sumo#content_bearing_object__contentbearingobject  a self_connected_object that expresses content; this content may be a sumo#proposition, e.g., when the content_bearing_object is a sentence or text, or it may be a representation of an abstract or physical object, as with an icon, a word or a phrase
        subtype:  sumo#organic_object__organicobject
        subtype:  dl#artifact
        subtype:  sowa#structure__physical_mediating_continuant  click here for details
        subtype:  #whole_thing__wholething__whole__unit  an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the repairman simply replaced the unit"
     subtype:  pm#amount_of_matter
     subtype:  lis#arranged_individual  possible_individual that has parts that play distinct roles with respect to the whole; click here for details
  subtype:  pm#entity_categorized_in_an_ontology
     subtype:  aktp#Publication-reference_or_Information-Bearing-Object_or_Technology_or_Method
        subtype:  aktp#Publication-Reference
        subtype:  aktp#Information-Bearing-Object_or_Technology_or_Method

2 statements are about direct instances of pm#entity: pm#graph1_on_description, pm#graph1_on_research_staff

pm#entity has many specializing statements. Browse its subtypes, or click here for a search form or here to represent such an object.

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