#government_agency__agency__federal_agency__federalagency__bureau__office__authority an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
subtype: Nuclear_Regulatory_Commission Foreign_Service executive_agency Food_and_Drug_Administration Interstate_Commerce_Commission National_Labor_Relations_Board Bureau_of_the_Census National_Weather_Service Social_Security_Administration National_Park_Service Bureau_of_Alcohol_Tobacco_and_Firearms Comptroller_of_the_Currency Bureau_of_Customs Bureau_of_Engraving_and_Printing Internal_Revenue_Service Inland_Revenue United_Nations_agency organ.government_agency patent_office central_bank secret_service redevelopment_authority regulatory_agency weather_bureau child_welfare_agency Securities_and_Exchange_Commission
instance: Atomic_Energy_Commission Manhattan_Project Environmental_Protection_Agency Center_for_Disease_Control CIA NASA FBI Selective_Service_System Federal_Housing_Administration
supertype: administrative_unit a unit with administrative responsibilities
supertype: social_unit__unit an organization regarded as part of a larger social group; "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"
supertype: organization__organisation a group of people who work together
supertype: person_or_organization this category is for menu-generation purposes
supertype: Legal-Agent agent with legal status, e.g., organizations and people
supertype: cognitive_agent__cognitiveagent for example an organization, an animal or an AI-agent
supertype: goal_directed_agent goal directed causal entity, e.g., a problem solver or an interactional agent
supertype: causal_entity__agent something (animal or software agent) able to act
supertype: entity_playing_some_role e.g., an agent, an owner
supertype: entity something that can be "involved" in a situation
supertype: 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
supertype: thing_that_can_be_seen_as_a_relation usable as relation type
supertype: thing_playing_some_role category to classify things according to roles/viewpoints; classification under this category is application-dependant
supertype: 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
supertype: causal_agent__cause__causal_agency any entity that causes events to happen
supertype: thing_playing_some_role category to classify things according to roles/viewpoints; classification under this category is application-dependant
supertype: temporal_thing The collection of all things that have temporal extent or location, i.e. things about which one might sensibly ask When? . cyc#TemporalThing thus contains many kinds of things, including events, physical objects, agreements, and abstract pieces of time. Note that cyc#TimePoint is a specialization of cyc#TemporalThing, since time points have temporal location, although they arguably lack temporal extent. Abstract things that are timeless -- such as mathematical sets, attributes, and numbers -- are of course _not_ instances of cyc#TemporalThing.
supertype: 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
supertype: processing_thing
supertype: thing_playing_some_role category to classify things according to roles/viewpoints; classification under this category is application-dependant
supertype: social_group people sharing some social relation
supertype: non_sentient_cognitive_agent e.g., AI_Agent
supertype: cognitive_agent__cognitiveagent for example an organization, an animal or an AI-agent
supertype: group__grouping any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
supertype: collection something gathering separated things (entities/situations)
supertype: divisible_entity__divisibleentity many classifications under this category are application-dependant
supertype: entity something that can be "involved" in a situation
supertype: divisible_thing__divisiblething
supertype: 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
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