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Sigma KEE - ancestor
ancestor

appearance as argument number 1
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(instance ancestor TransitiveRelation) Merge.kif 16705-16705 ancestor is an instance of transitive relation
(instance ancestor IrreflexiveRelation) Merge.kif 16706-16706 ancestor is an instance of irreflexive relation
(instance ancestor TotalValuedRelation) Merge.kif 16707-16707 ancestor is an instance of total valued relation
(instance ancestor BinaryPredicate) Merge.kif 16708-16708 ancestor is an instance of binary predicate
(domain ancestor 1 Organism) Merge.kif 16709-16709 The number 1 argument of ancestor is an instance of organism
(domain ancestor 2 Organism) Merge.kif 16710-16710 The number 2 argument of ancestor is an instance of organism
(documentation ancestor EnglishLanguage "The transitive closure of the parent predicate. (ancestor ?DESCENDANT ?ANCESTOR) means that ?ANCESTOR is either the parent of ?DESCENDANT or the parent of the parent of DESCENDANT or etc.") Merge.kif 16711-16714 The number 2 argument of ancestor is an instance of organism

appearance as argument number 2
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(format EnglishLanguage ancestor "%2 is the ancestor of %1") domainEnglishFormat.kif 2792-2792
(format ChineseTraditionalLanguage ancestor "%2 是 %1 的 ancestor ") domainEnglishFormat.kif 2793-2793
(format ChineseLanguage ancestor "%2 是 %1 的 ancestor ") domainEnglishFormat.kif 2794-2794
(termFormat EnglishLanguage ancestor "ancestor") domainEnglishFormat.kif 7379-7379
(termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage ancestor "祖先") domainEnglishFormat.kif 7380-7380
(termFormat ChineseLanguage ancestor "祖先") domainEnglishFormat.kif 7381-7381

consequent
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(=>
    (familyRelation ?ORGANISM1 ?ORGANISM2)
    (exists (?ORGANISM3)
        (and
            (ancestor ?ORGANISM3 ?ORGANISM1)
            (ancestor ?ORGANISM3 ?ORGANISM2))))
Merge.kif 16697-16702 If X and Y are related, then there exists Z such that X is the ancestor of Z and Y is the ancestor of Z
(=>
    (parent ?CHILD ?PARENT)
    (ancestor ?CHILD ?PARENT))
Merge.kif 16730-16732 If X is a parent of Y, then X is the ancestor of Y
(=>
    (and
        (instance ?PERSON Human)
        (equal
            (DescendantsFn ?PERSON) ?DESCENDANTS)
        (member ?MEMBER ?DESCENDANTS))
    (ancestor ?MEMBER ?PERSON))
Mid-level-ontology.kif 8789-8795 If X is an instance of human, equal the descendants of X and Y, and Z is a member of Y, then X is the ancestor of Z


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