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appearance as argument number 1

(documentation covers EnglishLanguage "A relationship of partial or complete physical covering, which may be the result of a Covering. To cover an object, the first object must at least roughly conform to the surface of the second object. ")	Mid-level-ontology.kif 27924-27927
(domain covers 1 Object)	Mid-level-ontology.kif 27921-27921	The number 1 argument of covers is an instance of object
(domain covers 2 Object)	Mid-level-ontology.kif 27922-27922	The number 2 argument of covers is an instance of object
(instance covers BinaryPredicate)	Mid-level-ontology.kif 27918-27918	covers is an instance of binary predicate
(instance covers SpatialRelation)	Mid-level-ontology.kif 27920-27920	covers is an instance of spatial relation
(instance covers TransitiveRelation)	Mid-level-ontology.kif 27919-27919	covers is an instance of transitive relation

appearance as argument number 2

(format EnglishLanguage covers "%1 covers %2")

Mid-level-ontology.kif 27923-27923

antecedent

(=>
    (and
        (covers ?A ?B)
        (superficialPart ?S ?B))
    (meetsSpatially ?A ?S))

Mid-level-ontology.kif 27929-27933

If an object covers another object and a third object is a superficial part of the other object,
then the object meets the third object

consequent

(<=> (and (instance ?B BodyPart) (holdsDuring ?T (attribute ?B Bare))) (holdsDuring ?T (not (exists (?C) (and (instance ?C Clothing) (covers ?C ?B))))))	Mid-level-ontology.kif 28332-28342	An entity is an instance of body part and Bare is an attribute of the entity holds during a time position if and only if there doesn't exist another entity such that the other entity is an instance of clothing and the other entity covers the entity holds during the time position
(=> (and (instance ?C Covering) (patient ?C ?P) (instrument ?C ?I)) (holdsDuring (ImmediateFutureFn (WhenFn ?C)) (covers ?I ?P)))	Mid-level-ontology.kif 27935-27942	If a process is an instance of covering and an entity is a patient of the process and an object is an instrument for the process, then the object covers the entity holds during immediately after the time of existence of the process
(=> (holdsDuring ?T (attribute ?A Clothed)) (holdsDuring ?T (not (exists (?P) (and (instance ?P ReproductiveBody) (part ?P ?A) (not (exists (?C) (and (instance ?C Clothing) (covers ?C ?P)))))))))	Mid-level-ontology.kif 28315-28328	If Clothed is an attribute of an entity holds during a time position, then there doesn't exist another entity such that the other entity is an instance of reproductive body and the other entity is a part of the entity and there doesn't exist a third entity such that the third entity is an instance of clothing and the third entity covers the other entity holds during the time position
(=> (instance ?T Tire) (hasPurpose ?T (exists (?W ?R) (and (instance ?W Wheel) (instance ?R WheelRim) (part ?T ?W) (part ?R ?W) (covers ?T ?R)))))	Cars.kif 4758-4767	If a physical is an instance of tire, then the physical has purpose there exist an entity and another entity such that the entity is an instance of wheel and the other entity is an instance of rim and the physical is a part of the entity and the other entity is a part of the entity and the physical covers the other entity
(=> (instance ?TC TireChain) (hasPurpose ?TC (exists (?V ?W ?F) (and (instance ?V RoadVehicle) (instance ?W Wheel) (part ?W ?V) (instance ?F Friction) (covers ?TC ?W) (instrument ?F ?TC)))))	Cars.kif 4417-4427	If a physical is an instance of snow chain, then the physical has purpose there exist an entity, another entity and a third entity such that the entity is an instance of road vehicle and the other entity is an instance of wheel and the other entity is a part of the entity and the third entity is an instance of friction and the physical covers the other entity and the physical is an instrument for the third entity
(=> (instance ?V Veneer) (hasPurpose ?V (exists (?OBJ) (covers ?V ?OBJ))))	Mid-level-ontology.kif 5091-5095	If a physical is an instance of veneer, then the physical has purpose there exists an entity such that the physical covers the entity

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