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(subclass HostageTaking UnilateralGetting)	Mid-level-ontology.kif 24210-24210	Hostage taking is a subclass of unilateral getting
(documentation HostageTaking EnglishLanguage "An event in which one agent keeps another against his or her will, in order to force it or a third agent to accede to some demand. The hostages are typically kept in the place where they are first taken hostage, in contrast to a Kidnapping. Hostage taking often involves a number of people (although it may be just one), again, in contrast to a Kidnapping.")	Mid-level-ontology.kif 24211-24216	Hostage taking is a subclass of unilateral getting
(externalImage HostageTaking "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/ 1/ 19/ Hostage_exercise.jpeg")	pictureList.kif 8526-8526	Hostage taking is a subclass of unilateral getting

appearance as argument number 2

(termFormat EnglishLanguage HostageTaking "hostage taking")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 28631-28631
(termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage HostageTaking "劫持人質")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 28632-28632
(termFormat ChineseLanguage HostageTaking "劫持人质")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 28633-28633

antecedent

(=>
    (instance ?X HostageTaking)
    (exists (?A)
        (and
            (instance ?A SentientAgent)
            (patient ?X ?A))))

If X is an instance of hostage taking, then there exists Y such that Y is an instance of sentient agent and Y is a patient of X