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  wants

Sigma KEE - wants
wants

appearance as argument number 1
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(instance wants ObjectAttitude) Merge.kif 2870-2870 wants is an instance of object attitude
(instance wants BinaryPredicate) Merge.kif 2871-2871 wants is an instance of binary predicate
(subrelation wants inScopeOfInterest) Merge.kif 2872-2872 wants is a subrelation of in scope of interest
(relatedInternalConcept wants desires) Merge.kif 2873-2873 wants is internally related to desires
(domain wants 1 CognitiveAgent) Merge.kif 2874-2874 The number 1 argument of wants is an instance of cognitive agent
(domain wants 2 Physical) Merge.kif 2875-2875 The number 2 argument of wants is an instance of physical
(documentation wants EnglishLanguage "(wants ?AGENT ?OBJECT) means that ?OBJECT is desired by ?AGENT, i.e. ?AGENT believes that ?OBJECT will satisfy one of its goals. Note that there is no implication that what is wanted by an agent is not already possessed by the agent.") Merge.kif 2877-2879 The number 2 argument of wants is an instance of physical

appearance as argument number 2
-------------------------


(relatedInternalConcept desires wants) Merge.kif 2896-2896 desires is internally related to wants
(disjointRelation dislikes wants) Mid-level-ontology.kif 8743-8743 dislikes and wants are disjoint
(termFormat EnglishLanguage wants "wants") domainEnglishFormat.kif 62140-62140 dislikes and wants are disjoint
(termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage wants "想要") domainEnglishFormat.kif 62141-62141 dislikes and wants are disjoint
(termFormat ChineseLanguage wants "想要") domainEnglishFormat.kif 62142-62142 dislikes and wants are disjoint
(format EnglishLanguage wants "%1 %n{doesn't} want%p{s} %2") english_format.kif 200-200 dislikes and wants are disjoint

antecedent
-------------------------


(=>
    (wants ?AGENT ?OBJ)
    (exists (?PURP)
        (hasPurposeForAgent ?OBJ ?AGENT ?PURP)))
Merge.kif 2881-2884 If X wants Y, then there exists Z such that Y has the purpose X for Z
(=>
    (and
        (wants ?AGENT ?OBJ)
        (instance ?OBJ Object))
    (desires ?AGENT
        (possesses ?AGENT ?OBJ)))
Merge.kif 2886-2891 If X wants Y and Y is an instance of object, then X desires X possesses Y

consequent
-------------------------


(=>
    (needs ?AGENT ?OBJECT)
    (wants ?AGENT ?OBJECT))
Merge.kif 2866-2868 If X needs Y, then X wants Y
(=>
    (and
        (instance ?PURSUE Pursuing)
        (agent ?PURSUE ?AGENT)
        (patient ?PURSUE ?OBJ))
    (holdsDuring ?PURSUE
        (wants ?AGENT ?OBJ)))
Merge.kif 13175-13180 If X is an instance of pursuing, Y is an agent of X, and Z is a patient of X, then Y wants Z holds during X
(=>
    (and
        (instance ?P Punishing)
        (agent ?P ?A)
        (causes ?P ?P2)
        (destination ?P ?D))
    (knows ?A
        (not
            (wants ?D ?P2))))
Mid-level-ontology.kif 862-870 If X is an instance of punishing, Y is an agent of X, X causes Z, and X ends up at W, then Y knows W doesn't want Z
(=>
    (instance ?S Sieve)
    (hasPurpose ?S
        (exists (?REMOVE ?MIX ?SUB ?HOLE ?A)
            (and
                (instance ?REMOVE Removing)
                (instance ?MIX Mixture)
                (instance ?SUB Substance)
                (part ?SUB ?MIX)
                (patient ?REMOVE ?SUB)
                (part ?HOLE ?S)
                (instrument ?REMOVE ?HOLE)
                (instance ?A Human)
                (agent ?REMOVE ?A)
                (not
                    (wants ?A ?SUB))))))
Mid-level-ontology.kif 5139-5154 If X is an instance of sieve, then All of the following hold: (1) X has the purpose there exist Y, Z,, , W,, , V (2) U such that Y is an instance of removing (3) Z is an instance of mixture (4) W is an instance of substance (5) W is a part of Z (6) W is a patient of Y (7) V is a part of X (8) V is an instrument for Y (9) U is an instance of human (10) U is an agent of Y (11) U doesn't want W
(=>
    (and
        (instance ?EXPRESS ExpressingApproval)
        (agent ?EXPRESS ?AGENT)
        (patient ?EXPRESS ?THING))
    (wants ?AGENT ?THING))
Mid-level-ontology.kif 14564-14569 If X is an instance of expressing approval, Y is an agent of X, and Z is a patient of X, then Y wants Z
(=>
    (instance ?C Congratulating)
    (exists (?P ?A ?D)
        (and
            (destination ?C ?D)
            (agent ?P ?D)
            (agent ?C ?A)
            (wants ?A ?P)
            (refers ?C ?P))))
Mid-level-ontology.kif 14605-14613 If X is an instance of congratulating, then there exist Y, Z, W such that X ends up at W, W is an agent of Y, Z is an agent of X, Z wants Y, and X includes a reference to Y
(=>
    (and
        (instance ?THANK Thanking)
        (agent ?THANK ?AGENT)
        (patient ?THANK ?THING)
        (destination ?THANK ?PERSON))
    (and
        (instance ?PERSON Human)
        (holdsDuring
            (WhenFn ?THANK)
            (wants ?AGENT ?THING))))
Mid-level-ontology.kif 14704-14714 If X is an instance of thanking, Y is an agent of X, Z is a patient of X, and X ends up at W, then W is an instance of human and Y wants Z holds during the time of existence of X
(=>
    (and
        (instance ?R Resigning)
        (agent ?R ?A))
    (wants ?A ?R))
Mid-level-ontology.kif 18551-18555 If X is an instance of resigning and Y is an agent of X, then Y wants X
(=>
    (instance ?R Raping)
    (exists (?A)
        (and
            (experiencer ?R ?A)
            (not
                (wants ?A ?R)))))
Mid-level-ontology.kif 26387-26393 If X is an instance of raping, then there exists Y such that Y experiences X and Y doesn't want X
(=>
    (attribute ?M CoinOperated)
    (hasPurpose ?M
        (exists (?C ?FT ?A ?ACT)
            (and
                (instance ?C CurrencyCoin)
                (instance ?FT FinancialTransaction)
                (destination ?FT ?M)
                (patient ?FT ?C)
                (origin ?FT ?A)
                (causes ?FT ?ACT)
                (wants ?A ?ACT)))))
Mid-level-ontology.kif 32085-32096 If coin operated is an attribute of X, then All of the following hold: (1) X has the purpose there exist Y, Z,, , W (2) V such that Y is an instance of coin (3) Z is an instance of financial transaction (4) Z ends up at X (5) Y is a patient of Z (6) Z originates at W (7) Z causes V (8) W wants V
(=>
    (and
        (attribute ?C Collectible)
        (hasPurpose ?C ?P))
    (exists (?H ?P2)
        (and
            (instance ?H Human)
            (wants ?H ?C)
            (desires ?H ?P2)
            (entails ?P2
                (possesses ?H ?C))
            (not
                (equal ?P ?P2)))))
Mid-level-ontology.kif 32118-32130 If Collectible is an attribute of X and X has the purpose Y, then All of the following hold: (1) there exist Z (2) W such that Z is an instance of human (3) Z wants X (4) Z desires W (5) W entails Z possesses X (6) equal Y (7) W
(=>
    (benefits ?A ?B)
    (wants ?B ?A))
Mid-level-ontology.kif 32213-32215 If X is a beneficiary of Y, then X wants Y
(=>
    (suffers ?A ?B)
    (not
        (wants ?B ?A)))
Mid-level-ontology.kif 32217-32220 If X suffers from Y, then X doesn't want Y
(=>
    (and
        (instance ?A Apologizing)
        (agent ?A ?AG)
        (destination ?A ?P))
    (exists (?ACT)
        (and
            (suffers ?ACT ?P)
            (agent ?ACT ?AG)
            (holdsDuring
                (WhenFn ?A)
                (not
                    (wants ?AG ?ACT))))))
Mid-level-ontology.kif 32227-32239 If X is an instance of apologizing, Y is an agent of X, and X ends up at Z, then there exists W such that Z suffers from W, Y is an agent of W, and Y doesn't want W holds during the time of existence of X
(=>
    (and
        (instance ?S Spamming)
        (result ?S ?SPAM)
        (instance ?S Spam)
        (instance ?H Human)
        (destination ?S ?H))
    (not
        (modalAttribute
            (wants ?H ?SPAM) Likely)))
ComputingBrands.kif 4116-4126 If X is an instance of spamming, Y is a result of X, X is an instance of spam, Z is an instance of human, and X ends up at Z, then the statement Z doesn't want Y doesn't have the modal force of likely
(=>
    (and
        (subjectiveAttribute ?X Favorite ?AGENT)
        (instance ?X ?CLASS))
    (exists (?Y)
        (and
            (not
                (subjectiveAttribute ?Y Favorite ?AGENT))
            (instance ?Y ?CLASS)
            (prefers ?AGENT
                (wants ?AGENT ?X)
                (wants ?AGENT ?Y)))))
Dining.kif 1015-1023 If X believes Y is favorite and Y is an instance of Z, then there exists W such that X believes W is favorite, W is an instance of Z, and X prefers X wants Y over X wants W
(=>
    (and
        (parent ?CHILD ?PARENT)
        (or
            (instance ?CHILD HumanChild)
            (instance ?CHILD HumanBaby)))
    (modalAttribute
        (exists (?CARE)
            (and
                (instance ?CARE ChildCareService)
                (wants ?PARENT ?CARE))) Possibility))
Hotel.kif 1907-1918 If X is a parent of Y and Y is an instance of human child or Y is an instance of human baby, then the statement there exists Z such that Z is an instance of child-care service and X wants Z has the modal force of possibility
(=>
    (rewards ?A ?H)
    (exists (?P)
        (and
            (agent ?P ?H)
            (wants ?A ?P))))
Law.kif 104-109 If X rewards Y, then there exists Z such that Y is an agent of Z and X wants Z
(=>
    (rewards ?A ?H)
    (exists (?O ?POS ?PROC)
        (and
            (occupiesPosition ?A ?POS ?O)
            (agent ?PROC ?A)
            (wants ?O ?PROC))))
Law.kif 116-122 If X rewards Y, then there exist Z, W, V such that X holds the position of W in Z, X is an agent of V, and Z wants V
(=>
    (punishes ?A ?H)
    (exists (?P)
        (and
            (agent ?P ?H)
            (not
                (wants ?A ?P)))))
Law.kif 147-153 If X punishes Y, then there exists Z such that Y is an agent of Z and X doesn't want Z
(=>
    (punishes ?A ?H)
    (exists (?O ?POS ?PROC)
        (and
            (occupiesPosition ?A ?POS ?O)
            (agent ?PROC ?A)
            (wants ?O ?PROC))))
Law.kif 160-166 If X punishes Y, then there exist Z, W, V such that X holds the position of W in Z, X is an agent of V, and Z wants V
(=>
    (and
        (defenseLawyer ?P ?A)
        (defendant ?P ?D))
    (desires ?A
        (not
            (exists (?L)
                (and
                    (instance ?L LegalDecision)
                    (refers ?L ?P)
                    (not
                        (wants ?D ?L)))))))
Law.kif 275-286 If X is the defense lawyer in Y and Z is the defendant in Y, then X desires there doesn't exist W such that W is an instance of legal decision, W includes a reference to Y, and Z doesn't want W
(=>
    (and
        (prosecutor ?P ?A)
        (defendant ?P ?D))
    (desires ?A
        (exists (?L)
            (and
                (instance ?L LegalDecision)
                (refers ?L ?P)
                (not
                    (wants ?D ?L))))))
Law.kif 299-309 If X is the prosecutor in Y and Z is the defendant in Y, then X desires there exists W such that W is an instance of legal decision, W includes a reference to Y, and Z doesn't want W
(=>
    (attribute ?H ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder)
    (exists (?COL ?C)
        (and
            (memberType ?COL ?C)
            (or
                (subclass ?C Investigating)
                (subclass ?C Cleaning))
            (=>
                (instance ?CI ?C)
                (and
                    (agent ?CI ?H)
                    (not
                        (wants ?H ?CI)))))))
Medicine.kif 4059-4072 If obsessive–compulsive disorder is an attribute of X, then there exist Y, Z such that Z is a member type of Y, Z is a subclass of investigating or Z is a subclass of cleaning, W is an instance of ZX is an agent of W, and X doesn't want W
(=>
    (holdsDuring ?T
        (attribute ?H Narcolepsy))
    (exists (?S)
        (and
            (instance ?S Sleeping)
            (experiencer ?S ?H)
            (during
                (WhenFn ?S) ?T)
            (not
                (wants ?H ?S)))))
Medicine.kif 4804-4814 If narcolepsy is an attribute of X holds during Y, then there exists Z such that Z is an instance of sleeping, X experiences Z, the time of existence of Z takes place during Y, and X doesn't want Z

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