Coughing - Sigma Knowledge base Browser

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(documentation Coughing EnglishLanguage "A cough is a sudden expulsion of air through the large Breathing passages that can help clear them of fluids, irritants, foreign particles and microbes. As a protective reflex, coughing can be repetitive with the cough reflex following three phases: an Inhalating, a forced Exhalating against a closed glottis, and a violent release of air from the lungs following opening of the glottis, usually accompanied by a distinctive sound.[from Wikipedia]")	Mid-level-ontology.kif 6027-6034
(subclass Coughing OrganismProcess)	Mid-level-ontology.kif 6026-6026	Coughing is a subclass of organism process

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(termFormat EnglishLanguage Coughing "coughing")

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antecedent

(=> (and (instance ?C Coughing) (experiencer ?C ?H)) (exists (?I ?E) (and (instance ?I Inhaling) (instance ?E Exhaling) (subProcess ?I ?C) (subProcess ?E ?C) (experiencer ?I ?H) (experiencer ?E ?H))))	Mid-level-ontology.kif 6037-6048	If a process is an instance of coughing and an agent experiences the process, then there exist another process and a third process such that the other process is an instance of inhaling and the third process is an instance of exhaling and the other process is a subprocess of the process and the third process is a subprocess of the process and the agent experiences the other process and the agent experiences the third process
(=> (and (instance ?C Coughing) (experiencer ?C ?H)) (hasPurpose ?C (exists (?R ?L ?O ?T) (and (instance ?L Lung) (instance ?T Throat) (instance ?O Object) (instance ?R Removing) (part ?L ?H) (part ?T ?H) (objectTransferred ?R ?O) (holdsDuring (ImmediatePastFn (WhenFn ?C)) (or (located ?O ?T) (located ?O ?L)))))))	Mid-level-ontology.kif 6050-6069	If a process is an instance of coughing and an agent experiences the process, then the process has the purpose there exist an entity, another entity,, , a third entity and a fourth entity such that the other entity is an instance of lung and the fourth entity is an instance of throat and the third entity is an instance of object and the entity is an instance of removing and the other entity is a part of the agent and the fourth entity is a part of the agent and the object transferred in the entity is the third entity and the third entity is located at the fourth entity or the third entity is located at the other entity holds during immediately before the time of existence of the process

consequent

(=>
    (and
        (instance ?C Choking)
        (experiencer ?C ?H))
    (exists (?CO)
        (and
            (instance ?CO Coughing)
            (subProcess ?CO ?C)
            (experiencer ?CO ?H))))

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If a process is an instance of choking and an agent experiences the process,
then there exists the processO such that the processO is an instance of coughing and the processO is a subprocess of the process and the agent experiences the processO

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