Drought - Sigma Knowledge base Browser

appearance as argument number 1

(documentation Drought EnglishLanguage "Drought is the subclass of WeatherProcess that represents long periods without precipitation, which is damaging to crops, livestock, and human life.")	Weather.kif 2450-2452
(externalImage Drought "http://articulatesoftware.com/SUMOpictures/weather/ scenes/ drought.png")	pictureList.kif 399-399
(subclass Drought WeatherProcess)	Weather.kif 2449-2449	Drought is a subclass of weather process

appearance as argument number 2

(termFormat ChineseLanguage Drought "干旱")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 20512-20512
(termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage Drought "乾旱")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 20511-20511
(termFormat EnglishLanguage Drought "drought")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 20510-20510

antecedent

(=>
    (and
        (instance ?DRYSPELL Drought)
        (eventLocated ?DRYSPELL ?AREA))
    (not
        (exists (?RAIN ?PLACE)
            (and
                (instance ?RAIN Raining)
                (instance ?PLACE Region)
                (eventLocated ?RAIN ?PLACE)
                (overlapsSpatially ?PLACE ?AREA)
                (overlapsTemporally ?RAIN ?DRYSPELL)))))

Weather.kif 2454-2465

If a time interval is an instance of drought and the time interval is located at an object,
then there don't exist another time interval and another object such that the other time interval is an instance of raining and the other object is an instance of region and the other time interval is located at the other object and the other object and the object overlapsSpatially and the time interval overlaps the other time interval

consequent

(=> (instance ?CAC Cactus) (modalAttribute (exists (?AREA) (and (instance ?AREA GeographicArea) (located ?CAC ?AREA) (exists (?D) (and (instance ?D Drought) (eventLocated ?D ?AREA))))) Likely))	Geography.kif 6302-6312	If an entity is an instance of cactus, then the statement there exists another entity such that the other entity is an instance of geographic area and the entity is located at the other entity and there exists a third entity such that the third entity is an instance of drought and the third entity is located at the other entity has the modal force of likely
(=> (instance ?P Succulent) (modalAttribute (exists (?D) (and (instance ?D Drought) (experiencer ?D ?P) (attribute ?P Living))) Likely))	Geography.kif 6286-6293	If an entity is an instance of succulent, then the statement there exists another entity such that the other entity is an instance of drought and the entity experiences the other entity and living is an attribute of the entity has the modal force of likely

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