PlantRoot - Sigma Knowledge base Browser

appearance as argument number 1

(documentation PlantRoot EnglishLanguage "An Organ of Plants whose main purpose is twofold, viz. to absorb Nutrient and Water; and to anchor the Plant in place.")	Mid-level-ontology.kif 9720-9722
(externalImage PlantRoot "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/ 6/ 65/ Pinus_silvestris_roots001xx.jpg")	pictureList.kif 160-160
(externalImage PlantRoot "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/ a/ ab/ Primary_and_secondary_cotton_roots.jpg")	pictureList.kif 2309-2309
(subclass PlantRoot Organ)	Mid-level-ontology.kif 9719-9719	Plant root is a subclass of organ
(subclass PlantRoot PlantAnatomicalStructure)	Mid-level-ontology.kif 9718-9718	Plant root is a subclass of plant anatomical structure

appearance as argument number 2

(termFormat ChineseLanguage PlantRoot "植物根")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 46166-46166
(termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage PlantRoot "植物根")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 46165-46165
(termFormat EnglishLanguage PlantRoot "plant root")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 46164-46164

antecedent

(=> (and (instance ?STEM PlantStem) (instance ?ROOT PlantRoot)) (modalAttribute (orientation ?STEM ?ROOT Above) Likely))	Mid-level-ontology.kif 9757-9762	If an entity is an instance of plant stem and another entity is an instance of plant root, then the statement the entity is above to the other entity has the modal force of likely
(=> (instance ?ROOT PlantRoot) (hasPurpose ?ROOT (exists (?TRAN ?STUFF ?HOST) (and (instance ?TRAN Transfer) (instrument ?TRAN ?ROOT) (origin ?TRAN ?HOST) (orientation ?HOST ?ROOT Outside) (objectTransferred ?TRAN ?STUFF) (or (instance ?STUFF FreshWater) (instance ?STUFF Nutrient))))))	Mid-level-ontology.kif 9725-9737	If a physical is an instance of plant root, then the physical has the purpose there exist an entity, another entity and a third entity such that the entity is an instance of transfer and the physical is an instrument for the entity and the entity originates at the third entity and the third entity is outside to the physical and the object transferred in the entity is the other entity and the other entity is an instance of freshwater or the other entity is an instance of nutrient

consequent

(=>
    (instance ?STEM PlantStem)
    (hasPurpose ?STEM
        (exists (?TRAN ?ROOT ?SUB)
            (and
                (instance ?TRAN Transfer)
                (instrument ?TRAN ?STEM)
                (instance ?ROOT PlantRoot)
                (origin ?TRAN ?ROOT)
                (instance ?SUB Substance)
                (attribute ?SUB Fluid)
                (objectTransferred ?TRAN ?SUB)))))

Mid-level-ontology.kif 9764-9775

If a physical is an instance of plant stem,
then the physical has the purpose there exist an entity, another entity and a third entity such that the entity is an instance of transfer and the physical is an instrument for the entity and the other entity is an instance of plant root and the entity originates at the other entity and the third entity is an instance of substance and fluid is an attribute of the third entity and the object transferred in the entity is the third entity

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