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 10398-10400
(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 2308-2308
(subclass PlantRoot Organ)	Mid-level-ontology.kif 10397-10397	Plant root is a subclass of organ
(subclass PlantRoot PlantAnatomicalStructure)	Mid-level-ontology.kif 10396-10396	Plant root is a subclass of plant anatomical structure

appearance as argument number 2

(termFormat ChineseLanguage PlantRoot "植物根")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 46159-46159
(termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage PlantRoot "植物根")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 46158-46158
(termFormat EnglishLanguage PlantRoot "plant root")	domainEnglishFormat.kif 46157-46157

antecedent

(=> (and (instance ?STEM PlantStem) (instance ?ROOT PlantRoot)) (modalAttribute (orientation ?STEM ?ROOT Above) Likely))	Mid-level-ontology.kif 10435-10440	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 10403-10415	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 10442-10453

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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