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Concept: Disperse

System documentation


Superconcept: Action

Definition: Several objects change location from the same place.

Required Relationships:

object: the things that Disperse
origin: the location from which things leave

Other Common Relationships:

destination: the final location of the objects after the move
path: the Place which the objects move along. Typically, this is an object or surface along which the objects are moving
toward: the location toward which the objects move. Unlike the destination, the objects need not reach this Place, but they may
away-from: the location that the objects move away from. Unlike the origin, the objects need not start at this Place, but they may

Subevents:

Leave: for every object, it Leaves from the origin

Examples:

  1. The crowd dispersed from the theater.
    object: all the people in the crowd
    origin: the theater
  2. Comment: Here the crowd is explictly listed as all the individuals in the crowd
  3. Apples scattered from the basket.
    object: apples
    origin: the basket

Neighboring Concepts:

Similar to...But different because...
Move-Apart Whereas Disperse involves self-movement, i.e. the objects move themselves, Move-Apart involves an agent that causes the objects to move.
Come-Together Whereas Disperse involves objects leaving from an origin, Come-Together involves objects coming to an destination.