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Concept: Make-Contact

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Superconcept: Action

Definition: One object makes contact (touches) another which is the base. This Make-Contact action encodes an asymmetric collision, such as occurs when a bike leans against a building.

Required Relationships:

object: for a Make-Contact, give one object and one base. See examples below. This action causes the object and the base to be touching, i.e. to be in a Be-Touching state; it's assumed that they're not in this state beforehand.
base: the thing that is touched by the object.

Other Common Relationships:

agent: the initiator of the Make-Contact
location: the Place where the Make-Contact occurs

Examples:

  1. The bike leaned against the building.
    object: the bike
    base: the building

Neighboring Concepts:

Similar to...But different because...
Collide Collide is a type of Make-Contact with one extra property: it occurs with high intensity
Attach Attach is a type of Make-Contact with one extra property: it results in an attachment between the object and the base