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Concept: Be-Attached-To

Superconcept: Be-Touching


Component Semantics:

Be-Attached-To
Definition: one object attached to another
Required slot: object
Inherited from: Be-Touching
Restriction: a Tangible-Entity
Primary slot: instrument
Restriction: a Tangible-Entity
Comment: the connector
WordNet 1.6 Synsets: attached#1
WordNet 1.6 Synsets: --

Be-Attached-To respresents an asymmetric connection between two entities. One entity (the object) is restricted in movement relative to the other entity (the base). In particular, the object of the Be-Attached-To can only be the object of Moves in which the path is the location of the base entity of the Be-Attached-To state. This is probably overly restrictive.

An object is put into a Be-Attached-To state by an Attach action. The object is taken out of the Be-Attached-To state by a Detach action. Note that the base of the Attach corresponds to the base of the Be-Attached-To, but the base slot of the Detach refers to the base of the Be-Attached-To.