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Concept: Produce

System documentation


Superconcept: Create

Definition: Create something from raw materials. The raw-material becomes either the material or the has-part of the thing that's created.

Required Relationships:

result: The thing that's produced
raw-material: The parts or material that comprise the result after the action

Other Common Relationships:

agent: the entity that caused the production
instrument: the tool or aid that was used to create the result
by-means-of: the event that caused the production

Examples:

  1. The little pig built a house of stone.
    result: a house
    raw-material: stone
    agent: the little pig
  2. Comment: In this case, the raw-material (stone) is a Substance. Consequently, this action creates a result (a house) which is related to the raw-material by the material relationship.
  3. John made a raft out of 3 logs.
    result: a raft
    agent: John
    raw-material: 3 logs
  4. Comment: In this case, the raw-material (3 logs) is a set of Objects. Consequently, this action creates a result (a raft) which is related to the raw-material by the has-part relationship.

Neighboring Concepts:

Similar to...But different because...
Create Create is more general than Produce. It involves something coming into existence, but does not specify raw materials.
Copy Copy creates a result that resembles some original object.