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superstition, and the model describes these beliefs as held by their traditions without endorsing them.","purpose":"Let an agent explain omens as signs believed to foretell events, relay historical and cultural systems of omen interpretation from history and anthropology sources with attribution, describe modern folklore and superstition, and distinguish omens from scientific prediction, from symptoms as prognostic signs and from the figurative use of the word.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Foretelling sign","Cultural systems","Attributed belief","Folklore survival"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What an omen is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is an omen, and how does it differ from prediction, prognostic signs and figurative 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attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits magical thinking?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Culture.","layers":[{"id":"literature","name":"Literature","description":"Literature.","findings":[{"id":"literature-finding","name":"Literature","description":"Literature.","questions":[{"text":"How do omens function in literature and drama, from Shakespeare to modern fiction?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits foreshadowing?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"language","name":"Language","description":"Language.","findings":[{"id":"language-finding","name":"Language","description":"Language.","questions":[{"text":"How are portent, presage, prodigy and auspice used, and what is the etymology of omen?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific term?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Explain omens and divination practices across cultures with sources.","Describe the role of augurs and diviners in history.","Distinguish cultural belief from scientific prediction."],"mustNot":["Present an omen as reliable evidence of a future event.","Use omens to frighten people or pressure them into decisions or payments.","Mock the beliefs of living communities that read omens."],"requiresHuman":["Acting on a perceived omen in a decision that affects others."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Belief in omens is part of many living cultures and deserves respect.","Fortune tellers can exploit fear to extract money from vulnerable people."],"affectedParties":["Believers","Vulnerable people","Students of religion"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns the idea; it belongs to the traditions that hold it.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"oewn-07300719-n","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"sign","type":"related","note":"in general terms"},{"target":"divination","type":"related","note":"practices"},{"target":"augury","type":"related","note":"in ancient 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