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vr.tr.cup-food · thing-cup-food

Let an agent explain cup drinks and their recipes, distinguish them from punch, and support responsible serving, and separate the drinking vessel sense.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.MAT

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Recipes Making cups.

Classic

Classic cups.

Classic

Classic cups.

  1. How is a classic claret or champagne cup made, according to historical and modern recipes? provenance
  2. What proportions work? measurement

Alternatives

Non-alcoholic.

Alternatives

Alternatives.

  1. How can a non-alcoholic cup be made? action
  2. Which ingredients could affect guests with allergies? boundary
Serve Hosting.

Quantities

How much.

Quantities

Quantities.

  1. How much cup is needed for this number of guests? measurement
  2. How should it be kept cold? action

Responsible

Alcohol.

Responsible

Responsible serving.

  1. Which serving rules and age limits apply here? provenance
  2. How is alcohol content kept clear to guests? action
History Tradition.

Origins

Where cups come from.

Origins

Origins.

  1. How did cups develop in British entertaining, according to food historians? provenance
  2. How do they relate to punch and sangria? definition

Names

Named cups.

Names

Named cups.

  1. What is in a named cup such as Pimms cup? provenance
  2. Which are trademarked? provenance
Senses Disambiguation.

Vessel

Drinking cup.

Vessel

Vessel sense.

  1. Is a drinking vessel or a measuring cup meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Trophy

Cup competitions.

Trophy

Trophy sense.

  1. Is a sports cup or trophy meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Physical world and living systems
Entry kind
noun.food
Plane
PHY
Domain
PHY.MAT
Tags
food
Facets: substance
material
Facets: origin
manufactured
Facets: agency
inert
Facets: mobility
portable
Facets: scale
handheld
Facets: affordances
graspable, consumable
Other names and narrower kinds
champagne cup, claret cup

What it is Filled

A mixed drink of wine or spirits with fruit, sugar, soda or other ingredients, served chilled from a pitcher rather than a punch bowl, such as claret cup, champagne cup and cider cup, popular at summer gatherings and historically in British entertaining; related to sangria and punch.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain cup drinks and their recipes, distinguish them from punch, and support responsible serving, and separate the drinking vessel sense.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Wine or spirit based
  • Served from a pitcher
  • Fruit and mixers
  • Historical British tradition

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Serve alcohol to people under the legal drinking age.
  • Serve a cup to someone who has said they avoid alcohol, or hide the alcohol in it.
  • Add anything to a drink that the drinker has not agreed to.
  • Encourage drinking beyond what a person wants or can safely take.

Only with a human decision

  • Serving alcohol at an event where drivers or minors are present.

May

  • Describe recipes and serving traditions for wine or cider cups.
  • Label a served cup with its alcoholic ingredients and strength.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Mixed drinks hide how much alcohol they contain, which leads to overconsumption.
  • Spiked drinks are a known means of harming people, so transparency matters.

Who is affected

  • People who drink it
  • People in recovery or avoiding alcohol
  • Other road users

Owners Filled

Steward

The host or licensed server who prepares and serves it.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • oewn-07946794-n - registry parent class

related

  • mixed drink - category
  • liquor - ingredient
  • punch - related drink
  • cup - drinking vessel sense

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.cup-food
  • Open English WordNet: oewn-07947104-n

Direct properties required Filled

  • Alcohol content by volume: % vol - Alcohol content is determined by a validated beverage analysis method because fruit, sugar and dilution affect the mixture.
  • Serving temperature: degrees Celsius - Serving temperature is measured with a food thermometer and varies with chilling and ice melt.
  • Mass concentration of sugars: g/L - Sugar concentration is measured by beverage analysis that accounts for the presence of alcohol and other dissolved substances.

Recognition required Filled

  • Served from a pitcher
  • Fruit and herbs in the drink
  • Punch is served from a bowl
  • Chilled fruit-laden drinks in pitchers.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain what a cup is and its varieties
  • suggest recipes and non-alcoholic versions
  • plan serving quantities
  • separate other senses of cup

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Over-serving alcohol
  • Confusing senses
  • Unsafe ingredients for some guests

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Alcohol licensing and serving laws
  • Minimum drinking age rules

Context of use required Filled

  • Refreshing mixed drinks for gatherings.
  • claret cup
  • champagne cup
  • cider and ale cups
  • gin-based cups
  • non-alcoholic cups

Sources Filled

  1. Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-07947104-n - sense and gloss of the concept
  2. Wiktionary: cup - word senses and usage

Open questions

  • Should each cup recipe be a separate entry?
  • How should historical recipes be linked?
  • How should alcohol rules be localised?

Machine files

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-cup-food/spec.json