force
group of people willing to obey orders
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain force as an organised group of people, relay the military, police and civil senses from dictionary and organisational sources, describe how such forces are structured and commanded, and distinguish this sense from force in physics and law.
A group of people organised and willing to obey orders in pursuit of a common task, in the WordNet sense that covers armed forces such as armies, legions and ground forces, and other disciplined bodies such as police forces, task forces and work forces; the registry alias list also includes a newsroom and a host, which are groups in a looser sense; the word force has separate senses in physics, law and everyday speech.
What it is for: Not applicable; a category of organised groups.
It can be explain the sense; relay kinds of forces; describe structure and command; distinguish other senses.
Distinguishing features
Common task
Discipline and orders
Command structure
Military and civil kinds
What it looks like
Not a visible object; an organised body of people.
How it is recognised
Organised group obeying orders
Army, legion, regular army, ground forces, police force, task force, work force
Force in physics is an interaction; force in law is coercion; a crowd is not organised
Related models
is a kind of - in general terms
is exemplified by - as an armed force
is exemplified by - as a civil force
is contrasted with - a homonym
In practice
Families and kinds
armed forces such as armies, legions, ground forces and regular armies
police and security forces
task forces and expeditionary forces
work forces and labour forces
looser uses such as a host or the staff of a newsroom
Identifiers
WordNet oewn-08024893-n group of people willing to obey orders
Standards and regulation
Military and police law on organisation and command
Employment law for work forces
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing senses of force
Treating loose aliases such as newsroom as forces in the strict sense
Agents providing operational military detail
Analytical facets
- substance
- social
- origin
- conceptual
- agency
- collective
- mobility
- not-applicable
- scale
- not-applicable
- affordances
- observable
Also called
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Where this came from
oewn:2024 · CC BY 4.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a force is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a force in the sense of an organised group, and what makes a group a force? definition
- Is the question about an organised group, physical force or legal force? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What kinds of forces exist, from armies and legions to police, task forces and work forces? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Structure Structure and command.
Sources.
Command
Command.
Command
Command.
- How are forces organised into units and commanded, in general terms? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Discipline
Discipline.
Discipline
Discipline.
- How do discipline and lawful orders work in military and police forces? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Civil Civil forces.
Sources.
Police
Police forces.
Police
Police.
- How are police forces organised and overseen? provenance
- Which entry fits police? action
Work
Work forces.
Work
Work.
- What is a work force or labour force, and how is it measured? provenance
- Which entry fits workforce? action
Context Language and history.
Context.
Language
Language.
Language
Language.
- How did the word force come to mean an organised body, and what are host and legion historically? provenance
- Which entry fits Roman legion? action
Homonyms
Other senses.
Homonyms
Homonyms.
- What are force in physics and force in law? provenance
- Which entry fits force (physics)? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should armed forces and police force be the primary linked entries?
- How should the physics and legal senses be linked?
- The registry alias list includes newsroom and host, which fit poorly; should they be reviewed?