meeting
Let an agent explain meeting as an unexpected encounter or convergence, relay the astronomical senses of conjunction and alignment from astronomy references, describe everyday encounter senses, and distinguish this sense from planned meetings, from mathematical intersections and from military engagements.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What this sense means.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a meeting as an unexpected convergence, and how does it differ from planned meetings and intersections? definition
- Is the question about a chance encounter, an astronomical conjunction or a planned meeting? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What are encounters, conjunctions, alignments and inferior and superior conjunctions? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Astronomy Astronomy.
Conjunctions
Conjunctions.
Conjunctions
Conjunctions.
- How are conjunctions defined and predicted, and what distinguishes inferior from superior conjunction? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Observing
Observing.
Observing
Observing.
- How are conjunctions and alignments observed, and what notable ones have occurred? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Everyday Everyday encounters.
Chance
Chance encounters.
Chance
Chance.
- How do chance encounters figure in social life and research on serendipity? provenance
- Which entry fits serendipity? action
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How do encounters figure in literature and film? provenance
- Which entry fits the encounter in narrative? action
Context Homonyms.
Planned
Planned meetings.
Planned
Planned.
- Where are planned meetings and gatherings covered? provenance
- Which entry fits meeting (gathering)? action
Astrology
Astrology.
Astrology
Astrology.
- How does astrology interpret conjunctions, as its practitioners state, and how does this differ from astronomy? provenance
- Which entry fits astrology? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- noun.event
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.EVT
- Facets: substance
- activity
- Facets: origin
- conceptual
- Facets: agency
- inert
- Facets: mobility
- not-applicable
- Facets: scale
- not-applicable
- Facets: affordances
- observable
- Other names and narrower kinds
- encounter, conjunction, alignment, inferior conjunction, superior conjunction
What it is Filled
A casual or unexpected convergence, in the WordNet sense of an encounter, including in astronomy the conjunction or alignment of celestial bodies as seen from Earth, with inferior and superior conjunctions of the inner planets with the Sun; this sense concerns coming together by chance or by orbital geometry, not the planned gatherings of people covered by other entries.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain meeting as an unexpected encounter or convergence, relay the astronomical senses of conjunction and alignment from astronomy references, describe everyday encounter senses, and distinguish this sense from planned meetings, from mathematical intersections and from military engagements.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Unplanned convergence
- Astronomical sense
- Everyday sense
- Homonyms
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present a conjunction as a cause of earthly events claimed by astrology or as a basis for astrological predictions.
- Confuse an encounter in this sense with an arranged meeting in records.
- Advise looking at the Sun near an inferior conjunction without proper filters.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing guidance on observing events near the Sun requires human review.
May
- Explain conjunctions of celestial bodies and when they can be seen.
- Compute times of planetary conjunctions from ephemerides.
- Distinguish this sense of chance encounter from a scheduled meeting.
Moral aspects Filled
- Viewing the Sun without protection causes permanent eye damage.
- Celestial events are used to frighten people with false predictions.
Who is affected
- Sky watchers
- Students
- People exposed to doom claims
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns an encounter; astronomical almanacs publish predicted conjunctions.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-07429340-n - registry parent class
related
- event - in general terms
- conjunction - in the astronomical sense
- planned event - organised in advance
- great conjunction - of Jupiter and Saturn
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.meeting-event
- Open English WordNet: oewn-07429522-n
- WordNet: oewn-07429340-n a casual or unexpected convergence
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- inferior conjunction: planet between Earth and Sun note - Mercury and Venus
- superior conjunction: planet beyond the Sun note
- great conjunction: Jupiter and Saturn, about every 20 years note
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Casual or unexpected convergence
- Encounter, conjunction, alignment, inferior and superior conjunction
- Planned meetings are organised; intersections are geometric; engagements are combat
- Not a visible object; two things coming together.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the sense
- relay astronomical conjunctions
- describe everyday encounters
- distinguish homonyms
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing this sense with planned meetings
- Astrological misreadings of conjunctions
- Confusing conjunction with occultation or transit
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- No regulation; IAU conventions for astronomical events
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a kind of event.
- chance encounters between people
- planetary conjunctions including inferior and superior
- alignments and syzygies
- conjunctions of planets with stars and the Moon
- encounters in literature and film
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-07429522-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: meeting - word senses and usage
Open questions
- Should conjunction (astronomy) be the primary linked entry?
- How should astronomy references be linked?
- How should the homonyms of meeting be kept apart?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-meeting-event/spec.json