companion
Let an agent describe a companion by who or what accompanies whom, in which situation and for how long, and link specialised senses to their own entries.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Parties Who accompanies whom.
Companion
The accompanying entity.
Companion
Entity and kind.
- Who or what is the companion? provenance
- Is it a person, animal or other entity? boundary
Accompanied
The other entity.
Accompanied entity
Entity.
- Whom or what does it accompany? provenance
- Since when? provenance
Context Situation and duration.
Situation
Activity or setting.
Situation
Activity.
- In which situation or activity does accompaniment hold? definition
- Where? provenance
Duration
Time span.
Duration
Start and end.
- How long does it last? measurement
- Is it occasional or ongoing? boundary
Nature Kind of bond.
Bond
Formal or informal.
Bond
Nature.
- What is the nature of the bond, if any? definition
- Is it formal, paid or informal? boundary
Responsibilities
Duties.
Responsibility
Duty.
- Does the companion have duties, such as care? boundary
- Under which arrangement? provenance
Senses Links to specialised entries.
Specialised senses
Animal, astronomy.
Link
Entry.
- Is a specialised entry more suitable? boundary
- Which one? definition
Other senses
Order ranks and labels.
Other sense
Sense.
- Is an order rank or another label meant instead? boundary
- Which entry covers it? definition
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Companion of the Order of the Direkgunabhorn, Companion of the Order of the White Elephant, Companion of the Order of Rama, regulations, procedure, or expectations accorded with, casting agency, second partner, the other (usually prepositional), home-wrecker, entity 2, additional authors, Second chairperson when separate mention, arg0 chairs with whom?, co-developer
What it is Filled
An entity in the role of accompanying another entity in a particular situation or activity, such as a person who keeps someone company, a companion animal, or a body bound to another in astronomy; companionship need not imply friendship, romance or a lasting bond.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent describe a companion by who or what accompanies whom, in which situation and for how long, and link specialised senses to their own entries.
Distinguishing features Filled
- A companion occupies the accompanying role in a relationship; it is a participant, not the relationship itself.
- No physical properties are shared by all companions; properties belong to the participating entity.
- 'Companion' as a rank in orders of chivalry is a different sense.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- mix senses without saying so
May
- clarify the sense and describe relations
Moral aspects Filled
- clarity
Who is affected
- users
Owners Filled
Steward
nobody; a general relation
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q795052 - registry parent class
related
- role - participant role
- companion animal - specialised sense
- binary star - astronomy sense
- Companion (order rank) - honour sense
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.companion-q106645134
- Wikidata: Q106645134 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106645134)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
No physical properties are shared by all companions; they belong to each participating entity.
Recognition optional Filled
- Depends on the sense; not identifiable as such
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- identify the companion and the accompanied entity
- record the situation or activity
- link specialised senses (companion animal, binary star companion)
- tell the role apart from order ranks named Companion
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Mixing senses
Standards and interfaces not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
A role: rules belong to specific senses, such as animal welfare law for companion animals.
Context of use required Filled
- Naming the relation of accompanying another entity.
- human companion
- companion animal
- astronomical companion
Sources Filled
- Q106645134 - identity of the registry item, labels and sitelinks
- Companion - Accompanying people, animals and matching objects; distinction between an entity and its relationship.
- Companion noun - Accompaniment and association senses.
- VerbNet Annotation Guidelines - Semantic participant roles, including co-agents, relevant to auditing the merged role labels.
Open questions
- The registry merges order ranks and semantic-role labels (co-agent, contracting party); they need individual review and separate entries.
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q106645134/spec.json