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uncle or aunt

vr.tr.uncle-or-aunt · thing-q21073936

Let an agent handle uncles and aunts as kinship terms across languages and cultures, and in general legal contexts such as guardianship and inheritance, without personal legal advice.

Thing Registry Cross-cutting context XCT.REL
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Terms Kinship words.

Meaning

Relationship.

Meaning

Relationship.

  1. Is this a blood relative or an uncle or aunt by marriage? definition
  2. On which side of the family? definition

Translation

Other languages.

Translation

Translation.

  1. Which term does this language use for a maternal or paternal uncle or aunt? provenance
  2. Does relative age matter? provenance
Culture Roles.

Role

Family role.

Role

Family role.

  1. What roles do uncles or aunts traditionally play in this culture, according to sources? provenance
  2. Is there a special role for the maternal uncle? provenance

Honorific

Courtesy use.

Honorific

Honorific use.

  1. Is uncle or aunt used here as a courtesy title for an older person? boundary
  2. Is that respectful in context? boundary
Law Legal roles.

Care

Kinship care.

Care

Kinship care.

  1. How can a relative become a kinship carer or guardian here, in general terms? provenance
  2. Which agency or advice service helps? provenance

Inheritance

Intestacy.

Inheritance

Inheritance.

  1. Do uncles or aunts inherit under intestacy rules here? provenance
  2. Should a lawyer be consulted? action
Genealogy Family trees.

Tree

Placement.

Tree

Family tree.

  1. Where does this person sit in the family tree? definition
  2. Which records confirm it? provenance

Degree

Degree of kinship.

Degree

Degree of kinship.

  1. What degree of kinship is an uncle or aunt under this legal system? provenance
  2. Does it matter for marriage rules? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Cross-cutting context
Entry kind
thing
Plane
XCT
Domain
XCT.REL
Other names and narrower kinds
maternal uncle or aunt, paternal uncle or aunt, uncle-in-law or aunt-in-law

What it is Filled

A second-degree relative who is a sibling of a parent, or the spouse of a parent sibling; English uses uncle for males and aunt for females, while many languages distinguish maternal and paternal sides or relative age.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle uncles and aunts as kinship terms across languages and cultures, and in general legal contexts such as guardianship and inheritance, without personal legal advice.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Second-degree relative by blood or marriage
  • Terms vary by culture
  • May have legal roles
  • Honorific uses for family friends

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Translate kinship terms in a way that loses or invents a distinction that matters to the meaning.
  • Give legal advice on custody, guardianship or inheritance involving an uncle or aunt.
  • Disclose information about a person's relatives without consent.

Only with a human decision

  • Acting on a family relationship in a legal matter, such as guardianship of a child.

May

  • Explain kinship terms for uncles and aunts across languages, including maternal and paternal distinctions.
  • Translate kinship terms with the distinctions the target language requires.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Kinship terms carry duties and respect in many cultures; mistranslation can offend.
  • Uncles and aunts may take on care of children; that touches child welfare.

Who is affected

  • Families
  • Children in kinship care

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns the relation; family law of the jurisdiction governs legal duties.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q138000581 - registry parent class
  • Q24882651 - registry parent class

related

  • second-degree relative - category
  • parent - relation
  • cousin - relation
  • kinship terminology - system

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.uncle-or-aunt
  • Wikidata: Q21073936 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21073936)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Parent sibling or their spouse
  • Maternal and paternal distinctions in many languages
  • Cousins are the children of uncles and aunts
  • A relationship, not an object.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain kinship terms for uncles and aunts
  • translate terms that distinguish maternal and paternal sides
  • understand general legal roles such as kinship care
  • build family trees

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Mistranslating kinship terms
  • Assuming English categories are universal
  • Agents giving legal advice on custody

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Family law on kinship care and guardianship
  • Inheritance rules on intestacy

Context of use required Filled

  • Describing family relationships.
  • maternal uncles and aunts
  • paternal uncles and aunts
  • uncles and aunts by marriage
  • great-uncles and great-aunts
  • honorific uncles and aunts

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q21073936: uncle or aunt - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Aunt and uncle - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should maternal and paternal terms be separate entries?
  • How should language-specific terms be linked?
  • How should honorific uses be recorded?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q21073936/spec.json