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Grass

vr.tr.grass-q5597487 · thing-q5597487

Let an agent handle the Grass languages by classification, member languages, speakers and documentation, respectfully and with sourced data.

Thing Registry Information and virtual systems INF.MED
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

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Classification Family.

Family

Ramu branch.

Family

Classification.

  1. How is the Grass group classified, according to which source? provenance
  2. Is the grouping disputed? boundary

Members

Languages.

Members

Member languages.

  1. Which languages belong to the group? provenance
  2. What are their ISO codes? provenance
Speakers Communities.

Numbers

Speaker counts.

Numbers

Speakers.

  1. How many speakers does each language have, according to which survey? measurement
  2. Are children learning them? boundary

Location

Villages.

Location

Location.

  1. Where are the languages spoken? provenance
  2. Which communities? provenance
Documentation Records.

Archives

Recordings and texts.

Archives

Archives.

  1. Which archives hold recordings or grammars? provenance
  2. Who created them? provenance

Rights

Consent.

Rights

Community rights.

  1. Did communities consent to use of materials? boundary
  2. Which protocols apply? provenance
Senses Disambiguation.

Plant

Grass.

Plant

Plant sense.

  1. Is the plant grass meant instead? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Names

Autonyms.

Names

Names.

  1. What do speakers call their languages? provenance
  2. Is the family name used locally? boundary

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Information and virtual systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
INF
Domain
INF.MED

What it is Filled

The Grass languages, a small family of Papuan languages spoken in the Ramu River basin of Papua New Guinea, classified within the Ramu branch of the Ramu-Lower Sepik family.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle the Grass languages by classification, member languages, speakers and documentation, respectfully and with sourced data.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Small Papuan language family
  • Part of Ramu-Lower Sepik
  • Few speakers per language
  • Documentation is limited

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Publish recordings or cultural knowledge of speakers without their consent.
  • Present a disputed classification of the languages as settled.
  • Describe the languages or their speakers in demeaning terms.
  • Invent words or grammar for these languages.

Only with a human decision

  • Making recordings or texts of a community publicly available.

May

  • Describe the Grass languages, where they are spoken and their classification, with sources.
  • Support documentation work led by or agreed with speaker communities.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Small languages are endangered; documentation should serve their speakers.
  • Communities have rights over their language materials and knowledge.

Who is affected

  • Speaker communities in Papua New Guinea
  • Linguists and archives

Owners Filled

Steward

The speaker communities who keep the languages; archives hold recordings under their terms.

Master systems

  • Glottolog
  • ISO 639-3 language code registry

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q3217471 - registry parent class
  • Q3442808 - registry parent class

related

  • Ramu-Lower Sepik languages - family
  • Papua New Guinea - country
  • language family - category
  • grass (plant) - another sense

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.grass-q5597487
  • Wikidata: Q5597487 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5597487)
  • Glottocode: Glottolog family id classification

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane INF: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Classification: Ramu, Ramu-Lower Sepik
  • Glottolog family entry
  • Not related to the plant grass
  • Spoken languages; the name is a scholarly label, not a description.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • look up classification and member languages
  • find documentation and archives
  • support community language work
  • use ISO 639-3 and Glottolog codes

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Treating the family label as a language name
  • Unsourced speaker numbers
  • Confusing with the plant

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Article 13

Context of use required Filled

  • A language family of communities in Papua New Guinea.
  • member languages of the Grass group (per Glottolog and Ethnologue)

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q5597487: Grass - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Grass languages - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should member languages be separate entries?
  • How should Glottolog ids be linked?
  • How should community names 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-q5597487/spec.json