sport
Enable an AI agent to recognise sport in the registry's physical-exertion-and-competition sense, assess whether a sporting activity can proceed, and identify appropriate participation or officiating actions.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
6 bundles · 11 layers · 11 findings · 21 questions
Sport identity and boundaries Establishes which activity is being modelled and why it qualifies under the registry definition.
Definition and classification
Records the adopted meaning of sport and the evidence supporting classification.
Exertion and competition test
A candidate classification needs separate evidence of relevant physical exertion and an identifiable competitive relationship.
- Which physical actions materially contribute to success, and against whom or what competitive performance is success assessed? definition
- Whose definition supports or challenges the classification, and where can that definition be inspected? provenance
Activity and instance boundaries
Separates a sport from its variants, contests and supporting practice.
Sport, variant, contest and practice
The model distinguishes the activity kind from a particular competitive occurrence and from preparation for competition.
- Is the subject a sport, a rules variant, an actual contest or a practice session linked to a contest? boundary
- Which changes to objectives, permitted bodily actions or comparison rules would make this a different sporting activity rather than a variant? boundary
Physical performance and demands Describes the bodily contribution to competitive success and the demands of participation.
Embodied competitive task
Identifies the physical actions and capabilities through which participants pursue the contest objective.
Bodily contribution to success
Classification and assessment should explain how exertion and embodied skill affect performance rather than infer them from appearance.
- Which movements, sustained efforts or precision actions influence the result, and how do they interact with tactics or equipment? definition
- What observation or measurement would show that the participant's physical contribution is material rather than incidental? measurement
Effort and preparation
Connects the contest's physical demands to observable effort and relevant preparation.
Contextual exertion assessment
An exertion assessment needs a stated method and participant context; preparation should relate to the demands identified.
- How will effort, duration and recovery demands be assessed for this format and participant group? measurement
- Which preparation activities support the required competitive actions, and what evidence is needed before increasing their difficulty? action
Contest rules and results Makes the competitive objective, permitted means and outcome determination explicit.
Objectives and permitted play
Identifies what competitors seek to achieve and the constraints on how they may achieve it.
Applicable contest conventions
The relevant rules may come from a published ruleset or an explicit local agreement and must be identified for the particular contest.
- What constitutes success, which actions are permitted or prohibited, and what starts, pauses and ends the contest? definition
- Which rules version or local agreement applies, and who adopted it for these participants? provenance
Scoring and comparability
Explains how performances become results and when results can be compared.
Valid result determination
A result needs its measurement or judging method, relevant conditions, penalties and unresolved disputes.
- How are scores, times, distances or judgments produced, checked and combined, including ties and penalties? measurement
- Which differences in rules, equipment, environment or participant classification prevent direct comparison of two performances? boundary
Participants and fair competition Defines competitive roles, entry conditions and the procedures for addressing contested conduct.
Roles and eligibility
Records who performs, who opposes whom and which entry or classification conditions apply.
Competitive membership and grouping
Participant grouping and role assignment need a contest-specific basis, including any applicable adaptations or classifications.
- Who competes individually or together, and how are opponents, divisions or performance classes assigned? definition
- Which eligibility or classification requirements apply, who decides them, and what remains unverified? provenance
Officiating and contested conduct
Connects observed conduct to the applicable rules and available review procedures.
Rule enforcement and review
An agent should distinguish an allegation, an observed incident and an authorised ruling when interpreting fair competition.
- Who may judge violations, equipment compliance or prohibited assistance, and what evidence does the applicable procedure require? provenance
- When conduct or a result is disputed, what correction, sanction or appeal can the authorised participant or official initiate? action
Participation conditions and adaptation Assesses whether the setting and arrangements support the proposed sporting activity and its participants.
Setting, equipment and readiness
Identifies conditions that affect whether the sporting task can be performed and assessed appropriately.
Conditions for proceeding
Readiness depends on the specific sporting actions, equipment, environment and available supervision or assistance.
- Which playing-surface, weather, equipment and supervision conditions must be checked for this activity and format? measurement
- Which observed conditions require modification, postponement or stopping, and who has authority to make that decision? action
Access and sporting adaptations
Examines changes that enable participation and their effects on the competitive task.
Adaptation and comparison basis
Changes to equipment, assistance, duration or rules should state what participation need they address and how results will be interpreted.
- What adaptation would enable participation while retaining an identifiable physical task and competitive objective? action
- Does the adaptation permit comparison within the existing format, require a separate classification or establish a different variant? boundary
Evidence and external alignment What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.
Reported evidence
Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.
Kinds and varieties
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of sport this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- noun.act
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- 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
- daisy cutter, dressage, curvet, vaulting, piaffe, funambulism, tightrope walking, rock climbing, contact sport, outdoor sport, field sport, gymnastics
What it is Filled
A physical-activity practice organised around skill, exertion, and contest under shared rules, spanning recreation through elite competition.
In scope
- Physical exertion and embodied skill that contribute to competitive performance
- Contest objectives, permitted actions, scoring and outcome determination
- Individual, team and opponent relationships within sporting activity
- Conditions for eligible, safe and fair participation
- Differences between a sport, a variant, a contest and practice undertaken for competition
Out of scope
- Exercise and recreation without a competitive relationship
- Games whose outcomes do not depend materially on physical exertion
- Detailed administration of clubs, federations and sporting businesses
- Event logistics, broadcasting, spectatorship and betting
- Clinical diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation
- Complete technical rules and coaching programmes for individual sports
Why it exists Filled
Enable an AI agent to recognise sport in the registry's physical-exertion-and-competition sense, assess whether a sporting activity can proceed, and identify appropriate participation or officiating actions.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Identify physical actions whose exertion contributes materially to the competitive task; incidental movement while playing a game is insufficient evidence.
- Identify an opponent, rival performance or competitive benchmark and the convention used to compare performances; physical activity alone does not satisfy this registry definition.
- Determine whether contest conventions define successful performance and permitted means, distinguishing sporting competition from unrestricted conflict.
- Separate a sporting contest from training for that contest; a training session can support sport without itself containing competition.
- Record the definition and authority behind a disputed classification instead of treating institutional recognition or a familiar label as decisive.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Help anyone cheat, fix matches or use banned substances.
- Encourage people to play on with a suspected concussion or serious injury.
- Share athletes' medical data without their consent.
- Use betting tips based on insider information.
Only with a human decision
- Medical return-to-play decisions after injury.
- Decisions that exclude athletes from competition.
May
- Report results, rules and history of sports from official sources.
- Help people find safe ways to start or train in a sport.
Moral aspects Filled
- Sport builds health and community but can harm athletes through pressure, injury and abuse.
- Fair competition depends on honesty about rules and substances.
Who is affected
- Athletes
- Young players
- Fans
Owners Filled
Steward
Governing bodies run each sport; clubs and organisers answer for events.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-00427931-n - registry parent class
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.sport
- Open English WordNet: oewn-00524569-n
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- Classification under the registry definition: qualifies | does not qualify | disputed | insufficient evidence
- Physical contribution to performance: Locally evidenced contributions such as endurance, force, speed, coordination, precision or balance; multiple values allowed
- Exertion assessment: Measure, unit, protocol and participant context, such as duration in minutes or a named perceived-exertion scale; unknown permitted
- Competitive relationship: Participant or team related to direct opponents, ranked rival performances or a specified competitive record
- Performance comparison method: Time | distance | load | points | judged performance | completion | composite, with sport-specific units and tie rules
- Applicable contest conventions: Named rules or explicit local agreement, version, variant and adopting authority
- Participation format: Individual | team | paired | mixed, with simultaneous or sequential competition
- Participation readiness: Ready | conditional | paused | ineligible | unassessed, with reasons and decision authority
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Participants perform physical skills within a recognizable playing area, course or competition setting.
- Scoring, timing, judging or direct opposition indicates a contest governed by shared rules.
- Sport-specific equipment, markings or officials support identification, although clothing or exertion alone is insufficient.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- Assess whether a candidate activity meets this registry sense of sport and explain any disputed boundary.
- Identify the rules, variant, participant roles and performance measures needed to interpret a contest.
- Compare sporting performances when rules, conditions and measurement methods support comparison.
- Identify missing eligibility, equipment, venue or supervision checks before recommending participation.
- Explain available sporting actions and route uncertain rule interpretations or disputed results to the appropriate authority.
- Link training and adaptations to the competitive capabilities they support without classifying every session as a contest.
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Head injuries in contact sports can cause lasting brain damage.
- Overtraining and pressure can harm young athletes' bodies and mental health.
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- World Anti-Doping Code, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
Context of use required Filled
- Sport is practised in clubs, schools, public recreation spaces and organized competitions.
- It provides settings for physical skill development, exertion, recreation and competition under shared rules.
- Agents may support participation, scheduling, officiating and assessment of facilities or equipment.
Sources Filled
- Researching official definitions - initial
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-00524569-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: sport - word senses and usage
Open questions
- What sense and existing publication, if any, belong to the other registry entry named sport, and should these entries share a model or remain explicitly distinguished?
- Which researched definitions and operationalisations should be represented alongside the registry definition, especially where competition is optional?
- What defensible test of material physical exertion handles precision, motor-assisted and electronically mediated competitive activities without an arbitrary universal threshold?
- When does attempting a personal best or an established record constitute competition under this registry sense, rather than exercise or recreation?
- Which criteria distinguish an adaptation or rules variant from a separate sport, and whose judgments should be recorded when participants and governing bodies disagree?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-sport/spec.json