stop
Let an agent explain stop as an ending event, relay how endings are described in everyday, technical and legal language from reference sources, describe legal separation as the alias names it in general terms, and distinguish this sense from the many other senses of stop.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What this sense means.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a stop as an ending event, and how does it differ from bus stops, organ stops, full stops and the act of stopping? definition
- Is the question about an ending, a legal separation or another sense? boundary
Synonyms
Synonyms.
Synonyms
Synonyms.
- How do cessation, halt, surcease and stand differ in usage? definition
- Which entry fits the specific term? action
Legal Legal separation.
Separation
Separation.
Separation
Separation.
- What is legal separation, and how does it differ from divorce, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own situation, which needs a lawyer? boundary
Jurisdictions
Jurisdictions.
Jurisdictions
Jurisdictions.
- How do jurisdictions differ on separation? provenance
- Which entry fits legal separation? action
Usage Usage.
Everyday
Everyday.
Everyday
Everyday.
- How are endings described in everyday language and in sport and work stoppages? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Technical
Technical.
Technical
Technical.
- How are stops and halts defined in transport, computing and engineering? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context Homonyms.
Homonyms
Other senses.
Homonyms
Homonyms.
- What are the bus stop, organ stop, full stop and camera stop senses? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific homonym? action
Lexicon
WordNet.
Lexicon
Lexicon.
- How does WordNet organise the senses of stop? provenance
- Which entry fits WordNet? 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
- legal separation, separation, cessation, surcease, halt, stand, standstill, tie-up
What it is Filled
The event of something ending, in the WordNet sense covering a cessation, halt, surcease or stand, and by extension separations including legal separation of spouses; this sense concerns the point at which an activity, process or relationship comes to an end, as distinct from the act of stopping something, the bus stop, the organ stop or the full stop.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain stop as an ending event, relay how endings are described in everyday, technical and legal language from reference sources, describe legal separation as the alias names it in general terms, and distinguish this sense from the many other senses of stop.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Ending event
- Many synonyms
- Legal extension
- Homonyms
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Treat a pause as a final end in records.
- Describe the separation of spouses in records without their consent or a legal basis.
- Infer that a relationship or activity has ended without evidence.
Only with a human decision
- Recording the legal end of a relationship such as a separation.
May
- Explain stop as the event of something ending or halting.
- Record when a process or activity stopped and why.
- Distinguish this sense from a bus stop, a stop in phonetics or a halt order.
Moral aspects Filled
- Endings of relationships and work are painful and private.
- Wrongly recording an end can cut off people's rights or services.
Who is affected
- People whose relationships end
- People whose services stop
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the concept; whoever records an ending answers for it.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-07306035-n - registry parent class
related
- event - in general terms
- beginning - the opposite event
- legal separation - as an alias
- bus stop - a homonym
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.stop
- Open English WordNet: oewn-07380449-n
- WordNet: oewn-07306035-n the event of something ending
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Event of something ending
- Cessation, halt, surcease, stand, separation, legal separation
- Bus stops, organ stops and full stops are other senses; stopping as an act is a process
- Not a visible object; an ending.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the sense
- relay usage
- describe legal separation in general terms
- distinguish homonyms
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing homonyms
- Agents giving personal legal advice on separation
- WordNet aliases mixing everyday and legal senses
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Family law on legal separation, varying by jurisdiction
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a kind of event.
- cessation of activity
- halts and stands of movement
- endings of processes and relationships
- legal separation as a marital status
- stoppages in work and sport
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-07380449-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: stop - word senses and usage
Open questions
- Should legal separation be a separate primary entry?
- How should reference sources be linked?
- How should the homonyms of stop be kept apart?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-stop/spec.json