Agentive & Causation

GL Agentive quale — encodes the mode of origin or causation of an entity: how it came into being and what caused it. The family ranges from the most general causal claim (has_cause) to the most specific intentional creation (has_intentional_cause), and also covers resultative and derivational relations.

The family is rooted at fnbr:has_cause, with fnbr:has_agentive as the root of the agentive (intentional) sub-branch.

fnbr:has_cause

An entity, state, or event is caused by another. The most general causal relation; agentivity not asserted.

• DUL parents: dul:has_precondition
• Children: fnbr:causes_naturally · fnbr:has_agentive_cause · fnbr:has_influence
• Domain: Caused
• Range: Cause

fnbr:has_agentive

The core Agentive relation: an entity was brought into existence by a particular event or agent.

• DUL parents: dul:has_precondition · dul:is_participant_in
• Children: fnbr:agentively_uses · fnbr:has_agentive_cause · fnbr:has_experiential_agentive · fnbr:has_progressive_agentive
• Domain: Created
• Range: Creator

fnbr:has_agentive_cause

An entity is caused by an agentive event — one with an intentional or animate agent.

• fnbr: parents: fnbr:has_agentive · fnbr:has_cause
• Children: fnbr:has_intentional_cause
• Domain: Caused
• Range: AgentiveCause

fnbr:has_intentional_cause

An entity is caused by an event in which the agent acted with deliberate intent. Strongest causal claim.

• fnbr: parent: fnbr:has_agentive_cause
• Domain: Caused
• Range: IntentionalCause

fnbr:has_progressive_agentive

An entity is in the process of being created — Agentive in its progressive (in-progress) aspect. Captures incomplete or ongoing creation.

• DUL parents: dul:is_participant_in
• fnbr: parent: fnbr:has_agentive
• Domain: Entity
• Range: Process

fnbr:agentively_causes

The inverse-direction perspective of fnbr:has_agentive_cause: an agentive event causes an entity or outcome.

• DUL parents: dul:has_postcondition
• Domain: AgentiveEvent
• Range: Outcome

fnbr:is_affected_by_agentive

An entity is affected (but not necessarily caused or created) by an agentive event. Affectedness is weaker than causation.

• DUL parents: dul:is_participant_in
• Domain: Patient
• Range: Event

fnbr:has_as_effect

An entity or event produces a particular effect or consequence.

• DUL parents: dul:has_postcondition
• Domain: Cause
• Range: Effect

fnbr:resulting_state

The state that obtains as a result of an event or process.

• DUL parents: dul:has_postcondition
• Domain: Event
• Range: State

fnbr:results_from

An entity results from a process or event. Resultative perspective on causation.

• DUL parents: dul:has_precondition
• Domain: Result
• Range: Process

fnbr:is_derived_from

An entity is derived from another via a transformation process.

• DUL parents: dul:has_precondition · dul:has_constituent
• Domain: Derived
• Range: Source

fnbr:has_influence

An entity exerts influence on another — weaker than causation; suggests partial or probabilistic effect.

• DUL parents: dul:associated_with
• fnbr: parent: fnbr:has_cause
• Domain: Influencer
• Range: Influenced

fnbr:precedes

An entity, event, or state temporally or logically precedes another. The most general sequencing relation.