I think you'll find some limited documentation on Mike's database in his papers. His dissertation would be a good reference (UCLA). Perhaps pages 152-153 in the EWSL-1988 proceedings should help with understanding the data format. Pages 713-718 of IJCAI-1989 should help even more. Date: Wed, 27 Sep 89 16:03:50 -0700 From: Michael Pazzani ;;; -*- Mode: LISP; Syntax: common-lisp; Base: 10 -*- ;;;totally undocumented sanctions database. ;;;Pazzani AAAI-86 or EWSL-88 (def-cd sanction-21-1 (coerce actor (polity type(league) name (league-of-nations) language (english) location (northern-hemisphere) continent (europe) strategic-importance (low) government (democracy) economic-health (strong) business-rel (*role* target) economy (industrial) exports (*role* object) imports (commodity type (minerals))) target (polity type (country) name (yugoslavia) location (northern-hemisphere) language (slavic) continent (europe) economic-health (weak) government (communist) economy (undeveloped) business-rel (polity type (country) name (us)) imports (*role* object) ) object (commodity availability (common) type (food) commodity-type (agricultural)) threat (act type (sell) actor (*role* actor) object (*role* object) to (*role* target) mode (neg)) demand-obj (polity type (country) name (albania) location (northern-hemisphere) language (albanian) government (communist) continent (europe) economic-health (weak) business-rel (*role* actor) imports (commodity type (minerals)) ) demand (act type (invade) actor (*role* target) object (*role* demand-obj) mode (neg)) ; response (act type (invade) ; actor (*role* target) ; object (*role* demand-obj) ; mode (neg)) response (*role* demand) result (state type (concession) actor (*role* target) with (*role* demand)) outcome (goal-outcome type (success) actor (*role* actor)) )) (def-cd sanction-25-1 (coerce actor (polity type(league) name (league-of-nations) language (english) location (northern-hemisphere) continent (europe) economic-health (strong) government (democracy) business-rel (*role* target) economy (industrial) strategic-importance (low) exports (*role* object) imports (commodity type (minerals))) target (polity type (country) name (greece) location (northern-hemisphere) language (greek) continent (europe) economy (undeveloped) government (democracy) economic-health (weak) imports (*role* object) ) object (commodity availability (common) type (food) commodity-type (agricultural)) threat (act type (sell) actor (*role* actor) object (*role* object) to (*role* target) mode (neg)) demand-obj (polity type (country) name (bulgaria) location (northern-hemisphere) language (bulgarian) continent (europe) economic-health (weak) business-rel (*role* actor) imports (commodity type (minerals)) ) demand (act type (invade) actor (*role* target) object (*role* demand-obj) mode (neg)) response (*role* demand) result (state type (concession) actor (*role* target) with (*role* demand)) outcome (goal-outcome type (success) actor (*role* actor)) )) (def-cd sanction-33-1 (coerce actor (polity type(league) name (league-of-nations) language (english) location (northern-hemisphere) continent (europe) economic-health (strong) business-rel (*role* target) government (democraty) exports (*role* object) imports (commodity type (minerals))) target (polity type (country) name (italy) location (northern-hemisphere) language (italian) continent (europe) economic-health (strong) economy (industrial) imports (*role* object) exports (commodity type (textiles))) object (commodity availability (common) type (weapons) commodity-type (industrial)) threat (act type (sell) actor (*role* actor) object (*role* object) to (*role* target) mode (neg)) demand-obj (polity type (country) name (absyssinia) location (northern-hemisphere) language (amharic) continent (africa) economic-health (weak) business-rel (*role* actor) imports (commodity type (minerals)) ) demand (act type (invade) actor (*role* target) object (*role* demand-obj) mode (neg)) response (act type (produce) actor (*role* target) object (*role* object)) result (state type (possess) actor (*role* target) value (yes) object (*role* object)) outcome (goal-outcome type (failure) actor (*role* actor)) )) (def-cd sanction-48-4 (coerce actor (polity type(country) name (ussr) government (communist) language (russian) location (northern-hemisphere) continent (asia) economic-health (strong) business-rel (polity type (pact) name (warsaw-pact-counties)) exports (commodity type (metals)) imports (commodity type (food))) target (polity type (country) name (yugoslavia) location (northern-hemisphere) language (slavic) continent (europe) economic-health (weak) strategic-importance (high) government (communist) political-rels (dominated with (*role* actor)) imports (commodity type (minerals))) object (commodity availability (common) type (money) commodity-type (monetary) amount (dollars number (35000000))) threat (act type ($aid) actor (*role* actor) object (*role* object) to (*role* target) mode (neg)) demand (act type (change-rel) actor (*role* target) to (dominated with (*role* actor))) response (act type ($aid) actor (*role* target) from (polity type (country) name (us) economic-health (strong) location (northern-hemisphere) continent (north-america) imports (oil) exports (commodity type (food)) political-rels (adverserial with (*role* actor))) object (*role* object)) result (state type (reduced-influence) actor (*Role* actor) with (*role* target)) outcome (goal-outcome type (failure) actor (*role* actor)) )) (def-cd sanction-60-3 (coerce actor (polity type (country) name (us) economic-health (strong) location (northern-hemisphere) continent (north-america) imports (*role* object) government (democracy) exports (commodity type (food)) political-rels (adverserial with (*role* target))) target (polity type (country) name (cuba) location (northern-hemisphere) language (spanish) continent (north-america) government (communist) economic-health (weak) strategic-importance (high) economy (agricultural) business-rel (polity type (country) name (us)) imports (commodity type (oil)) exports (*role* object) ) object (commodity availability (common) type (sugar) commodity-type (agricultural)) threat (act type (sell) to (*role* actor) object (*role* object) from (*role* target) mode (neg)) demand (act type (change-government) actor (*role* target) from (communist)) response (act type ($aid) actor (*role* target) from (polity type(country) name (ussr) ideology (communist) language (russian) location (northern-hemisphere) continent (asia) economic-health (strong) business-rel (polity type (pact) name (warsaw-pact-counties)) exports (commodity type (metals)) imports (commodity type (food)) political-rels (adverserial with (*role* actor))) ) result (state type (reduced-influence) actor (*Role* actor) with (*role* target)) outcome (goal-outcome type (failure) actor (*role* actor)) )) (def-cd sanction-61-1 (coerce actor (polity type (country) name (us) economic-health (strong) location (northern-hemisphere) continent (north-america) imports (commodity type (oil)) government (democracy) exports (commodity type (food)) political-rels (allied with (polity type (country) name (uk)))) target (polity type (country) name (ceylon) location (northern-hemisphere) language (sinhala) continent (asia) economic-health (weak) government (democracy) strategic-importance (low) business-rel (*role* actor) imports (commodity type (manufactured-good)) exports (commodity type (oil))) object (commodity availability (common) type (money) amount (dollars number (17000000))) threat (act type (atrans) actor (*role* actor) object (*role* object) to (*role* target) mode (neg)) demand-obj (company type (oil)) demand (act type ($reimburse) actor (*role* target) object (*role* demand-obj) to (*role* actor) mode (yes)) response (*role* demand) result (state type (concession) actor (*role* target) with (*role* demand)) outcome (goal-outcome type (success) actor (*role* actor)))) (def-cd sanction-61-2 (coerce actor (polity type(country) name (ussr) ideology (communist) government (communist) language (russian) location (northern-hemisphere) continent (asia) economic-health (strong) business-rel (polity type (pact) name (warsaw-pact-counties)) exports (commodity type (metals)) imports (commodity type (food))) target (polity type (country) name (albania) location (northern-hemisphere) language (albanian) government (communist) strategic-importance (high) continent (europe) economic-health (weak) business-rel (polity type (country) name (us)) imports (commodity type (minerals))) object (commodity availability (common) type (food)) threat (act type ($aid) actor (*role* actor) object (*role* object) to (*role* target) mode (neg)) demand (act type (change-rel) actor (*role* target) to (indifferent with (polity type (country) name (china) economic-health (strong) location (northern-hemisphere) political-rels (adverserial with (*role* actor)) continent (asia)))) response (act type ($aid) actor (*role* target) from (polity type (country) name (china) economic-health (strong) location (northern-hemisphere) political-rels (adverserial with (*role* actor)) continent (asia)) object (*role* object)) result (state type (reduced-influence) actor (*Role* actor) with (*role* target)) outcome (goal-outcome type (failure) actor (*role* actor)) )) (def-cd sanction-82-3 (coerce actor (polity type (country) name (south-africa) language (english) location (southern-hemisphere) business-rel (polity type (country) name (us)) government (apartheid) continent (africa) exports (commodity type (chromium)) imports (oil) economic-health (strong) political-rels (allied with (polity type (country) name (us))) ) target (polity type (country) name (lesotho) location (northern-hemisphere) language (sesotho) government (democracy) strategic-importance (low) continent (europe) economic-health (weak) business-rel (*role* actor) imports (*role* object) exports (commodity type(wool))) object (commodity availability (common)type (food)) threat (act type (atrans) actor (*role* actor) object (*role* object) to (*role* target) instrument (act type (ptrans) actor (*role* actor) object (p-obj type (train)) to (*role* target)) mode (neg)) demand-obj (human membership (anc) number (22)) demand (act type (atrans) actor (*role* target) to (*role* actor) object (*role* demand-obj) mode (yes)) response (*role* demand) result (state type (concession) actor (*role* target) with (*role* demand)) outcome (goal-outcome type (success) actor (*role* actor)))) (def-cd sanction-62-1 (coerce actor (polity type (country) name (us) economic-health (strong) location (northern-hemisphere) continent (north-america) imports (commodity type (oil)) government (democracy) exports (commodity type (food)) political-rels (allied with (polity type (country) name (uk)))) target (polity type (country) name (brazil) location (southern-hemisphere) language (portuguese) continent (south-america) government (democracy) economic-health (strong) strategic-importance (med) business-rel (*role* actor) imports (commodity type (machinery)) exports (commodity type (soybeans)) ) object (commodity availability (common) type (money) amount (dollars number (174000000))) threat (act type (atrans) actor (*role* actor) object (*role* object) to (*role* target) mode (neg)) demand-obj (company type (oil)) demand (act type ($reimburse) actor (*role* target) object (*role* demand-obj) to (*role* actor) mode (yes)) response (*role* demand) result (state type (concession) actor (*role* target) with (*role* demand)) outcome (goal-outcome type (success) actor (*role* actor)) )) (def-cd sanction-65-3 (coerce actor (polity type (country) name (uk) economic-health (strong) location (northern-hemisphere) continent (europe) government (democracy) imports (commodity type (food)) exports (*role* object) political-rels (allied with (polity type (country) name (us)))) target (polity type (country) name (rhodesia) location (southern-hemisphere) language (english) continent (africa) economic-health (weak) government (democracy) economy (agricultural) business-rel (*role* actor) imports (*role* object) exports (commodity type (tobacco)) ) object (commodity availability (common) type (food) commodity-type (agricultural) ) threat (act type (sell) actor (*role* actor) to (*role* target) object (*role* object) from (*role* actor) mode (neg)) demand (act type (change-rel) actor (*role* target) to (allied with (*role* actor)) mode (yes)) response (act type (produce) actor (*role* target) object (*role* object)) result (state type (possess) actor (*role* target) value (yes) object (*role* object)) outcome (goal-outcome type (failure) actor (*role* actor)) )) (def-cd sanction-80-1 (coerce actor (polity type (country) name (us) economic-health (strong) location (northern-hemisphere) government (democracy) continent (north-america) imports (commodity type (oil)) exports (*role* object) political-rels (adverserial with (*role* target))) target (polity type(country) name (ussr) ideology (communist) government (communist) language (russian) location (northern-hemisphere) continent (asia) economic-health (strong) political-rels (dominant with (polity type (pact) name (warsaw-pact-counties))) business-rel (polity type (pact) name (warsaw-pact-counties)) exports (commodity type (metals)) imports (*role* object)) object (commodity availability (common) type (grain)) threat (act type (sell) actor (*role* actor) to (*role* target) object (*role* object) from (*role* actor) mode (neg)) demand-obj (polity type (country) name (afganistan)) demand (act type (invade) actor (*role* target) object (*role* demand-obj) mode (neg)) response (act type (sell) actor (polity type (country) name (argentina) location (southern-hemisphere) language (portuguese) continent (south-america) economic-health (med) strategic-importance (med) business-rel (*role* target) exports (*role* object) imports (oil)) object (*role* object) price (money dollars (99000000) value (>market)) to (*role* target)) result (state type (possess) actor (*role* target) value (yes) object (*role* object)) outcome (goal-outcome type (failure) actor (*role* actor)) )) (def-cd sanction-83-1 (coerce actor (polity type (country) name (australia) language (english) location (southern-hemisphere) economic-health (strong) continent (australia) government (democracy) exports (*role* object) imports (oil)) object (commodity availability (common) type (uranium)) target (polity type (country) name (FRANCE) language (FRENCH) economic-health (strong) government (democracy) continent (europe) location (northern-hemisphere) imports (*role* object) exports (commodity type (wine))) demand-obj (weapons type (nuclear)) demand (act type (explode) actor (*role* target) object (*role* demand-obj) location (southern-hemisphere) mode (neg)) threat (act type (sell) actor (*role* actor) object (*role* object) to (*role* target) mode (neg)) response (act type (sell) actor (polity type (country) name (south-africa) language (english) location (southern-hemisphere) business-relationship (*role* target) government (apartheid) continent (africa) exports (*role* object) imports (oil)) object (*role* object) price (money dollars (3000000) value (>market)) to (*role* target)) outcome (goal-outcome type (failure) actor (*role* actor)) result (state type (possess) actor (*role* target) value (yes) object (*role* object)))) (def-cd sanction-68-2 (coerce actor (polity type (country) name (us) economic-health (strong) location (northern-hemisphere) continent (north-america) government (democracy) imports (commodity type (oil)) exports (commodity type (food)) political-rels (allied with (polity type (country) name (uk)))) target (polity type (country) name (peru) location (southern-hemisphere) language (portuguese) continent (south-america) government (dictatorship) economic-health (weak) strategic-importance (med) business-rel (*role* actor) imports (commodity type (machinery)) exports(commodity type (soybeans))) object (commodity availability (common) type (money) amount (dollars number (30000000))) threat (act type (atrans) actor (*role* actor) object (*role* object) to (*role* target) mode (neg)) demand-obj (company type (oil)) demand (act type ($reimburse) actor (*role* target) object (*role* demand-obj) to (*role* actor) mode (yes)) response (*role* demand) result (state type (concession) actor (*role* target) with (*role* demand)) outcome (goal-outcome type (success) actor (*role* actor)) )) (def-cd sanction-81-3 (coerce actor (polity type (country) name (us) economic-health (strong) location (northern-hemisphere) government (democracy) continent (north-america) imports (commodity type (oil)) exports (*role* object) political-rels (adverserial with (*role* target))) target (polity type(country) name (ussr) ideology (communist) government (communist) language (russian) location (northern-hemisphere) continent (asia) economic-health (strong) political-rels (dominant with (polity type (pact) name (warsaw-pact-counties))) business-rel (polity type (pact) name (warsaw-pact-counties)) exports (commodity type (metals)) imports (*role* object)) object (commodity availability (common) type (pipeline)) threat (act type (sell) actor (*role* actor) to (*role* target) object (*role* object) from (*role* actor) mode (neg)) demand-obj (polity type (country) name (poland)) demand (act type (control) actor (*role* target) object (*role* demand-obj) mode (neg)) response (act type (sell) actor (polity type (country) name (FRANCE) language (FRENCH) government (democracy) economic-health (strong) continent (europe) location (northern-hemisphere) business-rel (*role* target) exports (*role* object)) to (*role* target) object (*role* object) from (*role* actor) price (money dollars (200000000) value (>market)) mode (yes)) outcome (goal-outcome type (failure) actor (*role* actor)) result (state type (possess) actor (*role* target) value (yes) object (*role* object)) ;;sub-goal ;;sub-plan ;;;outcome )) (def-cd sanction-76-3 (coerce actor (polity type (country) name (us) economic-health (strong) location (northern-hemisphere) government (democracy) continent (north-america) imports (commodity type (oil)) exports (*role* object)) target (polity type (country) name (ethiopia) continent (africa) government (communist) economic-health (weak) imports (commodity type (food)) ) object (commodity availability (common) type (money) amount (dollars number (57000000))) threat (act type ($aid) actor (*role* actor) object (*role* object) to (*role* target) mode (neg)) demand (act type (human-rights-violations) actor (*role* target) mode (neg)) response (act type ($aid) actor (*role* target) from (polity type(country) name (ussr) ideology (communist) language (russian) government (communist) location (northern-hemisphere) continent (asia) economic-health (strong) business-rel (polity type (pact) name (warsaw-pact-counties)) exports (commodity type (metals)) imports (commodity type (food)) political-rels (adverserial with (*role* actor))) object (*role* object)) result (state type (reduced-influence) actor (*Role* actor) with (*role* target)) outcome (goal-outcome type (failure) actor (*role* actor)) )) (def-cd qa-1 (coerce demand (act mode (neg) type (sell) to (polity type (country) name (canada) economic-health (strong) location (northern-hemisphere) continent (north-america)) object (*role* demand-obj) from (*role* target) actor (*role* target)) demand-obj (commodity type (automobile)) threat (act mode (neg) from (*role* actor) object (*role* object) to (*role* target) actor (*role* actor) type (sell)) object (commodity availability (common) type (computer) commodity-type (electronic)) target (polity name (south-korea) economic-health (strong) location (northern-hemisphere) continent (asia) economy (industrial) government (democracy) imports (*role* object) exports (commodity type (electronics))) actor (polity type (country) name (us) economic-health (strong) location (northern-hemisphere) continent (north-america) government (democracy) imports (commodity type (oil)) exports (*role* object) political-rels (allied with (polity type (country) name (uk))))) ;"What would happen if the us refused to sell computers to southkorea unless they stopped exporting car to canada" ) (def-cd qa-2 (coerce demand-obj (company type (oil)) demand (act type ($reimburse) actor (*role* target) object (*role* demand-obj) to (*role* actor) mode (yes)) threat (act mode (neg) from (*role* actor) object (*role* object) to (*role* target) actor (*role* actor) type (atrans)) object (commodity availability (common) type (money) amount (dollars number (100000000))) target (polity name (iran) economic-health (weak) location (northern-hemisphere) government (dictatorship) continent (asia) exports (commodity type (oil))) actor (polity type (country) name (us) economic-health (strong) location (northern-hemisphere) continent (north-america) imports (commodity type (oil)) government (democracy) exports (commodity type (weapons)) political-rels (allied with (polity type (country) name (uk))))) ;"What would happen if the us offered to release 100-million dollars of iranian assests if iran aRRReed to reimburse the us 25-million ; for nationalizing oil companies" ) (def-cd qa-3 (coerce actor (polity political-rels (allied with (polity name (france) type (country))) exports (*role* object) imports (commodity type (oil)) government (democracy) continent (north-america) location (northern-hemisphere) economic-health (strong) name (us) type (country)) target (polity imports (commodity type (food)) economic-health (weak) continent (africa) government (communist) name (ethiopia) type (country)) object (commodity availability (common) type (money)) threat (act type ($aid) actor (*role* actor) to (*role* target) object (*role* object) from (*role* actor) mode (neg)) demand-obj (commodity type (food)) demand (act to (northern-ethiopia) object (*role* demand-obj) type (ptrans))) ;"What would happen if the US threatened to cut off aid to Ethiopia unless Ethiopia permitted food supplies ;to be distibuted in northen ethiopia?" ) (def-cd qa-4 (coerce demand (act mode (neg) type (invade) object (*role* demand-obj) actor (*role* target)) demand-obj (polity name (lebanon)) threat (act mode (neg) from (*role* actor) object (*role* object) to (*role* target) actor (*role* actor) type (sell)) object (commodity availability (unique) type (weapons) subtype (missle-guidance) commodity-type (industrial)) target (polity name (israel) economic-health (strong) economy (industrial) location (northern-hemisphere) government (democracy) continent (middle-east) imports (*role* object)) actor (polity type (country) name (us) economic-health (strong) location (northern-hemisphere) continent (north-america) government (democracy) imports (commodity type (oil)) exports (*role* object) political-rels (allied with (polity type (country) name (uk))))) ;"What would happen if the US refused to sell missle guidance technology to israel unless israel withdrew its forces ;from lebanon?" ) (def-cd qa-5 (coerce actor (polity political-rels (allied with (polity name (uk) type (country))) exports (*role* object) imports (commodity type (oil)) government (democracy) continent (north-america) location (northern-hemisphere) economic-health (strong) name (us) type (country)) target (polity imports (commodity type (food)) economic-health (weak) continent (africa) government (democracy) name (greece) type (country)) object (commodity availability (common) type (money)) threat (act type ($aid) actor (*role* actor) to (*role* target) object (*role* object) from (*role* actor) mode (neg)) demand-obj (runway) demand (act to (northern-greece) actor (*role* target) object (*role* demand-obj) type (build))) ; "What would happen if the US threatened to cut off aid to Greece unless Greece permitted the US to ;enlarge enlarge US bases to accomodiate longer runways?" )