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Subject documentation is a kind of have axiom
DetachingA Process where the agent detaches one thing from something else. Note that this is different from Removing in that neither of the two things which are detached may be removed from the location where it was attachedProcess
(=>
(instance ?PROCESS Process)
(exists (?CAUSE)
(effector ?PROCESS ?CAUSE)))
CuttingThe subclass of Detaching Processes which involve a relatively sharp instrumentDetaching
(=>
(and
(instance ?ACT Surgery)
(patient ?ACT ?ANIMAL))
(exists (?SUBACT)
(and
(instance ?SUBACT Cutting)
(instance ?ANIMAL Animal)
(patient ?ANIMAL ?CUTTING)
(subProcess ?SUBACT ?ACT))))

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