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Killing comparison table
Subject documentation is a kind of have axiom
DestructionThe subclass of Process in which the patient (or an essential element of the patient) is destroyedProcess
(<=>
(instance ?PROCESS Destruction)
(exists (?PATIENT)
(and
(patient ?PROCESS ?PATIENT)
(existant ?PATIENT (ImmediatePastFn(WhenFn ?PROCESS)))
(not
(existant ?PATIENT (ImmediateFutureFn (WhenFn ?PROCESS)))))))
KillingThe subclass of Destruction in which the death of an Organism is caused by an Organism. Note that in cases of suicide the Organism would be the same in both casesDestruction
(=>
(and
(instance ?KILL Killing)
(patient ?KILL ?PATIENT))
(and
(holdsDuring (ImmediatePastFn (WhenFn ?KILL)) (attribute ?PATIENT Living))
(holdsDuring (ImmediateFutureFn (WhenFn ?KILL)) (attribute ?PATIENT Dead))))

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