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Subject have domain3 have domain2 have domain1 be first domain of documentation have axiom is a kind of is an instance of
SpatialRelation   valenceThe Class of Relations that are spatial in a wide sense. This Class includes mereological relations, topological relations, and positional relations
(=>
(and
(instance ?REL SpatialRelation)
(holds ?REL ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2))
(overlapsTemporally (WhenFn ?OBJ1) (WhenFn ?OBJ2)))
Relation 
TernaryPredicate   singleValuedThe Class of Predicates that require exactly three arguments
(=>
(instance ?REL TernaryPredicate)
(valence ?REL 3))
TernaryRelation 
connectsObjectObjectObjectsingleValuedThe relationship between three things, when one of the three things connects the other two. More formally, (connects ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 ?OBJ3) means that (connected ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2) and (connected ?OBJ1 ?OBJ3) and not (connected ?OBJ2 ?OBJ3)
(=>
(and
(instance ?POKE Poking)
(agent ?POKE ?AGENT)
(patient ?POKE ?OBJ)
(instrument ?POKE ?INST))
(holdsDuring (WhenFn ?POKE) (connects ?INST ?AGENT ?OBJ)))
 TernaryPredicate

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