Event Relation

An Event Relation is a Semantic Relation that relates the occurrence of an Event.

• Context:
  • It can be a Property Relation or an N-ary Relation.
  • It can be a Successor Relation.
  • …
• Example(s):
  • “Turing was born on 23 June 1912.” a Property Relation.
  • “John Smith swapped cars with Jane Smith since last May". An N-ary Relation.
  • “Turing was born in Paddington, London on June 23rd, 1912.” an N-ary Relation (Spatio-Temporal Relation).
  • “Paul Martin succeeded Jean Chretien.” A Successor Relation (with no date/time).
• See: Semantic Relation, Spatio-Temporal Relation.

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