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Observation

Robert de Forest edited this page Jan 28, 2019 · 1 revision

Description

An Observation is a 6-tuple describing an assertion of some sort. It is derived from the Event it refers to.

The elements are:

  • Observer: the entitity recording the observation
  • Context: The situation of the Observer at the time of the observation
  • Subject: Source of the event
  • Relationship = The differential observed (what was special/worth noting)
  • Object: what the subject acts on or is compared to
  • Details: an unspecified parameter to the relationship such as "N times more/less"
  • Indirect Object: ...

Example: "I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus..."

  • Observer: this.currentNarrator()
  • Context: this.captureContext({why: 'interpreting song'})
  • Subject: observer.meaningOf('mommy')
  • Object: observer.meaningOf('santa clause')
  • Relationship: observer.impliedMeaningOf('kissing', subject, object)

More

Observer

Context

Context is a snapshot of the extent of the propagation of the event which the observation captures.

Subject

Object

Relation

Details

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