Observation

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)

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Observer

Context

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

Subject

Object

Relation

Details