@prefix rdf: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix sh: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix dc: . @prefix values: . @prefix sense: . @prefix q42: . # =========================================================================== # sense.n3 — time- and place-qualified word senses (the disambiguation spine). # PLAN.md §3. A word's meaning is a FLUENT: it holds only over an # EffectivityInterval (temporal) x JurisdictionRegion (spatial). Reuses the # engine's existing Allen interval algebra + RCC-8 (spatio_temporal.rs) at # evaluation; this file is the vocabulary + the worked PERSON example. # WordNet/Wiktionary/Wikidata give the inventory; this layer adds time+space, # which they lack ("thongs" = footwear in AU, underwear in US). # =========================================================================== # --- The fluent model --- sense:TermSense a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:label "Context-qualified term sense" . sense:term a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain sense:TermSense ; rdfs:comment "The token / lexical id this sense is a reading of." . sense:definition a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain sense:TermSense ; rdfs:comment "The concept/class this sense resolves the term to." . sense:EffectivityInterval a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:comment "A temporal extent; reasoned via Allen's interval algebra." . sense:from a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain sense:EffectivityInterval ; rdfs:range xsd:gYear . sense:to a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain sense:EffectivityInterval ; rdfs:range xsd:gYear . sense:Open a sense:EffectivityInterval ; rdfs:comment "Unbounded (all eras)." . sense:JurisdictionRegion a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:comment "A spatial/jurisdictional region; reasoned via RCC-8 / GeoSPARQL." . sense:Universal a sense:JurisdictionRegion ; rdfs:comment "All regions." . sense:validDuring a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain sense:TermSense ; rdfs:range sense:EffectivityInterval . sense:validIn a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain sense:TermSense ; rdfs:range sense:JurisdictionRegion . # --- Interpretation mode (originalism vs living instrument — explicit, queryable) --- sense:InterpretationMode a rdfs:Class . sense:Originalist a sense:InterpretationMode ; rdfs:comment "Read in the sense of the drafting era." . sense:LivingInstrument a sense:InterpretationMode ; rdfs:comment "Read in the present sense." . sense:interpretationMode a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain sense:TermSense ; rdfs:range sense:InterpretationMode . # A sense may WIDEN protection over time, but must NOT widen the rights-HOLDER # set to non-humans (the asymmetry; enforced with agency.n3's guard). sense:widensProtection a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:boolean . sense:widensHolderSet a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:boolean ; rdfs:comment "If true for a dignity right onto a non-human, it is illegitimate (see agency.n3 G1)." . # An overlay = a marked, non-default reading that must carry justification. sense:overlay a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain sense:TermSense ; rdfs:comment "Marks a non-default sense (e.g. corporate 'person'); requires era+jurisdiction + justification." . sense:requiresHumanReview a rdf:Property ; rdfs:range xsd:boolean . # The ambiguity halt: two senses valid in the same context => report, never guess. q42:AmbiguousMapping a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:comment "Raised when a term resolves to >1 sense valid in the same context." . # --- Human authority over meaning (WebizenAI/sensedocs) --- # A person's words/meaning are theirs. A machine that alters or re-interprets them # (autocorrect, disambiguation, summarisation) MUST log the alteration, and the # human MUST be able to assert a correction that overrides it. The machine does # not get the last word on what a person meant. (Ties the breach-record / # court-supporting layer: machine interference is loggable + contestable.) sense:MeaningProvenance a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:comment "Provenance of a meaning — who asserted it." . sense:assertedBy a rdf:Property ; rdfs:comment "The human author who asserted this meaning." . sense:MachineAlteration a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:comment "A machine-made change to a person's words/meaning (autocorrect, re-interpretation) — must be logged, not silent." . sense:HumanCorrection a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:comment "A human's assertion correcting a machine alteration; OVERRIDES it." . sense:corrects a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain sense:HumanCorrection ; rdfs:range sense:MachineAlteration . # =========================================================================== # WORKED EXAMPLE: "person" — three senses (PLAN.md §4.1) # =========================================================================== sense:t_person a rdfs:Resource ; rdfs:label "person (token)" . # 1. Natural person — the human, the dignity bearer. DEFAULT in human-rights instruments. sense:person_natural a sense:TermSense ; sense:term sense:t_person ; sense:definition values:NaturalPerson ; sense:validDuring sense:Open ; sense:validIn sense:Universal ; sense:interpretationMode sense:Originalist ; rdfs:comment "The default reading of 'person' in human-rights instruments." . # 2. Person before the law — the human's juridical capacity (a ROLE; see agency.n3). sense:person_beforeLaw a sense:TermSense ; sense:term sense:t_person ; sense:definition values:JuridicalCapacity ; sense:validDuring sense:Open ; sense:validIn sense:Universal ; rdfs:comment "UDHR Art 6 / ICCPR Art 16: recognition/capacity; historically weaponised by DENIAL, not by extension to fictions." . # 3. Legal/corporate person — a LATER fiction; an OVERLAY, not a default. sense:int_corporatePersonhood a sense:EffectivityInterval ; sense:from "1886"^^xsd:gYear . sense:reg_commonLaw a sense:JurisdictionRegion ; rdfs:label "common-law jurisdictions (illustrative)" . sense:person_legal a sense:TermSense ; sense:term sense:t_person ; sense:definition values:CorporatePerson ; sense:validDuring sense:int_corporatePersonhood ; sense:validIn sense:reg_commonLaw ; sense:overlay true ; sense:requiresHumanReview true ; sense:widensHolderSet true ; rdfs:comment "Corporate personhood (Santa Clara 1886 / Salomon 1897). NOT a default reading of HR 'person'; admissible only as a justified, era+jurisdiction-qualified overlay." . # =========================================================================== # SHACL — ambiguity halt (illustrative target; the Sentinel enforces at runtime) # =========================================================================== sense:AmbiguityHaltShape a sh:NodeShape ; sh:targetClass q42:AmbiguousMapping ; sh:message "Term resolves to multiple senses valid in the same context — halt and report, do not guess." .