Re: On the usage of the article "the" in Activity Vocabulary

On 17/01/25 15:35, a wrote:
> > Can we assume, as it would be natural, that every Accept instance 
> must have exactly one actor and exactly one object?
>
> No, as these properties are not defined as “functional” (having at 
> most exactly one value).
This does not preclude that such properties may be functional on some 
domain restrictions.
>
> In English, “the” does not always represent a singular instance of 
> something, but rather sometimes the general class of that thing. For 
> example, a wildlife documentary might refer to “the majestic lion” 
> without necessarily talking about one specific lion.
>
> In the descriptions given in the vocabulary, the use of “the” does not 
> (and should not be taken as to) imply that a property is restricted to 
> one value.
Ok, thank you very much