The Emergence Machine

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an organized structure where a set of people move in regular competition toward a goal

sports.activity · forms: sport, sports

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Emergence

from: motion organized sets goal people competition regular
through: the movement of people in a set is organized regularly and directed toward a shared goal, with their efforts mutually influenced by competition.

Chain to foundations

holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not movechangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thinggoL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placenumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placekeepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or stateenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.resourceL15 resource.material: output falling within the input window of a nearby system. The same substance, different neighbourhood.driftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.fallL3 fall.gravity: When a thing moves down in space during time.organizedL3 organized.structure: a state where parts are in a regular pattern that persists through timecarryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact and under control.controlL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.flowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.offL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is thereoutsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryneedL5 need.psychological: a state that diverges from a persistent condition of an objectcontactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.marksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesinteractingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingnoneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thingmakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.forceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placebroughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.maintenanceL14 maintenance.upkeep: Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.wayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spaceamountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numberquantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spacepatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.linksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingssystemL5 system.organized: a set of parts that interact together in a structurepersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.goalL6 goal.purpose: a needed state that differs from a statepeopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchsetsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.getL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.sportsL17 sports.activity: an organized structure where a set of people move in regular competition toward a goalspaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundaryboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placepressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfacemotionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.workL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spaceregularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timesubstanceL12 substance.material: what remains through the drift a window toleratesnothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingtimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.competitionL16 competition.social: When separate individuals strive to obtain the same limited resource, their efforts influence one another.groupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has pattern
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

used bybuilt fromplayerL18player.human — a person who participates in a game or sportsportsL17sports.activity — an organized structure where a set of people move in regular competition toward a goalmotionL2motion.movement — Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.organizedL3organized.structure — a state where parts are in a regular pattern that persists through timesetsL3sets.grouped — A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about themgoalL6goal.purpose — a needed state that differs from a statepeopleL6people.social — a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchcompetitionL16competition.social — When separate individuals strive to obtain the same limited resource, their efforts influence one another.regularL1regular.frequency — a thing that is the same pattern again over timeE0 concrete → E14 abstract

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author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6