Natural Causation & Domain-Specific

Encodes non-agentive natural causation and its specialisations. These microframes differ from the Agentive & Causation family in that no intentional or animate agent is posited — causation operates through physical, biological, or chemical mechanisms. The family is rooted at fnbr:causes_naturally, itself a child of fnbr:has_cause.

fnbr:causes_naturally

An entity or event naturally (i.e., non-agentively) causes another.

• DUL parents: dul:has_postcondition
• fnbr: parent: fnbr:has_cause
• Children: fnbr:causes_emotion · fnbr:causes_infection · fnbr:causes_reaction · fnbr:has_diagnostic · fnbr:produces_naturally
• Domain: NaturalCause
• Range: NaturalEffect

fnbr:produces_naturally

A natural entity or process produces another entity. Distinct from causation: production yields a new entity rather than a state change.

• DUL parents: dul:has_postcondition
• fnbr: parent: fnbr:causes_naturally
• Domain: NaturalProducer
• Range: Product

fnbr:causes_emotion

An entity, event, or state elicits an emotional response in an experiencer.

• fnbr: parent: fnbr:causes_naturally
• Domain: Stimulus
• Range: Emotion

fnbr:causes_infection

A pathogen or condition causes an infectious disease.

• fnbr: parent: fnbr:causes_naturally
• Domain: Pathogen
• Range: Disease

fnbr:causes_reaction

A substance or stimulus causes a chemical, physiological, or behavioral reaction.

• fnbr: parent: fnbr:causes_naturally
• Domain: Stimulus
• Range: Reaction

fnbr:has_diagnostic

A condition has a particular symptom or sign that diagnoses it. Inverse: 'is symptom of'.

• DUL parents: dul:has_quality
• fnbr: parent: fnbr:causes_naturally
• Domain: Condition
• Range: Symptom