Object


Definition: Object
A object is the destination of a relation. 

Note:
Do not confuse subject and object with active and passive. 

Active and passive are semantic, they give 'meaning' to a relation. It is the relation which will dictate which participants (subjects or objects) in a composition are semantically active or passive.

For example when we have the relation "shouts at", then the subject in this relation will be semantically active.

Example

The haschild relation

Assume we have a family with a grandparent, a parent and a child.

The following relations hold:

In the relation grandparent haschild parent, the parent is the object.

In the relation parent haschild child, the child is the object.


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