Grammatical Tense

• CURIE: gmeow:GrammaticalTense
• IRI: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/GrammaticalTense
• Category: class
• Defined by: gmeow:slices/events
• Box roles: TBox role (What is this?)

The grammatical tense of an event mention in text — a VALUE vocabulary for ISO-TimeML interoperability (past / present / future / none). Describes the linguistic realization, not the occurrence.

Structure

Subclass of: gufo:QualityValue

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:GrammaticalTense as a specialized kind of gufo:QualityValue. Add statement metadata or a standpoint when the assertion needs provenance, confidence, or vantage.

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use as the value vocabulary for the grammatical-tense axis of an event MENTION in text (past / present / future / none) — strictly for ISO-TimeML interoperability.

Avoid when

• Avoid using it to express WHEN an event occurred (that is gmeow:eventTime / eventInterval); tense describes a textual realization and must never be inferred from, or used to infer, actual temporal placement.

How to use

• Reference a gmeow:GrammaticalTense individual from a textual event mention via gmeow:eventTense; keep it on the annotation layer, orthogonal to the event's real dating.

Examples

• ex:mention gmeow:eventTense gmeow:tensePast.