causal modality

The force this link claims. Functional and mandatory (SHACL): if you reified, you had a reason — the modality is it. Open vocabulary (sh:nodeKind sh:IRI, never sh:in).

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:CausalLink -> gmeow:CausalModality; functional

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:causalModality from gmeow:CausalLink to gmeow:CausalModality when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Example Snippets

These snippets are generated from canonical slice examples and trimmed to the Turtle blocks where this term appears.

Trust Collapse

@prefix gmeow: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/> .
@prefix ex:    <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/examples/> .
@prefix rdfs:  <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .



# Reified where modality and mechanism matter.
ex:linkBetrayalToDissolution a gmeow:CausalLink ;
    gmeow:linkAntecedent ex:etBetrayal ;
    gmeow:linkConsequent ex:etBondDissolution ;
    gmeow:causalModality gmeow:causallyNecessitates ;
    gmeow:linkMechanism "The bond is constituted by the oath; betrayal does not damage it, it unmakes it."@en ;
    gmeow:linkNext ex:linkDissolutionToCollapse .

ex:linkDissolutionToCollapse a gmeow:CausalLink ;
    gmeow:linkAntecedent ex:etBondDissolution ;
    gmeow:linkConsequent ex:etWillCollapse ;
    gmeow:causalModality gmeow:causallyPromotes .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:CausalLink, gmeow:CausalModality