counter-goal

• CURIE: gmeow:counterGoal
• IRI: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/counterGoal
• Category: property
• Defined by: gmeow:slices/teleology
• Box roles: RBox role (What is this?)

Constitutive opposition between goals — the named shadow that partly defines what the goal means (an oath and its betrayal; a bond and its dissolution). Symmetric: each pole constitutes the other. Strictly stronger than a lexical antonym: assert it only when the opposition is part of the goal's identity, not merely its dictionary opposite. Irreflexive by SHACL (a goal is never its own shadow).

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:Goal -> gmeow:Goal

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:counterGoal from gmeow:Goal to gmeow:Goal when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Goal

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use when the opposition between two goals is constitutive — part of what each goal means — so the named shadow belongs in the goal's own identity (an oath and its betrayal, a bond and its dissolution).

Avoid when

• Avoid for a merely lexical antonym or a loosely related rival goal; model plain term opposition with an antonym edge in the lexical layer, and never point a goal at itself (irreflexive by SHACL).

How to use

• Assert it in one direction between two Goal individuals and read it both ways (symmetric); reserve it for the cases where the shadow partly defines the goal, leaving ordinary opposition to lexical relations.

Examples

• ex:keepTheOath gmeow:counterGoal ex:betrayTheOath.