#gradation.rank__step  relative position in a graded series: "always a step behind"; "subtle gradations in color"; "keep in step with the fashions"
  subtype:  #cut.gradation  a step on some scale; "he is a cut above the the rest"
  supertype:  #rank  relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"
     supertype:  #status__position  the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society: "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
        supertype:  #state  the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
           supertype:  pm#state  situation that is not a process
              supertype:  pm#situation  something that "occurs" in a real/imaginary region of time and space
                 supertype:  pm#thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
           supertype:  sumo#process__proces__physicalsituation  intuitively, the class of things that happen and have temporal parts or stages; examples include extended events like a football match or a race, actions like pursuing and reading, and biological processes; sumo#process is not identical to pm#situation because an instance of pm#situation is not necessarily an instance of sumo#physical
              supertype:  pm#situation  something that "occurs" in a real/imaginary region of time and space
              supertype:  pm#process_or_process_description
                 supertype:  pm#processing_thing
                    supertype:  pm#thing_playing_some_role  category to classify things according to roles/viewpoints; classification under this category is application-dependant
                       supertype:  pm#thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
              supertype:  sumo#physical__physical_thing  an entity that has a location in space-time; locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time; click here for more details on the identical category sowa#physical_thing
                 supertype:  pm#thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type

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