Pre-existing fact
Intended Use:
This is a "special case" qualifier intended primarily to handle general
conditions that hold over the course of a scenario. That is, if there are
certain events (or facts) that are true (or start) before the beginning
of the critical facts of a story, this qualifier is used to denote such
facts. Note that the qualifier is different from all the others in that
it relates to all other events of the scenario (except others that
are also "Pre-existing fact") and it typically relates to events that are
later than it in time (generally speaking, the other qualifiers define
temporal relationships with events that are either in the past or start
at the same time).
What we know:
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Event A starts before the start of every other event in the scenario, except
other events with the qualifier "Pre-existing fact"
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This is essentially the inverse of "After
the start of …" except that it assumes a temporal relationship between
Event A and ALL other events.
What we don't necessarily know (i.e., subsumed, overlapping, or related
qualifiers):
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This relation provides only minimal information. All that is known is that
Event A starts before all the other events. Event A could conceivably:
conclude before the start of other events, subsume the duration of other
events, or overlap with the other events.
References:
58-1 [1, 2],
60-9-A [1,
2, 3], 60-9-B
[1, 2], 60-9-C
[1], 61-9
[1, 2, 3], 62-12
[1, 2], 63-6
[1, 2, 3], 64-10
[1, 2, 3], 65-9
[1, 2, 3, 7], 67-1
[1, 2, 3], 69-10
[1, 3], 71-4
[1], 72-4
[1, 2, 3, 4, 7], 72-11
[1, 2, 3], 75-3
[1, 2], 75-11
[1, 4], 76-3
[1, 2, 3], 76-5
[1], 77-11
[1, 2], 79-2
[1, 2,10], 79-5
[1, 5], 83-1
[1, 2], 84-1
[1, 2], 84-3
[1], 84-6
[1, 4], 85-4
[1], 85-5
[1], 85-6
[1, 2], 86-5
[1], 86-6
[1, 2], 87-3
[1, 5], 87-5
[1], 88-1
[1, 2], 88-2
[1, 2, 3, 4], 88-7
[1, 2, 3], 89-2
[1], 89-4
[1], 89-5
[1], 90-2
[1, 2, 3], 90-3
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 90-4
[1, 2, 3, 4], 90-7
[1, 2, 3], 91-5
[1, 2], 91-6
[1, 5], 92-1
[1], 92-2
[1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7], 92-4
[1], 92-6
[1, 3], 92-9
[1, 3]
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