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agent

in semantics, thematic relation that refers to the cause or initiator (often intentional) of an event
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Summary

agent draws 587 Wikipedia views per month (thematic relation category, ranking #1 of 3).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: actor[2]
  • Opposite of: patient[3]
  • Partially coincident with: being[4]
  • Main Wikidata property: P12993[5], P12994[6], P12995[7]
  • Equivalent class: http://www.ease-crc.org/ont/SOMA.owl#AgentRole[8], http://galoes.org/ontologies/occult.owl#Agent[9]
  • Short name: A[10]
  • Different from: subject[11]
  • P14470: Concepts/Agent[12]

Why It Matters

agent has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] agent is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . A Hierarchical Unification of LIRICS and VerbNet Semantic Roles. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . SOMA. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Q141703392. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . eva.mpg.de. Retrieved . eva.mpg.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). agent. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/agent-q392648-2
MLA “agent.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 13 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/agent-q392648-2.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_agent-q392648-2_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{agent}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/agent-q392648-2}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 5446
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 5446, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7330463|agent (#7330463)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 4d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://www.ease-crc.org/ont/SOMA.owl#AgentRole, http://galoes.org/ontologies/occult.owl#Agent
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: http://galoes.org/ontologies/occult.owl#Agent"
  3. 6d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://www.ease-crc.org/ont/SOMA.owl#AgentRole, http://galoes.org/ontologies/occult.owl#Agent
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: http://www.ease-crc.org/ont/SOMA.owl#AgentRole"
  4. 6d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://www.ease-crc.org/ont/SOMA.owl#AgentRole, http://galoes.org/ontologies/occult.owl#Agent
    Instance of → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Equivalent class: http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/verbnet/thematicrole.owl#Agent, Moving to proto-agent"
  5. 7d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Equivalent class: http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/verbnet/thematicrole.owl#Agent"
  6. 7d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'br', 'csb', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'et', 'fa', 'fi', 'gv', 'it', 'ja', 'kk',
    Equivalent class → http://www.ease-crc.org/ont/SOMA.owl#AgentRole, http://galoes.org/ontologies/occult.owl#Agent
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/verbnet/thematicrole.owl#Agent"
  7. 17w ago · LadyData · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Concepts/Agent
    Different from → subject
    Subclass of → actor
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Concepts/Agent, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/293217232|Agent (#293217232)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7985|‎Giant Bomb Wiki c"
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