Insert comment here Insert version here Insert label here The Protege metadata ontology (in the version that is used inside Protege. Note that this is an OWL Full ontology, with annotation properties that have range and domain restrictions. However, the "official" online release of this file is OWL DL, so that ontologies that use Protege metadata annotations can still be shared as OWL DL. Number is a grammatical category often found on nouns, pronouns, and verb agreement that expresses count distinctions--such as 'one' or 'more than one'. The count distinctions typically, but not always, correspond to the actual count of the referents of the marked noun or Pronoun (Crystal 1980: 245; Hartmann and Stork 1972: 155; Mish et al. 1990: 811). This should have Singular and Plural as instances. This should contain Paucal and Multal as instances. This should contain Singular, Dual, LargePlural as instances. Any is entailed by every number value. Singular refers to one member of a designated class (Crystal 1980: 245; Hartmann and Stork 1972: 210). singular dual Plural refers to more than one member of a designated class. It is used in a number system together with Singular only, as in English. We deprecate the definition in which it refers to any number larger than the largest individual number value in the system, e.g. 'more than two' in some languages (Crystal 1980: 245; Hartmann and Stork 1972: 178; Crystal 1987: 428; Mish et al. 1990: 906). We recommend LargePlural for systems in which the value is used together with Singular and Dual, and Multal for systems in which the value is used together with Singular, Dual and Trial. LargePlural is used in a number system together with Singular and Dual or with SmallPaucal. It core:entails Plural and is entailed by Multal. See comment under Plural. Trial refers to three members of a designated class (Pei and Gaynor 1954: 220; Gove, et al. 1966: 2439). trial Multal refers to a large number of individuals. It core:entails LargePlural. Several is used in a system together with Singular and LargePlural or Multal to refer to a small, non-singular number of individuals. Dual refers to two members of a designated class (Crystal 1997: 265). It typically occurs in a number system together with Singular and LargePlural, or with Singular, Trial and Multal. SmallPaucal occurs in a number system together with LargePlural, referring to a very small number of individuals. It core:entails Paucal and is entailed by both Singular and Dual. Paucal refers to a few members of a designated class (Crystal 1997: 265). It occurs in a number system together with Multal. It is entailed by SmallPaucal. A number value not equivalent to or entailed by any other number value.