2.3 - Find all statements related to a noun
The next step in browsing a model is to find all statements related to a noun.
To find all the statements related to a noun, double-click on the noun in the Nouns List.
MindModel will fill the Statements List with all the statements related to that noun.
As you can see in the picture below, the user has double-clicked "Acme Technology Corporation" in the Nouns List (top of the window). MindModel has filled the Statements List (bottom of the window) with all statements related to "Acme Technology Corporation".
Q. How does MindModel decide which statements are related to a noun?
A. There are three places in a statement where a noun can appear: subject, object, or object of the preposition. If a noun appears in any of those three places, MindModel considers the statement related to that noun.
Subject
The subject noun is the noun at the beginning of a statement.
In the statement "Acme Technology Corporation <has the motto> Tomorrow's information today", "Acme Technology Corporation" is the subject of the statement.
NOTE: In this guide, we use brackets ("<>") around verbs to make MindModel statements easier to read. You won't use these brackets when entering verbs into MindModel, or anywhere else in the software.
Object
The object noun is the noun that follows the verb in a statement.
In the statement "Jesus Lopez <works for> Acme Technology Corporation", "Acme Technology Corporation" is the object of the statement.
Object of the Preposition
The object of preposition noun is the noun that follows the preposition in a statement which contains a prepositional phrase. Some examples of prepositional phrases are: "on 1/1/2001", "about MindModel Corporation" and "at 12:30pm".
In the statement "Jesus Lopez <introduced> Laurent Simon to Acme Technology Corporation", "Acme Technology Corporation" is the object of the preposition. In this statement, "to" is the preposition, and "Acme Technology Corporation" is the noun that follows this preposition.
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