====== OBJ: Neutral Object as Participant ======

**Definition**: The assertion ''(s OBJ b)'' represents the connection between a situation ''s'' and an object ''b'' that is independent of ''s''. ''b'' is actually involved in the situation ''s'' (generally an event), but it is neither physically changed (in contrast to [[AFF]]) nor is it a beneficiary of ''s'' (in contrast to [[BENF]]). It is important for a demarcation between OBJ and [[MCONT]] that ''b'' exist independently of ''s'' in the case of OBJ (or, if ''s'' is a situation, that ''b'' persist independently of ''s''). For perceptual events or states also elements of sort ''si'' can be used as the second argument of OBJ.
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