Sample ESA Analyses

Datasets You Can Import Into Ethno 2

Datasets from Ethno 2 are stored in scrolling text boxes below. The first three datasets are simple, merely illustrative. The fourth is a published social science model.

Do the following to import one of these datasets into the program.

Click on the dataset you want in order to put the cursor inside the box.
Drag from top to bottom to select all of the text that is inside the box. The text will scroll as you drag, letting you get to the end.
Use your WWW browser's Edit menu to copy the selected text inside the box.
Bring up Ethno 2 in your browser, and select Import-Export in the Operations menu.
Click the Clear Text button to clear the text box on the display.
Use keystrokes to paste the clipboard text into the text box. For example, in Windows press CTRL-V.
Click the Restore Study button.

Caesar's Veni, Vidi, Vici

This is the dataset for the analysis discussed in the tutorial.

The Ethno 2 Data:

@ENTITIES #Europe #Roman army #chariots #defensive structures #dirt roads #enemy army #enemy territory @PEOPLE #Caesar #Roman leader #foreign leader #lieutenant @ACTIONS #conquer #reconnoiter #subjugate #transport @EVENTS #I came true false false false #F 1 Caesar #F 2 transport #F 3 Caesar Roman army #F 4 chariots #F 5 dirt roads #F 6 Europe #F 7 Caesar Roman army #F 8 Caesar #IMPLIES #GENERALIZES TO #I conquered true false false false #F 1 Caesar lieutenant #F 2 subjugate #F 3 foreign leader #F 4 Roman army #F 5 enemy army #F 6 enemy territory #F 7 foreign leader #F 8 Roman leader #IMPLIES I saw true false #GENERALIZES TO #I saw true false false false #F 1 Caesar lieutenant #F 2 reconnoiter #F 3 defensive structures #F 4 #F 5 #F 6 enemy territory #F 7 Caesar #F 8 Caesar #IMPLIES I came false false #GENERALIZES TO @SEQUENCE I came I saw I conquered @END

Assembly Instructions

This dataset consists of eleven actions for installing a unit out of a shipping box. (Pseudo-actions and an unnamed object make these instructions very realistic, in that they don't help you assemble something!)

After importing the dataset, select Chart from the Operations menu. Then select Summarizing from the Functions menu. The program will find two summarizable event sets. One of the sets could be summarized as a single action named "assemble unit."

The Ethno 2 Data:

@ENTITIES
@PEOPLE
@ACTIONS
@EVENTS
#align panels

true
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
unbind parts
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
#attach clamp to panel

true
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
tighten nuts
true
false
set clamp to panel thickness
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
#attach jaw to clamp

true
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
unbind parts
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
#discard box

true
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
unpack box
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
#insert bolts

true
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
align panels
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
#position unit in workspace

true
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
attach clamp to panel
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
#set clamp to panel thickness

true
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
attach jaw to clamp
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
#test unit's strength

true
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
attach clamp to panel
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
#tighten nuts

true
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
insert bolts
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
#unbind parts

true
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
unpack box
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
#unpack box

true
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
#GENERALIZES TO
@SEQUENCE
unpack box
discard box
unbind parts
attach jaw to clamp
set clamp to panel thickness
align panels
insert bolts
tighten nuts
attach clamp to panel
test unit's strength
position unit in workspace
@END

Walk Through a House

This example uses commutative relations to walk through a house laid out as shown on the right.

After importing the data, select Chart from the Operations menu, then Testing from the Functions menu. Clicking the mouse on the chart takes you from room to room.

The Ethno 2 Data:

@ENTITIES
@PEOPLE
@ACTIONS
@EVENTS
#Enter bathroom

true
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
Enter hall
true
false
Enter hall
true
true
#GENERALIZES TO
#Enter bedroom

true
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
Enter hall
true
false
Enter hall
true
true
#GENERALIZES TO
#Enter dining room

true
true
true
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
Enter living room
true
false
Enter living room
true
true
#GENERALIZES TO
#Enter hall

true
true
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
Enter living room
true
false
Enter living room
true
true
#GENERALIZES TO
#Enter kitchen

true
true
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
Enter dining room
true
false
Enter hall
true
false
Enter dining room
true
true
Enter hall
true
true
#GENERALIZES TO
#Enter living room

true
true
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
Go to porch
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
#Enter study

true
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
Enter hall
true
false
Enter hall
true
true
#GENERALIZES TO
#Go to porch

true
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
#GENERALIZES TO
@SEQUENCE
Go to porch
Enter living room
Enter dining room
Enter kitchen
Enter dining room
Enter living room
Enter hall
Enter study
Enter hall
Enter bathroom
Enter hall
Enter bedroom
Enter hall
Enter kitchen
Enter dining room
Enter living room
@END

Environmental Activism

This is an actual social science model developed to interpret events in a small city near Boston, MA. One group of citizens began developing public parks into baseball and soccer fields. In response, other citizens mobilized to maintain the parks as open spaces for general use.

The model shows how the concrete actions of various individuals and groups were interdependent. Additionally, the model includes a generalized form that can be used to account for similar sequences of actions in other situations.

The narrative and the Ethno model are presented in an article by William Stevenson and Danna Greenberg: "The formal analysis of narratives of organizational change," Journal of Management, 24 (1998): 741-762. Stevenson and Greenberg's Ethno 1 model is translated into an Ethno 2 model for presentation here.

The Ethno 2 Data:

@ENTITIES
@PEOPLE
@ACTIONS
@EVENTS
#Act occurs

true
false
false
true
true
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
Groups jointly draft regulations
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
#SUMMARIZES
#CO calls CO2
Frank from the Conservation Organization calls Conservation Organization 2

true
false
false
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
#GENERALIZES TO
#SUMMARIZES
#CO meets
Conservation Organization board meets

true
false
false
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
#GENERALIZES TO
@ Precipitating events occur
false
false
#SUMMARIZES
#CO meets with mayor

true
false
false
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
PRC votes expansion
true
false
CO writes mayor
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
@ Groups discuss problem
false
false
#SUMMARIZES
#CO proposes
Conservation Organization sends proposal to Program and Services Committee, Parks and Recreation Commission, planning commission and mayor

true
false
false
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
CO synthesizes
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
#SUMMARIZES
#CO sends letter
Conservation Organization sends letter to Parks and Recreation Commission suggesting additional changes

true
false
false
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
CO votes support
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
#SUMMARIZES
#CO suggests
Jim from the Conservation Organization gives suggestions to Parks and Recreation Commission

true
false
false
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
PRC votes expansion
false
false
#GENERALIZES TO
@ Groups propose regulations
false
false
#SUMMARIZES
#CO synthesizes
Conservation Organization develops a synthesis of League of Women Voters, Jim, and Parks and Recreation Commission proposals

true
false
false
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
PRC writes changes
true
false
LWV proposes changes
true
false
CO meets with mayor
true
false
CO suggests
true
false
CO meets
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
@ Groups propose regulations
false
false
#SUMMARIZES
#CO votes support
Conservation Organization votes to support Program and Services Committee legislation

true
false
false
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
PS recommends
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
#SUMMARIZES
#CO writes mayor
Michael, president of the Conservation Organization, writes letter to the mayor

true
false
false
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
#GENERALIZES TO
@ Precipitating events occur
false
false
#SUMMARIZES
#Groups discuss problem

true
false
true
true
true
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
Precipitating events occur
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
#SUMMARIZES
#Groups jointly draft regulations

true
false
false
true
true
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
Groups propose regulations
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
#SUMMARIZES
#Groups propose regulations

true
false
true
true
true
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
Groups discuss problem
false
false
#GENERALIZES TO
#SUMMARIZES
#Heads meet
Proposal precipitates meeting of heads of Parks and Recreation Commission, planning and Conservation Organization

true
false
false
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
CO proposes
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
@ Groups jointly draft regulations
false
false
#SUMMARIZES
#LWV proposes changes
League of Women Voters proposes changes to Parks and Recreation Commission regulations

true
false
false
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
LWV talks about parks
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
@ Groups propose regulations
false
false
#SUMMARIZES
#LWV studies government
League of Women Voters studies government departments

true
false
false
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
#GENERALIZES TO
@ Precipitating events occur
false
false
#SUMMARIZES
#LWV talks about parks
League of Women Voters talks about park program

true
false
false
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
LWV studies government
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
@ Groups discuss problem
false
false
#SUMMARIZES
#PRC adopts changes
Parks and Recreation Commission adopts regulations

true
false
false
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
CO sends letter
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
@ Act occurs
false
false
#SUMMARIZES
#PRC drafts
Parks and Recreation Commission drafts procedures with other groups in attendance

true
false
false
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
Heads meet
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
#SUMMARIZES
#PRC votes expansion
Parks and Recreation Commission votes to expand playing field

true
false
false
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
#GENERALIZES TO
@ Precipitating events occur
false
false
#SUMMARIZES
#PRC writes changes
Parks and Recreation Commission writes changes to regulations because of criticism from Program and Services Committee in December

true
false
false
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
PS holds hearings
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
@ Groups propose regulations
false
false
#SUMMARIZES
#PS holds hearings
Program and Services Committee holds public hearings about park usage

true
false
false
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
PS meets
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
@ Groups discuss problem
false
false
#SUMMARIZES
#PS meets
Program and Services Committee meets to discuss concerns

true
false
false
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
#GENERALIZES TO
@ Precipitating events occur
false
false
#SUMMARIZES
#PS recommends
Program and Services Committee meets to discuss and recommend changes to the regulations

true
false
false
false
false
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
PRC drafts
true
false
#GENERALIZES TO
#SUMMARIZES
#Precipitating events occur

true
false
true
true
true
false
#F 1
#F 2
#F 3
#F 4
#F 5
#F 6
#F 7
#F 8
#IMPLIES
#GENERALIZES TO
#SUMMARIZES
@SEQUENCE
PS meets
Precipitating events occur
PS holds hearings
Groups discuss problem
LWV studies government
Precipitating events occur
LWV talks about parks
Groups discuss problem
LWV proposes changes
Groups propose regulations
PRC writes changes
Groups propose regulations
CO calls CO2
CO writes mayor
Precipitating events occur
PRC votes expansion
Precipitating events occur
CO meets
Precipitating events occur
CO suggests
Groups propose regulations
CO meets with mayor
Groups discuss problem
CO synthesizes
Groups propose regulations
CO proposes
Heads meet
Groups jointly draft regulations
PRC drafts
PS recommends
CO votes support
CO sends letter
PRC adopts changes
Act occurs
@END

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