A method for administering a plurality of Things in a knowledge base includes receiving a statement. A first verb action parses the statement into a parsed Thing. A second verb action evaluates the parsed Thing using a vocabulary, and computes and sets a performable statement Thing having a verb in the vocabulary representing a performable action. A third verb action performs the performable action upon a target Thing, wherein the vocabulary encompasses a set of performable action Things and a set of target Things a performable action Thing can act upon.