Representing a Concept

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From Formal Concept Analysis:

If I have a set of objects:

G={Shark, Penguin, Bat}

and a set of attributes:

M={Breathe Underwater, Can Fly, has Vertebrae}

and I make a chart to represent my context (G,M,I) where I is the incidence relation (If my object g has attribute m, I mark an X in the chart)

        | Breate Underwater | Can Fly | Has Vertebrae|
Shark   |          X        |         |    X         |
Penguin |                   |         |    X         |
Bat     |                   |   X     |    X         |

How do I represent my concept C(G,M,I)?

I know the sets of objects that fit in C(G,M,I) are

{{Shark},{Bat},{Shark,Penguin,Bat}}

but this leaves out the attributes and the incidence relation. I can represent {C(G,M,I); <=} as a Galois Lattice or Concept Lattice. I am just not sure how to represent C(G,M,I).