“…So, in some sense, our problem seems to be more related to nearly-planar simultaneous embeddings, where the input graphs are allowed to cross, as long as they avoid some local crossing configurations, e.g., by avoiding triples of mutually crossing edges [16]. Note that the Sefe problem has also been studied in several settings [2,6,12,17]. An interpretation of Partial Planarity, which also extends to Hierarchical Partial Planarity, in terms of a special version of Sefe, called Sunflower Sefe [8], was already observed in [1].…”