Mary acquires a new phenomenal concept of red-experience upon release, but this concept and the physical state it denotes are identical—no new non-physical property is instantiated.

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Mary (the thought experiment)(as used in philosophy of mind): A famous imaginary scenario in philosophy where Mary is a scientist locked in a black-and-white room who knows all physical facts about color but has never seen color herself; philosophers use this to debate what happens when she finally sees red.
Physical state(in philosophy of physics): The actual condition of something in the real world—for example, where an object is located and how fast it's moving.
identical(whether the concept of 'human' and the concept of 'animal' are the same): Exactly the same as something else, not just similar but truly one and the same thing.
instantiated(as used in metaphysics and logic): Made real or brought into existence as an actual example; like when a concept becomes a real thing you can observe.
non-physical property(as used in philosophy of mind): A characteristic or quality that exists but cannot be measured, observed, or explained by physical science alone—something beyond the material world.
phenomenal concept(May be discursive, demonstrative, or more direct.): A concept whose denotation is a phenomenal property.
red-experience(as used in philosophy of consciousness): The subjective feeling or sensation of what it's like to see the color red, as opposed to just understanding the physics or biology behind color vision.

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