  In this paper, we explore realist models of quantum theory that does not fit
into the standard definitions of ontological models. The models here go beyond
standard definition of ontological models in the sense that quantum states do
not correspond to distributions over the ontic state space and a system
prepared in a quantum state is not in an ontic state. Instead, a system in a
quantum state is always in a process, i.e. moving around in the ontic state
space. Also, quantum measurement outcomes are not direct measurement of the
ontic state, but depend probabilistically on the entire path the system takes
during the measurement process. Consequently, we explain how, in our model,
quantum states can neither be classified as ontic nor epistemic in the sense of
knowledge about an underlying reality. In our model, quantum probabilities
describes our (objective) knowledge about measurement outcomes. We also look at
two hybrid models where either the preparation or measurement do follow the
definitions in standard ontological models. Lastly, we propose a form of
generalised ontological model that reduces to the standard PBR model when the
underlying process reduces to a point in ontic space.
