assign-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: give a task, a post, or time in which to do a task

Examples:
UN troops were assigned the task of rebuilding the hospital.
The case has been assigned to our most senior officer.
Teacher assigned homework to the children.
The principal has assigned the teacher a new classroom.
Have you assigned a time for the interviews yet?
The company assigned her to the newspaper's Berlin office.
He was assigned to what may be his most confusing case yet.
I assigned a day for spring cleaning.
Each department head will be assigned a timeslot for their presentation.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: assign.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 4

Sense Number 2: ascribe or place in association with

Examples:
Each player will be assigned a locker at the beginning of the season.
I was assigned Miss Minchin as my counselor.
Have you been assigned a security number yet?
Newcomers are always assigned a roommate.
Spotting four trucks on the highway, I immediately assigned them names.
The biologists assigned the mushroom to the proper class.
The words are assigned a rating based on frequency.
Once you assign a value to the variable, the function does the rest.
The characters in Unicode are assigned a directionality, left-to-right or right-to-left.
People assign great importance to security.
Detectives have been unable to assign a motive for the murder.
The report assigned the blame for the accident to inadequate safety regulations.
She assigns grades based on how much she likes you.

Mappings:
VerbNet: future_having-13.3
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: assign.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8

Sense Number 3: transfer property or rights using legal means

Examples:
Her property was assigned to her grandchildren.
He assigned rights to this patent to the company in NY.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: assign.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7