assignment-n; 7 Senses

Sense Number 1: a specific required task, given by a superior, e.g., instructor

Commentary: ASSIGNMENT[+activity][+task][+required][+specified][+by_authority]

Examples:
The TA has not graded last week's assignment yet.
The lieutenant gave his commandos a very dangerous assignment.
Mary goes over her son's homework assignments every night.

Mappings:
PropBank: assignment.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: the legal transfer of an asset from one person to another

Commentary: ASSIGNMENT[+event][+transfer][+legal][+of_asset]

Examples:
It was an assignment of leasehold property.
The assignment of the railroad's holdings to the creditors was very complicated.

Mappings:
PropBank: assignment.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: associating one thing with another, attribution of belonging

Commentary: ASSIGNMENT[+event][+association][+attribution][+of_belonging][+between_things]

Examples:
The assignment of different values to these variables will result in different answers to the equations.
The assignment of a home room to each student was accomplished on the first day of school.
The assignment of the right name to this new product is very important.

Mappings:
PropBank: assignment.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 4: a legal document, a deed of conveyance

Commentary: ASSIGNMENT[+entity][+document][+legal][+deed_of_conveyance]

Examples:
The lawyer went over the wording in the estate assignment.

Mappings:
PropBank: assignment.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 5: the location of a task, its site of execution

Commentary: ASSIGNMENT[+location][+site][+of_task][+execution]

Examples:
Our news anchor is on assignment this week in Paris.
Her assignment was to the County Court.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 6: an appointment to a non-elected job or position

Commentary: ASSIGNMENT[+event][+social][+official][+appointment][+to_job][-elected]

Examples:
These assignments are political appointments by the governor.
We are celebrating Tom's assignment as chief resident at the hospital.

Mappings:
PropBank: assignment.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6

Sense Number 7: none of the above

Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)

Examples:

Mappings:
PropBank: NM