beat-n; 10 Senses

Sense Number 1: a regularly traversed route

Commentary: BEAT[+location][+collection][+connected][+route][+regular]

Examples:
The policeman covers his beat on foot.
This neighborhood is part of the beat of the local prostitutes.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: the pulsation of the heart

Commentary: BEAT[+event][+physiological][+pulsation][+of_heart]

Examples:
He lay his head against her chest to feel the beat of her heart.
How many beats per minute does your heart produce while at rest?

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

Sense Number 3: basic rhythmic unit of music

Commentary: BEAT[+quantity][+measure][+unit][+rhythmic][+musical]

Examples:
The singer was getting ahead of the orchestra's beat.
The piece is written waltz time, three beats to the measure.
John likes the driving beat of hard rock.
Critics described the conductor's beat as listless.

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

Sense Number 4: variation in a wave's oscillation due to interacting differing wave frequencies

Commentary: BEAT[+event][+variation][+periodic][+of_amplitude][+from_frequencies][+interacting]

Examples:
The beat frequency is always the difference between the component frequencies.
The apparent amplitude variability of this pulsating star is caused by a beat of two close frequencies in the star's spectrum.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 5: a person who is a beatnik

Commentary: BEAT[+person][+beatnik]

Examples:
The author was a famous beat who wrote about Greenwich Village in the 1950s.
The beats liked the poetry of Allen Ginsberg.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 6: a repetitive striking or blow

Commentary: BEAT[+event][+striking][+repetitive]

Examples:
From the jungle they could hear the distant beat of drums.
I heard a sudden beat of wings as a flock of geese took flight.
The cox raised the beat of the rowers as they approached the finish. (pulling oars in water)
The beat of the rain against the window lulled her into sleep.

Mappings:
PropBank: beat.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6, 8, 9

Sense Number 7: basic metrical unit of accent in poetry, verse

Commentary: BEAT[+quantity][+measure][+unit][+metrical][+accented][+of_verse]

Examples:
The beat of this sonnet falls on every second syllable.
The beat changes in the syllables of the final couplet, for dramatic effect.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7

Sense Number 8: pointing a sailboat close into the wind

Commentary: BEAT[+event][+sailing][+with_orientation][+towards_wind]

Examples:
They were on a beat heading to home port.
THe crew enjoyed the smooth beam reach, which required less effort than tacking on a beat.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 10

Sense Number 9: the period of a policeman's duty

Commentary: BEAT[+span][+temporal][+period][+of_duty][+police]
NOTE: relates to Sense 1, but refers to the duty period, not the location/route (Sense 1)

Examples:
The cop's beat ends at six in the morning.
He gets extra pay for doing the weekend beat.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 2a

Sense Number 10: none of the above

Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)

Examples:

Mappings:
PropBank: NM