Commentary: BID[+event][+speech_act][+offer][+price][+official][+to_buy]
NOTE: implies an intention to pay a price for something, contrast with (Sense 5)
Examples:
We've put a bid in on that house.
Mary has just bid ten thousand for the sapphire earrings.
Did you make a bid at the silent auction?
Mappings:
PropBank: bid.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Commentary: BID[+process][+attempt][+attainment][+of_goal]
NOTE: refers to an ongoing, complex effort to achieve some goal
Examples:
Will he make a bid for the Presidency in 2008?
John is making a bid for Mary's hand in marriage.
Mappings:
PropBank: bid.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: BID[+event][+speech_act][+command][+authoritative]
NOTE: implies the speaker is wielding authority in issuing the command
Examples:
The courtesans did the Sultan's bid.
The children ignored my bid to sit down and be quiet.
Mappings:
PropBank: bid.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: BID[+event][+speech_act][+declaration][+game_play][+cards][+bridge]
Examples:
I didn't pay attention to Mary's bid in the last bridge game.
John's bid was eight hearts, wasn't it?
Mappings:
PropBank: bid.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
Commentary: BID[+event][+speech_act][+offer][+price][+official][+to_perform_service]
NOTE: refers to an offer by a provider to complete work at a price. (Contrast this sense with Sense 1)
Examples:
We thought the bid from the second landscaping firm was too high.
The town has received bids from four contractors to build the new library.
It was a conflict of interest for his firm to bid on those defense contracts.
Mappings:
PropBank: bid.01
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 1b
Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)
Examples:
Mappings:
PropBank: NM