Commentary: A meeting that has an agenda and is usually pre-arranged. Refers to the body of the meeting, not to the act of meeting.
Examples:
The Pacific Northwest Writer's Conference is held every July in Seattle.
John was elected moderator of the conference.
The conference decided to hold a vote on the issue.
We scheduled a conference for next Tuesday.
Mappings:
PropBank: conference.01
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers:
1
Commentary: The grouping of a number of teams or players that compete against each other.
Examples:
John led the conference in yards-per-reception.
The Miami Dolphins are in the American Football Conference.
Mappings:
PropBank: conference.01
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers:
2
Commentary: Having a discussion with a specific topic. Refers to the act of meeting, not to the body of the meeting. It might help to think of this sense as a resultative noun of the verb 'confer'.
Examples:
Wives in conference means trouble for husbands.
No amount of conference could resolve our problems.
Mappings:
PropBank: conference.01
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers:
3
Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)
Examples:
Mappings:
PropBank: NM