Commentary:
NOTE: NP1 leaves captivity or confinement
Examples:
A 500-pound bear escaped from an animal breeder Monday.
Two prisoners have escaped the prison.
A lion has escaped from its cage.
The spacecraft escaped Earth's gravitational field.
Gas was escaping from the vent.
Word of the secret escaped and drove some people wild.
A muffled curse escaped his lips.
Mappings:
VerbNet: escape-51.1-1
FrameNet: Escaping,Departing
PropBank: escape.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 7
Commentary:
NOTE: NP1 isn't in captivity or confinement - avoids a situation or atmosphere Includes: ESCAPE FROM
Examples:
Most of them escaped the hurricane's fury with only the clothes on their backs.
She was lucky to escape serious injury.
He narrowly escaped a fine.
There's no escaping the fact that the house needs painting.
The burglars escaped before the police showed up.
Provide a crate or other safe place for him to escape from the noise.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Avoiding
PropBank: escape.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3, 6
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
escape_from 1
Examples:
We escaped to our summer house for days.
Escape to a vacation spa for relaxation, rejuvenation, and recreation!
They escaped to a resort area called Paradise Island and for a few weeks.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Departing
PropBank: escape.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5
Examples:
I stayed at a little village whose name escapes me for the moment.
What you see in him escapes me completely.
The book's significance escaped him.
Nothing important escapes her attention.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Elusive_goal
PropBank: escape.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
Examples:
Escape to exit the program.
Escape from this window and return to the main menu.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM