field-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: Catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket.

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[agent] FIELD NP2[patient]
NOTE: Compare to Sense 2; in Sense 1, the object caught or picked up MUST be explicit.
NOTE: NP2 may be fronted.

Examples:
No one has any interest in any of the baseballs he fielded for the
Twins.
He successfully fielded a long shot to right field.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: Play as a fielder.

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[agent] FIELD PP
NOTE: Compare to Sense 1; in Sense 2, there is no explicit object.

Examples:
He fielded for the better part of the game.
He fielded for Essex versus Surrey at the Oval.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: Answer adequately or successfully.

Examples:
The lawyer fielded all questions from the press.
Following on from this, the floor was open to questions, which she
fielded for a full hour.
Ask Len Traubman how many requests he's fielded for help in starting
a dialogue group.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: field.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 4: Successfully put into action, as of selecting (a team or individual player) for a game or a proposal in business or government.

Examples:
Junior Johnson recalls each of the stock cars he fielded for his
sponsors.
Lea-Cox has assembled many of the same choral forces he fielded for
the St. Ceclilia Ode.
Such a proposal was fielded in Parliament in 1988.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: field.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4