Predicate
fill:
Frames file for 'fill' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
corpus.
Roleset fill.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to make or become full":
Roles:
Arg0:agent, causer
Arg1:container
Arg2:substance
Examples:
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all arguments (-) |
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person: ns
tense: present
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: gerund
Outside, a young pressman filling a news box with an extra edition
headlined ``Herald Examiner Closes'' refused to take a reader's
quarter.
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| ArgM-LOC: | Outside |
| Arg0: | a young pressman |
| REL: | filling |
| Arg1: | a news box |
| Arg2-with: | an extra edition headlined ``Herald
Examiner Closes'' |
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with Arg1 and Arg2 (-) |
|---|
person: third
tense: present
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
In this one, the screen fills with photographs of both
candidates.
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| ArgM-LOC: | In this one |
| Arg1: | the screen |
| REL: | fills |
| Arg2-with: | photographs of both candidates |
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passive (-) |
|---|
person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: infinitive
The dispute has hampered the administration's efforts to recruit
prominent doctors [0] [*T*-1] to fill prestigious posts at the
helm of the NIH and the Centers for Disease Control.
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| Arg2: | [*T*-1] -> [0] -> prominent doctors |
| REL: | fill |
| Arg1: | prestigious posts at the helm of the NIH and the
Centers for Disease Control |
The 'doctors' are not agentively filling the post (ie, causing the
container to be filled with some substance), but rather the doctors
ARE the substance in the container. Compare with the next example.
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with Arg0 and Arg1 (-) |
|---|
person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: ns
form: infinitive
Hungary's Parliament voted [*-1] to hold a national referendum on
an election [*] to fill the new post of president.
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| Arg0: | [*] -> [*-1] -> Hungary's Parliament |
| REL: | fill |
| Arg1: | the new post of president |
Here the Parliament is filling the post with someone else. Compare to
the example above.
Roleset fill.06 Verbnet Class: NONE "fulfill, satisfy":
Roles:
Arg0:satisfier, (order) filler
Arg1:order, thing satisfied
Arg2:secondary predication
Examples:
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damn stock reportage anyway (-) |
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person: third
tense: past
aspect: ns
voice: passive
form: participle
The order was filled *trace* at $75 when the stock opened at that
price on Monday.
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| REL: | filled |
| Arg1: | *trace* -> The order |
| Arg2-at: | $75 |
| Argm-TMP: | when the stock opened at that price on Monday |
Predicate
fill_up:
Roleset fill.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "fill up: to make or become full":
Roles:
Arg0:agent, causer of fullness
Arg1:container
Arg2:substance
Examples:
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with Arg0 and Arg1 (-) |
|---|
person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: infinitive
It also empowers the president to make recess appointments,
without Senate approval: ``The President shall have Power [*] to
fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the
Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of
their next Session.''
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| Arg0: | [*] -> The President |
| REL: | [ fill] [ up] |
| Arg1: | all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of
the Senate |
| ArgM-MNR: | by granting Commissions which shall expire
at the End of their next Session |
Predicate
fill_out:
Roleset fill.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "fill out: to complete, fill in":
Roles:
Arg0:agent, poor schmuck with a pen
Arg1:forms to be filled out
Examples:
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gerund (-) |
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person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: infinitive
[*] Filling out detailed forms about these individuals would tip
the IRS off and spark action against the clients, he said.
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| Arg0: | [*] |
| REL: | [ Filling] [ out] |
| Arg1: | detailed forms about these individuals |
Roleset fill.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "fill out: bring to completion":
Roles:
Arg0:causer of completion
Arg1:thing becoming complete
Examples:
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collect a full set (-) |
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person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: infinitive
NCNB raised some $1.9 billion in new capital during the quarter
[*-1] to complete the NCNB Texas purchase , and to acquire several
small failed thrifts [*-2] to fill out its regional franchise.
|
| Arg0: | [*-2] -> [*-1] -> NCNB |
| REL: | fill out |
| Arg1: | its regional franchise |
Predicate
fill_in:
Roleset fill.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "fill in: to complete, fill in":
Roles:
Arg0:agent, poor schmuck with a pen
Arg1:forms to be filled in
Examples:
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gerund (-) |
|---|
person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: infinitive
[*] Filling in detailed forms about these individuals would tip
the IRS off and spark action against the clients, he said.
|
| Arg0: | [*] |
| REL: | [ Filling] [ in] |
| Arg1: | detailed forms about these individuals |
frames created by Olga, modified by Paul to add additional phrasal
variants and improve readability.