Predicate
pick:
Frames file for 'pick' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
Verbnet class get-13.5.1, other framed members include buy, call,
catch, earn, find, gain, get, hire, order, pull, reach, win.
Comparison with 'get'.
Roleset pick.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "select from a group":
Roles:
Arg0:picker
Arg1:thing picked
Arg2:group or source
Arg3:benefactive
Examples:
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boring transitive (-) |
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Since the value of its assets wasn't known, analysts were free
*trace* to pick a number.
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| Arg0: | *trace* -> analysts |
| REL: | pick |
| Arg1: | a number |
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benefactive, sorta (-) |
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The 486 is the descendant of a long series of Intel chips that
began dominating the market ever since IBM picked the 16-bit 8088
chip for its first personal computer.
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| Arg0: | IBM |
| REL: | picked |
| Arg1: | the 16-bit 8088 chip |
| Arg3-for: | its first personal computer |
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with group (-) |
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John picked a mismatched pair of socks from the pile on his floor.
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| Arg0: | John |
| REL: | picked |
| Arg1: | a mismatched pair of socks |
| Arg2-from: | the pile on his floor |
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special case: pick apples (or crops in general) (-) |
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person: ns
tense: present
aspect: perfect
voice: active
form: full
Mr. Auvil, razor sharp at 83, has picked and packed a zillion
pecks of apples over the past 65 years.
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| Arg0: | Mr. Auvil, razor sharp at 83 |
| REL: | picked |
| Arg1: | a zillion pecks of apples |
| Argm-TMP: | over the past 65 years |
Predicate
pick_on:
Roleset pick.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "pick on: bully":
Roles:
Examples:
Roleset pick.07 Verbnet Class: NONE "remove small pieces from":
Roles:
Arg0:remover, picker, agent
Arg1:thing picked at
Examples:
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with redundant particle (-) |
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person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: progressive
voice: active
form: participle
Desperate, he has called in the Libyans to help fight the rebels
of the Somali National Movement in the north, which is only one
of several groups picking away at the regime in the capital of
Mogadishu.
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| Arg0: | several small groups |
| REL: | picking |
| Argm-DIR: | away |
| Arg1-at: | the regime in the capital of Mogadishu |
Roleset pick.09 Verbnet Class: NONE "work at with long slender instrument":
Roles:
Arg0:picker
Arg1:thing picked (at)
Examples:
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you can pick your friends... (-) |
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person: ns
tense: present
aspect: progressive
voice: active
form: participle
When we go there, it's quite different from these Hollywood places
where the sandwiches are spread out on the table and the people
are picking their noses.''
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| Arg0: | the people |
| REL: | picking |
| Arg1: | their noses |
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pick at (-) |
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person: ns
tense: past
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
Red tractors gingerly picked at the rubble while jackhammers tried
to break up some of the massive slabs of concrete.
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| Arg0: | Red tractors |
| Argm-MNR: | gingerly |
| REL: | picked |
| Arg1-at: | the rubble |
| Argm-TMP: | while jackhammers tried to break up some of the
massive slabs of concrete |
Predicate
pick_out:
otherwise identical to "pick" above
Roleset pick.03 Verbnet Class: 1 "select from a group":
Roles:
Arg0:picker
Arg1:thing picked
Arg2:group or source
Examples:
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made up (-) |
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John picked out a bunch of flowers from the pile in the dumpster.
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| Arg0: | John |
| REL: | picked out |
| Arg1: | a bunch of flowers |
| Arg2-from: | the pile in the dumpster |
Predicate
pick_up:
Roleset pick.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "pick up: acquire":
Roles:
Arg0:agent, entity acquiring something
Arg1:thing acquired
Arg2:seller
Arg3:price paid
Arg4:benefactive
Examples:
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basic transitive (-) |
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Thus the band-wagon psychology of recent days picks up new
impetus.
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| ArgM-DIS: | Thus |
| Arg0: | the band-wagon psychology of recent days |
| REL: | [ picks] [ up] |
| Arg1: | new impetus |
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with price (-) |
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There, on one of his first shopping trips, Mr. Paul picked up
several paintings at stunning prices.
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| ArgM-LOC: | There |
| ArgM-TMP: | on one of his first shopping trips |
| Arg0: | Mr. Paul |
| REL: | [ picked] [ up] |
| Arg1: | several paintings |
| Arg3-at: | stunning prices |
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pushing the metaphor (-) |
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When the announcement came out, ``I picked up the phone and said,
`Why don't you come to us?''' Mr. Spielvogel said.
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| Arg0: | I |
| REL: | [ picked] [ up] |
| Arg1: | the phone |
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other args (-) |
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John picked up a box of chocolates from the grocer for Mary.
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| Arg0: | John |
| REL: | picked up |
| Arg1: | a box of chocolates |
| Arg2-from: | the grocer |
| Arg4-for: | Mary |
Roleset pick.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "pick up: increase":
Roles:
Arg1:thing increasing
Arg2:amount increased by, EXT or MNR
Arg3:start point
Arg4:end point
Examples:
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basic (-) |
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If sales don't pick up, the cuts will go deeper and incentives
will sprout again.
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| Arg1: | sales |
| ArgM-NEG: | n't |
| REL: | [ pick] [ up] |
Actually, I doubt this will show start/end points.
Roleset pick.06 Verbnet Class: NONE "pick up: resume":
Roles:
Examples:
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person as event (-) |
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person: ns
tense: past
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
Skipping personal pleasantries, Mr. Lee picked up exactly where he
left off several months earlier -- before the government crackdown
in China -- when he had warned that the orthodox leadership in
Beijing feared a plurality of views.
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| Argm-ADV: | Skipping personal pleasantries |
| Arg0: | Mr. Lee |
| REL: | |
| Arg: | exactly where he
left off several months earlier -- before the government crackdown
in China -- when he had warned that the orthodox leadership in
Beijing feared a plurality of views |
The arg1 is an unstated 'the conversation' or something
Predicate
pick_off:
Roleset pick.08 Verbnet Class: NONE "pick off: remove pieces":
Roles:
Arg0:remover, agent
Arg1:pieces
Arg2:source
Examples:
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no source (-) |
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person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: ns
form: gerund
But Saatchi's troubles have only whipped up interest among
outsiders interested [*] in [*] picking off pieces of its ad
businesses.
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| Arg0: | [*] -> [*] -> outsiders |
| REL: | picking off |
| Arg1: | pieces of its ad businesses |
I'm not actually sure the source argument can appear.