Predicate
weigh:
Frames file for 'weigh' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
No access to verbnet. Many senses. Comparison to 'measure' and
'press'.
Roleset weigh.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "determine the weight":
Roles:
Arg0:measurer
Arg1:thing measured
Arg2:yardstick, standard of measurement
Arg3:measurement
Examples:
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and they're proud of this? (-) |
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Conner is supplying hard-disk drives for the machine, which
*trace* weighs only six pounds and fits in a briefcase.
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| Arg1: | *trace* -> which -> the machine |
| REL: | weighs |
| Arg3: | only six pounds |
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agentive, with yardstick (-) |
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Mary weighed John's brain with a postal scale.
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| Arg0: | Mary |
| REL: | weighed |
| Arg1: | John's brain |
| Arg2-with: | a postal scale |
Effectively this conflates two senses: "determine the weight of" and
"have a certain weight". But they're so close!
Roleset weigh.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "press heavily upon":
Roles:
Arg0:presser
Arg1:pressed (on)
Examples:
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typical usage (-) |
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...traders said profit-taking weighed on the market, with
blue-chips bearing the brunt of the selling.
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| Arg0: | profit-taking |
| REL: | weighed |
| Arg1-on: | the market |
| ArgM: | with blue-chips bearing the brunt of the selling |
Roleset weigh.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "compare X and Y, consider carefully":
Roles:
Arg0:agent, comparer, considerer
Arg1:X, thing considered
Arg2:Y, in comparison to
Examples:
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as compare (-) |
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person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: ns
form: infinitive
The problem for Congress will be [*-3] to weigh what China is
saying to its people against the more conciliatory message it is
delivering to the Bush administration.
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| Arg0: | [*-3] -> Congress |
| REL: | weigh |
| Arg1: | what China is saying to its people |
| Arg2-against: | the more conciliatory message it is
delivering to the Bush administration |
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as consider (-) |
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person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: ns
form: infinitive
Theoretically, jurors are supposed [*-1] to weigh the evidence in
a case logically and objectively.
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| Arg0: | [*-1] -> jurors |
| REL: | weigh |
| Arg1: | the evidence in a case |
| ArgM-MNR: | logically and objectively |
Predicate
weigh_in:
Roleset weigh.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "enter, contribute to discussion":
Roles:
Arg0:contributor, agent
Arg1:entry, thing contributed
Examples:
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our next caller... (-) |
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person: ns
tense: present
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
Diamond Creek 1985 Lake Vineyard Cabernet weighed in this fall
with a sticker price of $100 a bottle.
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| Arg0: | Diamond Creek 1985 Lake Vineyard Cabernet |
| REL: | [ weighed] [ in] |
| ArgM-TMP: | this fall |
| Arg1-with: | a sticker price of $100 a bottle |