Predicate: contact

Roleset id: contact.01 , to bring or come into contact, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

contact.01: CONTACT-V NOTES: No VNcls. (from contact.01-v) CONTACT-N NOTES: Roleset based on verb entry contact.01, OntoNotes grouping contact-n senses 1& 3; no mapping to VN. Framed by Claire. (from contact.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
contact (n.)
have_contact (l.)
make_contact (l.)
contact (v.)Contacting

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: contactor, agent
        Arg1-PPT: entity contacted

Example: passive

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        He says Campbell-1 was n't even contacted [*-1] by the magazine for the opportunity [*]to comment .

        Argm-neg: n't
        Argm-adv: even
        Rel: contacted
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Arg0: by the magazine
        Argm-prp: for the opportunity [*] to comment

Example: transitive

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        It 's understood that MGM\/UA recently contacted Rupert Murdoch 's News Corp. , which made two failed bids for the movie studio , to see if the company was still interested .

        Arg0: MGM\/UA
        Argm-tmp: recently
        Rel: contacted
        Arg1: Rupert Murdoch 's News Corp. , which made two failed bids for the movie studio ,
        Argm-prp: to see if the company was still interested

Example: NP only, all arguments

        our contacts with local police squads handling drug-relatedcrimes

        Arg0: our
        Rel: contacts
        Arg1: with local police squads handling drug-related crimes

Example: Arg1 only

        Litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid.

        Rel: contact
        Arg1: with an acid

Example: All arguments

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        Their first contact with European settlers was in the 16th century.

        Arg0: Their
        Argm-tmp: first
        Rel: contact
        Arg1: with European settlers