Predicate: contract

Roleset id: contract.01 , get smaller, drawing together, shortening, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

contract.01: CONTRACT-V NOTES: Member of VNcls other_cos-45.4. (from contract.01-v) CONTRACTING-N NOTES: Roleset based on verb entry contract.01, OntoNotes grouping contracting-n sense 2; maps to VN class other_cos-45.4. Framed by Claire. (from contracting.01-n) CONTRACTION-N NOTES: Based on frame for contract-v.01. Framed by Anwen March 2011 (from contraction.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
contraction (n.)
contracting (n.)
contract (v.)Expansion

Roles:

        Arg1-PPT: thing getting smaller (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
        Arg2-EXT: EXT
        Arg3-DIR: start point
        Arg4-GOL: end point

Example: all args

        John's pet sea anemone contracted dramatically, from the size of a dinner plate to the size of a fist.

        Arg1: John's pet sea anemoned
        Rel: contracted
        Arg2: dramatically
        Arg3: from the size of a dinner plate
        Arg4: to the size of a fist

Example: Arg 1 as "of" PP

        The expanding and contracting of your intestinal tract might cause some indigestion.

        Rel: contracting
        Arg1: of your intestinal tract

Example: Same syntax, different semantic domain

        The contracting of our profit margin has been occurring all year.

        Rel: contracting
        Arg1: of our profit margin

Example: Arg1

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

        How do you treat premature ventricular contractions?

        Argm-tmp: premature
        Arg1: ventricular
        Rel: contractions

Roleset id: contract.02 , enter into a contract, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

contract.02: CONTRACT-V NOTES: Member of VNcls hire-13.5.3, settle-89. (from contract.02-v) CONTRACTING-N NOTES: Based on Ontonotes nouns. Comparison to contract.02. Contract.02 is a member of VN classes hire-13.5.3 and settle-89. Framed by Katie. (from contracting.03-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
contract (v.)
contracting (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causer of contract (vnrole: 13.5.3-agent, 89-agent)
        Arg1-PRP: reason, purpose (vnrole: 13.5.3-attribute, 89-goal)
        Arg2-PPT: contracted with (vnrole: 13.5.3-theme)

Example: sentential reason

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

        But dry growing conditions in the Red River Valley of Minnesota and North Dakota are pushing spot prices of potatoes beyond what Michael contracted to pay last spring.

        Arg0: Michael
        Rel: contracted
        Arg1: to pay last spring

Example: ARG0 and ARG2 and ARG1

        In 1987 , the Presidents Commission of the NCAA , which oversees most U.S. intercollegiate sports , contracted with the Washington - based American Institutes for Research to do a survey on the college experiences of what the body chooses to call student - athletes .

        Argm-tmp: In 1987
        Arg0: the Presidents Commission of the NCAA , which oversees most U.S. intercollegiate sports ,
        Rel: contracted
        Arg2: with the Washington - based American Institutes for Research
        Arg1: to do a survey on the college experiences of what the body chooses to call student - athletes

Example: arg 1 as thing contracted for

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

        contracting for the national resources with foreign companies

        Rel: contracting
        Arg1: for the national resources
        Arg2: with foreign companies

Example: arg 1 as job

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

        contracting of each subproject

        Rel: contracting
        Arg1: of each subproject

Roleset id: contract.04 , get, acquire (as of disease), come down with (as a disease), Source: , vncls: , framnet:

contract.04: CONTRACT-V NOTES: Cf. 'recover'. No VNcls. (from contract.04-v) CONTRACTING-N NOTES: Roleset based on verb entry contract.04, OntoNotes grouping contracting-n sense 2; no relevant mapping to VN. Framed by Claire. (from contracting.02-n) CONTRACTION-N NOTES: contract.04 (from contraction.02-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
contracting (n.)
contract (v.)
contraction (n.)

Roles:

        Arg1-PAG: sick person, patient
        Arg2-PPT: disease
        Arg3-DIR: source of disease

Example: no source

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

        ``There's no question that some of those workers and managers contracted asbestos-related diseases,'' said Darrell Phillips.

        Arg1: some of those workers and managers
        Rel: contracted
        Arg2: asbestos-related diseases

Example: ARG1 and ARG2 and ARG3

        It should have happened sooner , '' said Elizabeth Glaser , a Los Angeles mother and activist who contracted the AIDS virus through a blood transfusion , and transmitted it to two of her children .

        Arg1: [a Los Angeles mother and activist][who]
        Rel: contracted
        Arg2: the AIDS virus
        Arg3: through a blood transfusion

Example: Args1 and 2

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

        The knight's contracting of syphilis occurred on the night of May 12, 1510.

        Arg1: knight's
        Rel: contracting
        Arg2: of syphillis

Example: awkward

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

        Jenny's contraction of Legionnaire's Disease really messed up her water polo schedule.

        Arg1: Jenny's
        Rel: contraction
        Arg2: of Legionnaire's Disease


Predicate: contract_out

Roleset id: contract_out.03 , variation on sense two above, enter into a contract with an outside party, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

contract_out.03: CONTRACT_OUT-V NOTES: See Vncls Hire-13.5.3, but verb particle construction has no VN entry. (from contract.03-v) CONTRACTING_OUT-N NOTES: Based on ontonotes nouns. Comparison to contract.03. No VN class. Framed by Katie. (from contracting.04-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
contracting_out (n.)
contract_out (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causer of contract
        Arg1-PPT: reason, purpose
        Arg2-COM: contract out with/to whom?

Example: NP reason

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

        By moving the design of new products in-house -- instead of *trace*-1 contracting out the work -- [the company]-1 also has been able to come up with designs that can be manufactured more efficiently, he said.

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: [ contracting] [ out]
        Arg1: the work

Example: With Benefactive

        [Costa Rican bananas]-2 had been contracted *-2 out early to large corporations.

        Rel: [contracted][out]
        Arg1: *-2
        Argm-tmp: early
        Arg2: to large corporations

Example: the company initiates the contractual work, so arg 0

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

        The contracting out of work by the company

        Rel: [contracting] [out[
        Arg1: of work
        Arg0: by the company