Predicate: inform

Roleset id: inform.01 , cause to know, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

inform.01: INFORM-V NOTES: Member of Vncls advise-37.9, tell-37.2. Checked by Julia, 10/2010. (from inform.01-v) INFORMED-J NOTES: Based on Thyme and Sharp data. Comparison toinform.01. Inform.01 is a member of VN classes advise-37.9 andtell-37.2. Framed by Katie. (from informed.01-j) INFORMATIVE-J NOTES: (from informative.01-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
informative (j.)
inform (v.)Telling
informed (j.)

Roles:

        INFORMED-J NOTES: This is a direct copy of the verb.
        'Informed' will often be tagged as VBN. It should still beannotatedas an adjective. (from informed.01-j)

        Arg0-PAG: informer (vnrole: 37.2-Agent, 37.9-Agent)
        Arg1-GOL: informed (vnrole: 37.2-Recipient, 37.9-Recipient)
        Arg2-PPT: information (vnrole: 37.2-Topic, 37.9-Topic)

Example: inform-v: inform an SBAR

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

        But a much smaller mutual fund company, the USAA Investment Management Co. unit of USAA, San Antonio, Texas, said it informednine national brokerage firms that it will cease business with themunless they stop index-arbitrage trading.

        Arg0: it
        Rel: informed
        Arg1: nine national brokerage firms
        Arg2: that it will cease business with them unless they stop index-arbitrage trading

Example: inform-v: inform a wh-clause

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

        One source familiar with the airline said, however, that [Mr. Corr]-1 wasn't informed *trace*-1 in advance during the summer when Mr. Lorenzo began discussions with potential buyers.

        Argm-neg: n't
        Rel: informed
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Argm-tmp: in advance
        Argm-tmp: during the summer
        Arg2: when Mr. Lorenzo began discussions with potential buyers

Example: inform-v: inform of

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

        During his tenure, [Mr. Corr]-1 attempted through a series ofmeetings *trace*-1 to inform managers of some of the company'sfuture plans, traveled widely to talk to employees and backedtraining sessions designed to improve the carrier's image.

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: inform
        Arg1: managers
        Arg2: of some of the company's future plans

Example: inform-v: inform about

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

        [New York authorities]-1, informed *trace*-1 yesterday aboutthe move, reacted with concern and even some anger to the idea ofthe nation's third-largest corporation leaving without giving theman opportunity to accommodate it.

        Rel: informed
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Argm-tmp: yesterday
        Arg2: about the move

Example: informed-j: With args 0 and 1

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

        This patient is well informed from her own research.

        Arg1: This patient
        Argm-ext: well
        Rel: informed
        Arg0: from her own research

Example: informed-j: with arg 2

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

        Patient is well informed as to the nature of the procedure

        Arg1: Patient
        Argm-ext: well
        Rel: informed
        Arg2: as to the nature of the procedure

Example: informative-j

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

        ...and Pythagoras' Theorem really is informative about surveyed triangles etc., just as Hooke's Law or Boyle's Law isinformative about everyday elastic substances or gases.

        Arg1: Pythagoras' Theorem
        Argm-adv: really
        Rel: informative
        Arg2: about surveyed triangles etc.
        Argm-adv: just as Hooke's Law or Boyle's Law is informative about everyday elastic substances or gases

Roleset id: inform.02 , disclose confidential information to an authority; be an informant, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

inform.02: INFORM-V NOTES: This sense split off from the original .01 roleset by Julia for unification.

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
inform (v.)Reporting

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: informant
        Arg1-GOL: authorities alerted
        Arg2-PPT: wrongdoings, information
        Arg3-PPT: wrongdoers

Example: inform-v: args 0, 2

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

        He informed on his own brother.

        Arg0: he
        Rel: informed
        Arg3: on his own brother

Example: inform-v: args 0, 1, 2

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

        On one occasion, he informed to the Grand Duke Francesco on two lovers in the Medici household—Eleonora, the wife of Pietro de'Medici, who was having an illicit affair with BernardinoAntinori—and his informing led directly to Eleonora's murder byPietro.

        Argm-tmp: On one occasion
        Arg0:
        Rel: informed
        Arg1: to the Grand Duke
        Arg3: on two lovers in the Medici household—Eleonora, the wife of Pietro de' Medici, who was having an illicit affair withBernardino Antinori

Example: inform-v: arg1-for

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

        Man says he informed on Muslims for FBI.

        Arg0: he
        Rel: informed
        Arg3: on Muslims
        Arg1: for the FBI