Predicate: polarize

Roleset id: polarize.01 , separate into (two) discrete units, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

polarize.01: POLARIZE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'polarize' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 45.4. (from polarize.01-v predicate notes) POLARIZATION-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT, polarize.01. Corresponds to VNcls other_cos-45.4 (from polarization.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
polarization (n.)
polarize (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: agent/cause of separation (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: first side or whole thing polarized (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
        Arg2-DIR: other side

Example: the one example

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: perfect,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        ``The disturbing thing about this abortion issue is that [the debate]-1 has become polarized *trace*-1, so that no mechanism exists ''for finding a middle ground.

        Rel: polarized
        Arg1: *trace*
        ArgM-ADV: so that no mechanism exists ''for finding a middle ground

Example: args 1, 2

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

        the two major political parties had long begun their polarization from one another

        Arg1: their
        Rel: polarization
        Arg2: from one another

Example: args 0, 1

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

        The Vietnam War and Its Polarization of American Society

        Arg0: its
        Rel: polarization
        Arg1: of American Society