Predicate: rationalize

Roleset id: rationalize.01 , make sense of, make excuses for, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

rationalize.01: RATIONALIZE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'rationalize' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry. (from rationalize.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
rationalize (v.)
rationalization (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: rationalizer
        Arg1-PPT: thing rationalized
        Arg2-MNR: instrument

Example: rationalize-v: just transitive

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

        It astounds me he can rationalize his self-righteous and greedy actions in Utah.

        Arg0: he
        Argm-mod: can
        Rel: rationalize
        Arg1: his self-righteous and greedy actions in Utah

Example: rationalize-v: with instrument

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

        Let's-1 *trace*-1 rationalize our priorities by solving pollution problems at the local level as heretofore.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: rationalize
        Arg1: our priorities
        Arg2: by solving pollution problems at the local level as heretofore


Predicate: rational

Roleset id: rational.02 , logical, reasoned, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

rational.02: RATIONAL-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-4,5. (from rational.01-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
rational (j.)

Roles:

        Arg1-PAG: logical entity (may require concatenation)

Example: rational-j: empty it, arg1

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

        Similarly to how not all claims are created equal , and individual claims require differing levels of evidence , neither are all religions created equal and it is rational to dislike a certain religion over another if one can be shown to be more detrimental to another .

        Rel: rational
        Arg1: to dislike a certain religion over another if one can be shown to be more detrimental to another

Example: rational-j: concatenation of arg1

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

        It was rational of him to think that the odds were good enough to try.

        Rel: rational
        Arg1: [of him] [to think that the odds were good enough to try]

Roleset id: rational.03 , expressible as the quotient of integers (math), Source: , vncls: , framnet:

rational.03: RATIONAL-J NOTES: (from rational.02-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
rational (j.)

Roles:

        Arg1-PPT: rational number

Example: rational-j

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

        A rational number plus a rational number is rational.

        Arg1: A rational number plus a rational number
        Rel: rational