Predicate: clear
clear: Frames file for 'clear' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
Roleset id: clear.01 , clean, make clear or open, vncls: 10.3-1 26.3-1 45.4 80-1, framnet: Emptying , Removing
clear.01: Member of VNcls clear-10.3-1, preparing-26.3-1, other_cos-45.4, free-80-1.
Roles:
Arg0: cleaner (vnrole: 26.3-1-agent, 10.3-1-agent, 45.4-agent, 80-1-agent)
Arg1: thing made clean (vnrole: 26.3-1-product, 10.3-1-location, 45.4-patient, 80-1-source)
Arg2: dirt (vnrole: 10.3-1-theme, 80-1-theme)
Example: transitive
John cleared the crowded street.
Arg0: John
Rel: cleared
Arg1: the crowded street
Example: with dirt
Inquiry clears Texas judge of bias in comments on homosexual murder victims.
Arg0: Inquiry
Rel: clears
Arg1: Texas judge
Arg2: of bias
Argm-loc: in comments on homosexual murder victims
Roleset id: clear.02 , approve, vncls: , framnet: -
clear.02: Comparison to 'approve'. No appropriate VN class.
Roles:
Arg0: agent, approver
Arg1: thing approved
Arg2: semi-idiomatic: 'the way'
Example: just plain transitive
A.L. Williams Corp. was merged into Primerica Corp., New York,
after a special meeting of Williams shareholders cleared the
transaction, the companies said.
Arg0: a special meeting of Williams shareholders
Rel: cleared
Arg1: the transaction
Example: clear the way
This is really a blend of the 'clean' and
'approve' senses, but notice that "a bidding war" is still the thing
approved--not "the way"!
In a surprise move, the British government cleared the way for a
bidding war for Jaguar PLC by agreeing to remove an obstacle to a
takeover of the auto maker.
Argm-loc: In a surprise move
Arg0: the British government
Rel: cleared
Arg2: the way
Arg1: for a bidding war for Jaguar PLC
Argm-mnr: by agreeing to remove an obstacle to a takeover of the auto maker
Example: passive extraction
oh my goodness I hate this example. Things are bad, people.
[Dime Savings Bank of New York]-1 was cleared *trace*-1 by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corp. to acquire Starpointe Savings Bank of
Somerset, N.J., the banks said.
Rel: cleared
Arg1: *trace*-1
Arg0: by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Argm-PRP: to acquire Starpointe Savings Bank of Somerset, N.J.,
Roleset id: clear.03 , escape, avoid, vncls: , framnet: Verdict
clear.03: What's interesting about this roleset is that it's the exact opposite
of the 'approve' roleset; you could also say 'the Senate cleared the
compromise'. Disambiguation machines are going to have a fit over this.
Roles:
Arg0: escaper
Arg1: thing escaped
Example: transitive
[The compromise plan, which boosts the minimum wage for the first
time since 1981,]-1 is expected *trace*-1 to clear the Senate soon.
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: clear
Arg1: the Senate
Argm-tmp: soon
Predicate: clear_up
Roleset id: clear.04 , become/make clear, clean, vncls: , framnet: Resolve_problem
clear.04: Essentially the same as the 'clean' roleset. See VNcls clear-10.3-1.
Roles:
Arg0: cleaner
Arg1: thing becoming clean
Example: clear up my acne?
But it is puzzling to some Hollywood executives that Sony-1 rushed
to hire them without *trace*-1 clearing up the Warner situation
first.
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: [ clearing] [ up]
Arg1: the Warner situation
Argm-tmp: first