Predicate: designate

designate: Frames file for 'designate' based on sentences in wsj and automatic expansion via verbnet.

Roleset id: designate.01 , assign to a role, vncls: 29.1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: designator (vnrole: 29.1-agent)
        Arg1: designated (vnrole: 29.1-theme)
        Arg2: role of arg1 (vnrole: 29.1-predicate)

Example: expected: arg2-as

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        On Tuesday it approved Senator Bob Dole's proposed commemorative
        resolution designating April 24, 1990, as the ``National Day of
        Remembrance of the 75th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of
        1915-1923,'' suffered at the hands of the warring Ottoman Empire.

        Arg0: Senator Bob Dole's proposed commemorative resolution
        Rel: designating
        Arg1: April 24, 1990,
        Arg2: as the ``National Day of Remembrance of the 75th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923,'' suffered at the hands of the warring Ottoman Empire

Example: missing the as

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

        Four years ago, Pittsburgh was designated *trace* the most-livable
        U.S. city by Rand McNally's Places Rated Almanac, and the honor
        did wonders to improve Pittsburgh's soot-stained image.

        Argm-tmp: Four years ago
        Arg1: Pittsburgh
        Rel: designated
        Arg2: the most-livable U.S. city
        Arg0: by Rand McNally's Places Rated Almanac

Example: arg2 as infinitive clause

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

        [Two Air Force facilities near Sacramento, and Travis Air Force
        Base, 50 miles northeast of San Francisco,]-1 were designated *trace*-1
        to serve as medical-airlift centers.

        Rel: designated
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg2: to serve as medical-airlift centers

Example: arg2-for

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

        More than $1.8 million is allocated for pensions and expenses for
        former presidents, and the budget for the official residence of
        Vice President Quayle is more than doubled, with $200,000-1
        designated *trace*-1 for improvements to the property.

        Rel: designated
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg2: for improvements to the property