Predicate: distinguish

distinguish: Frames file for 'distinguish' based on sentences in wsj.

Roleset id: distinguish.01 , separate, divide, vncls: , framnet: Differentiation

distinguish.01: No VNcls. Updated by Julia, 12/2010.

Roles:

        When arg1 is singular, there's a default arg2 along the lines of "from his/her/its peers". When arg2 is plural and potentially introduced by a preposition like "between" or "among" the figure (arg1) and ground (arg2) have been merged.
        Arg0: entity causing separation
        Arg1: thing(s) being divided
        Arg2: source, separated from, if separate from arg1

Example: all args

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

        Soon [the studio]-1 is producing a $40 million picture called ``Tet,
        the Motion Picture,'' *trace*-1 to distinguish it from ``Tet, the
        Offensive,'' as well as ``Tet, the Book'' and ``Tet, the Album.''

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: distinguish
        Arg1: it
        Arg2: from ``Tet, the Offensive,'' as well as ``Tet, the Book'' and ``Tet, the Album

Example: just transitive, singular arg1

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

        In the classroom, students say, Mrs. Yeargin distinguished herself
        by varying teaching approaches -- forcing kids to pair up to
        complete classroom work or using college-bowl type competitions.

        Argm-loc: In the classroom
        Arg0: Mrs. Yeargin
        Rel: distinguished
        Arg1-rec: herself
        Argm-mnr: by varying teaching approaches -- forcing kids to pair up to complete classroom work or using college-bowl type competitions

Example: just transitive, plural arg1

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

        He distinguished the two cases: In Salinger, Judge Leval noted,
        the quotations were for the purpose of enlivening the biography
        rather than of proving points about the subject.

        Arg0: He
        Rel: distinguished
        Arg1: the two cases

Example: Bork Bork Bork!

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

        Unfortunately, [Mr. Bork]-1 failed *trace*-1 to distinguish between such
        pressures and the emergence of great issues critical to a society
        that must be settled judicially if it is to cohere.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: distinguish
        Arg1: between such pressures and the emergence of great issues critical to a society that must be settled judicially if it is to cohere