Predicate: elect

elect: Frames file for 'elect' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus

Roleset id: elect.01 , elect someone to an office or position, vncls: 29.1, framnet:

elect.01: I so want to make an "electile dysfunction" joke here.

Roles:

        Arg0: voters (vnrole: 29.1-agent)
        Arg1: candidate (vnrole: 29.1-theme)
        Arg2: office or position (vnrole: 29.1-predicate)

Example: absentee voters

        [JP Bolduc]-1 was elected *trace*-1 a director.

        Arg1: *trace*
        Rel: elected
        Arg2: a director

Example: hey, whaddya know, it does occur in the active voice

        Holders at the meeting elected a full slate of Canadian Express
        nominees to Enfield's 11-member board.

        Arg0: Holders at the meeting
        Rel: elected
        Arg1: a full slate of Canadian Express nominees
        Arg2: to Enfield's 11-member board

Roleset id: elect.02 , Choose an action or thing, vncls: 13.5.1, framnet:

elect.02: comparable to choose.01

Roles:

        Arg0: Chooser (vnrole: 13.5.1-agent)
        Arg1: Thing chosen (vnrole: 13.5.1-theme)
        Arg2: Group or source chosen from (vnrole: 13.5.1-source)
        Arg3: Benefactive (vnrole: 13.5.1-beneficiary)
        Arg4: Secondary attribute of Arg1 (vnrole: 13.5.1-attribute)

Example: Arg0,1

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

        Rather than turn back from such a vital mission, he elected to proceed to the target.

        Argm: Rather than turn back from such a vital mission
        Arg0: he
        Rel: elected
        Arg1: to proceed to the target