Predicate: improvement
Roleset id: improvement.01 , make better, vncls: 45.4, framnet: Cause_to_make_progress
improvement.01: Updated by Julia. Member of Vncls Other_cos-45.4.
Roles:
This frame combines the senses of improve.01 and improve.02-- that frameset mentions example sentences that are a blend between the two, and it would be too difficult to separate them here. They can all take the same syntax anyway.
Arg0: improver (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
Arg1: thing improving (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
Arg2: extent of improvement
Arg3: start state
Arg4: end state
Example: autogen1
some shipping-rate improvements in both the
intergrated-steel and steel-service-center segments
Arg1: shipping-rate
Rel: improvements
Argm-loc: in both the intergrated-steel and steel-service-center segments
Example: autogen2
an improvement in our U.S. business
Rel: improvement
Arg1: in our U.S. business
Example: lots of args
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
a dramatic improvement in intelligence gathering human intelligence infiltrating these cells over the past few years on the part of the United States
Arg2: dramatic
Rel: improvement
Arg1: in intelligence gathering human intelligence infiltrating these cells
Argm-tmp: over the past few years
Arg0: on the part of the United States
Example: args 2 and 3
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
a small improvement from the 5.8 million rate of early October
Arg2: small
Rel: improvement
Arg3: from the 5.8 million rate of early October
Example: numeric extent
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
a one percentage point improvement in productivity growth
Arg2: one percent
Rel: improvement
Arg1: in productivity growth