Predicate: name

Roleset id: name.01 , call, vncls: 29.3-1, framnet: Name_conferral

name.01: Based on big corpus, comparison to 'call'. Member of VNcls dub-29.3-1.

Roles:

        Essentially equivalent to 'call-v.02', but 'name' Arg2 is 'call' Arg3.
        Arg0: namer (vnrole: 29.3-1-agent)
        Arg1: named (vnrole: 29.3-1-theme)
        Arg2: name of arg1 (vnrole: 29.3-1-predicate)

Example: passivized

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

        [The issue]-1, formally named *trace*-1 MNB Home Equity Loan Asset
        Backed Certificates, Series 1989, will represent interest in a
        trust fund...

        Argm-mnr: formally
        Rel: named
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg2: MNB Home Equity Loan Asset Backed Certificates, Series 1989,

Example: name as AS

        Polls named Tatsunori Hara as the male symbol of Japan.

        Arg0: Polls
        Rel: named
        Arg1: Tatsunori Hara
        Arg2: as the male symbol of Japan

Example: no name mentioned

        ...the man, whom-1 it did not name *trace*-1

        Arg0: it
        Argm-neg: did not
        Rel: name
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Argm-slc: whom -> the man

Example: name as infinitive

        Lee Karns named James Nichol to succeed him.

        Arg0: Lee Karns
        Rel: named
        Arg1: James Nichol
        Arg2: to succeed him

Example: passivized

        [Both these candidates]-1 are named *trace*-1 Rudolph Giuliani.

        Rel: named
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg2: Rudolph Giuliani

Example: name only

        [No successor]-1 was named *trace*-1

        Rel: named
        Arg2: *trace*-1

Example: underlying of above

        [John Smith]-1 was named *trace*-1 successor.

        Rel: named
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg2: successor

Example: active equivalent of above

        BigHugeCo named John Smith as successor.

        Arg0: BigHugeCo
        Rel: named
        Arg1: John Smith
        Arg2: as successor

Roleset id: name.02 , give someone else's name, vncls: 29.3-1, framnet: Name_conferral

name.02: Very similar to name.01, and only to be used when there is an 'after' present. Member of VNcls dub-29.3-1.

Roles:

        Arg0: namer (vnrole: 29.3-1-agent)
        Arg1: named (vnrole: 29.3-1-theme)
        Arg2: named after, namesake (vnrole: 29.3-1-predicate)

Example: ozone hole

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

        As an employee of a major refrigerator and freezer manufacturer, I
        have been heavily involved in dealing with the political
        manifestations of [the Rowland-Molina theory]-1 (named [*]-1 after the
        researchers who found in 1974 that chlorofluorocarbons contributed
        to the depletion of ozone in the earth's atmosphere) and the
        Montreal Protocol.

        Rel: named
        Arg1: [*]
        Arg2: after the researchers who found in 1974 that chlorofluorocarbons contributed to the depletion of ozone in the earth's atmosphere

Roleset id: name.03 , To appoint to an office, assign a role, vncls: 29.1, framnet:

name.03: Roleset for 'name' appoint sense based on instances in Webtext 2.5, section 76-199. VerbNet class appoint-29.1. Comparison to 'appoint.' Framed by Claire

Roles:

        Arg0: Person appointing another (vnrole: 29.1-agent)
        Arg1: Person named, appointed (vnrole: 29.1-theme)
        Arg2: Office/Job Arg 1 is appointed to (vnrole: 29.1-predicate)

Example: Job with 'to' preposition

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

        *PRO*-1 Having campaigned for the new president and been named *-1 to his transition team , [Rumsfeld]-1 told his Searle sales force , according to later testimony , that `` he would call in all his markers and that no matter what , he would see to it that aspartame would be approved *-3 . ''

        Rel: named
        Arg1: *-1
        Arg2: to his transition team