bid-n; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: a formal price offer to buy something

Commentary: BID[+event][+speech_act][+offer][+price][+official][+to_buy]
NOTE: implies an intention to pay a price for something, contrast with (Sense 5)

Examples:
We've put a bid in on that house.
Mary has just bid ten thousand for the sapphire earrings.
Did you make a bid at the silent auction?

Mappings:
PropBank: bid.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 2: an attempt or effort to achieve a goal

Commentary: BID[+process][+attempt][+attainment][+of_goal]
NOTE: refers to an ongoing, complex effort to achieve some goal

Examples:
Will he make a bid for the Presidency in 2008?
John is making a bid for Mary's hand in marriage.

Mappings:
PropBank: bid.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: authoritative command or instruction

Commentary: BID[+event][+speech_act][+command][+authoritative]
NOTE: implies the speaker is wielding authority in issuing the command

Examples:
The courtesans did the Sultan's bid.
The children ignored my bid to sit down and be quiet.

Mappings:
PropBank: bid.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 4: a declaration of playing a suit in bridge

Commentary: BID[+event][+speech_act][+declaration][+game_play][+cards][+bridge]

Examples:
I didn't pay attention to Mary's bid in the last bridge game.
John's bid was eight hearts, wasn't it?

Mappings:
PropBank: bid.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 5: an official offer to provide a service or good at a specific cost

Commentary: BID[+event][+speech_act][+offer][+price][+official][+to_perform_service]
NOTE: refers to an offer by a provider to complete work at a price. (Contrast this sense with Sense 1)

Examples:
We thought the bid from the second landscaping firm was too high.
The town has received bids from four contractors to build the new library.
It was a conflict of interest for his firm to bid on those defense contracts.

Mappings:
PropBank: bid.01
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 1b

Sense Number 6: none of the above

Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)

Examples:

Mappings:
PropBank: NM