Commentary: NP1[agent] FORECAST NP2
NOTE: Implies a probable event based on data, not something inevitable.
Examples:
The hurricane was forecast to hit Florida by nightfall.
The government is forecasting an economic upturn, based on these data.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: Predicting
PropBank: forecast.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2
Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[topic] FORECAST NP2
NOTE: Suggests the event is inevitable, predestined to occur.
Examples:
The cards forecast death to Carmen in the second act of the opera.
Pre-election polls in El Salvador consistently forecasted a Handal defeat.
Price increases forecast inflation.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3