Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[agent] LINK NP2[patient] (TO NP3[recipient]) Includes: LINK UP
NOTE: Unlike sense 2, sense 1 implies an establishment of a relation between or among two or more entities. The entities mentioned MUST be related in some relationship.
NOTE: NP1 is the actor that causes or does the linking.
Examples:
The report linked the North Korean government to state-directed crimes.
Police announced Tuesday that they had linked the shootings, including one that killed a woman.
Kevin Trenberth linked the severity of the 2004 hurricane season to global warming.
He and his colleagues linked the signs of demasculinization to lower phthalate exposures.
It linked up the Bin Laden and Bush families long before Fahrenheit 9/11.
Mappings:
PropBank: link.01,link.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
link_up 3
Commentary: Includes: LINK UP
NOTE: In this sense, the linking does not at all imply a relationship between/among the entities linked. If there is a logical or causal relationship, then choose sense 1.
NOTE: This sense usually refers to electronic, technical, or physical joining of two unrelated things by a third thing (a media; the link itself).
Examples:
A hallway linked the dining room to the kitchen.
The defendant linked the domain names to his own site.
It linked the phone system to the public-address system.
A canal was created that linked the Tiber to the sea.
The transportation ties that linked the town of Chicago with the communities of Will County.
J-Serve 2005 linked the Jewish community with the larger national "weekend of service."
The site will be moved onto the public servers, and the domain name will be linked up.
Mappings:
PropBank: link.01,link.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3, 4
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
link_up 1, 2