Commentary:
NOTE: In this sense, the marking does not have a specific meaning or purpose. It is simply a scratch or a physical scar created on a particular surface.
Examples:
Toys littered the floor and fresh crayon marked the TV.
Small-pox scars marked his face.
Eriss' hair was white at this point and deep lines marked her face.
I'd accidentally marked the sheet with a pen that I dropped.
With this special paint, the wall won't mark as easily.
Mappings:
VerbNet: image_impression-25.1
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: mark.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8, 9, 11, 15
Commentary:
NOTE: This sense can contain the idea of physical marking. However, this sense is associated with the purpose of distinguishing something for recognition.
Examples:
This sign marks the border.
The blood on Trebonius' hands marks him as a conspirator.
Mark these bottles with blue markers.
The priest marked the foreheads of the believers with ash.
Ash marked the believers' foreheads.
The scouts marked the trail.
I marked out the spot with a red circle again.
Of course, we took the coordinates and marked the locations on the map.
It was the first time we marked his physical growth on a chart in his room.
The distances of some roadways were also marked clearly on the map.
Mappings:
VerbNet: image_impression-25.1
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: mark.01,mark.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 5
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
mark_out 1
mark_off 1
Commentary:
NOTE: All examples have in common the idea of pointing out a characteristic that sets apart something as special, remarkable, or worthy to be remembered.
NOTE: compare carefully to sense 2; this sense does not refer to physical scars or labels
Examples:
Relations with Kuwait were marked by warmth and goodwill.
The start of the eruptions were marked by stiff, viscous, 900 degrees C magma.
Brian McCann marked his first All-Star selection with a two-run homer.
This past month marked the 25th anniversary of the accession to power of the Sandinistas.
The University marked the 175th anniversary of its founding with a year-long celebration.
The 1906 earthquake marked the dawn of scientific study of the San Andreas fault system.
Mappings:
VerbNet: appoint-29.1
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: mark.01,mark.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 4
Examples:
Could you mark his name off the list?
I've marked down the number of each item sold.
Mark off the units before you multiply.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 12, 13
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
mark_off 2
Examples:
After tutors have marked the tests, they inform the students of the results.
The student can see your evaluation and how you marked the homework.
Marking exams can be a lonely and unhomely activity.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: mark.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 14
Examples:
Most newly released inmates are marked by society and have a difficult time finding a job.
As society has marked me out as privileged plunder, [...] I am justified in plundering in
turn. (Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom)
Some computer games also have been marked by the group. (as being overly violent)
Soon these young men are marked by the community.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: mark.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6
Examples:
Mark my words!
I'd marked her down as a Labour Party supporter, but I was completely wrong.
Only three-quarters of respondents marked that they would choose NC.
About 10 percent marked that the question did not apply to them.
Some analysts marked that Moscow actually revives the Soviet traditions.
When he marked that all had fallen asleep, the knight took up his shield.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7
Examples:
He marked the painting up to sell it at the collectors' convention.
They must have marked the prices up only yesterday.
Shares in retail businesses were marked up on the news that consumer spending rose last month.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: mark.04
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
mark_up 1
Examples:
Low consumer demand has forced us to mark down a wide range of goods.
Shares in the electricity companies were marked down.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: mark.05
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
mark_down 1
Examples:
Spain and to a lesser extend The Netherlands mark a high score.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 10