paint-v; 5 Senses

Sense Number 1: Make a painting (of) in an artistic way.

Commentary:
NOTE: This verb is prone to ambiguous sentences like 'I am going to go paint.' where no other information is given so it could be tagged at sense 1 or sense 2. If you come across an instance that is TRULY ambiguous, please tag it a both sense 1 and sense 2. However, if you believe an instance fits better in one sense than another (as in examples 1 and 3 in this sense) please choose the most likely sense.

Examples:
He painted all day in the garden.
He painted a painting of the garden.
He painted his mistress many times.
For art class, I painted a chair.

Mappings:
VerbNet: braid-41.2.2,coloring-24,image_impression-25.1,performance-26.7-2-1,scribble-25.2-1
FrameNet: Create_physical_artwork,Create_representation
PropBank: paint.01,paint.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3

Sense Number 2: Coat with paint or other liquid in a non-artistic fashion.

Commentary:
NOTE: This sense also could have some ambiguity as in example 2. If there is no more context for example 2, it potentially could be ambiguous.

Examples:
We painted the rooms yellow.
It took all day to paint the ceiling.
We painted the trim white.
The worker painted the gutters with linseed oil.
The dentist painted his teeth with a brightening agent.

Mappings:
VerbNet: butter-9.9,coloring-24
FrameNet: Filling
PropBank: paint.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 4

Sense Number 3: PAINT A PICTURE: Call to mind.

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 PAINT A PICTURE of NP2[patient[abstract]]
NOTE: Only metaphorical uses, so the sentence 'Paint a picture of that chair.' would be in sense 1.

Examples:
His story painted a picture of a sad childhood.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Create_representation
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
paint_a_picture 1

Sense Number 4: PAINT THE LILY: Adorn unnecessarily.

Commentary: IS: PAINT THE LILY

Examples:
Don't paint the lily.
To paint the lily...is wasteful and ridiculous excess.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
paint_the_lily 1, 2

Sense Number 5: Characterize.

Examples:
He painted him as being smart.

Mappings:
VerbNet: characterize-29.2
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: paint.03