Commentary:PERFORMANCE[+event][+entertainment][+spectacle][+entire] A piece of entertainment, usually musical or dramatic. A show of some sort. Refers to the performance as a unit, not to the act of performing it.
Examples:
I attended ten different performances at the opera house.
The play ran for one hundred performances before closing.
There were a number of musical performances during the festival.
I didn't think this performance was as good as the last one.
Mappings:
PropBank: performance.01
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary:PERFORMANCE[+event][+action][+specific][+of_individual][+performer] Refers to the act of performing, not the performance itself.
NOTE: X's performance of Y -> X performed Y (nominalization)
NOTE: implies an audience who is the recipient of the performance
Examples:
Julie's performance as Cinderella in the ballet last night was uneven.
John gave an inspired performance as Hamlet.
The witness had a convincing performance in front of the jury.
Do you seriously care so much, or is your emotion just a performance? (figurative extension)
The two violinists' performances of the Tchaikovsky concerto are strikingly different from each other.
Mappings:
PropBank: performance.01
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Commentary: PERFORMANCE[+event] The execution of an action or duty. Often refers to a good or flawless execution of an action.
Examples:
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: Placeholder Sense
Commentary:PERFORMANCE[+process][+functionality][+operational]
Examples:
Your computer's performance may be affected by spyware!
They criticized his performance as mayor.
Everyone in our department will have a performance review next week.
The gymnast's performance of a triple somersault took years of practice to achieve.
The athletes enhanced their performance on the track with steroids.
They compared the cooking performances of the three ovens.
I admire his performance under pressure.
Mappings:
PropBank: performance.02
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 4, 5