Examples:
We pitted the producers of two new competing stage musicals against each other.
The event pitted the best against the best.
It was a competition that in a wider sense pitted the two Bond actors against one another.
In 1976, a blind tasting pitted the best wines from France against wines from California.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: pit.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Examples:
After being pitted, the fruit is sent to the canning lines.
Be sure to pit the cherries over a bowl.
Peel and pit the avocado and place in the bowl and smoosh it with a fork.
Mappings:
VerbNet: pit-10.7
FrameNet: Emptying
PropBank: pit.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Examples:
There were two teenagers, a boy with acne scars pitting his face and a plump girl.
The corrosion has pitted the surface of the steel pilings throughout the harbor.
Chemical erosion has pitted the surviving bones and rendered them fragile.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: pit.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2