recall-n; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: request by a manufacturer for the return of defective merchandise

Commentary: RECALL[+event][+speech_act][+request][+by_manufacturer][+for_return][+of_merchandise][+defective]

Examples:
The tire company is issuing a recall on three types of radial tires made last year.
There was a recall of canned pet food made in China.

Mappings:
PropBank: recall.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: the ordered withdrawal of personnel by an authority

Commentary: RECALL[+event][+speech_act][+order][+by_authority][+for_withdrawal][+of_personnel]

Examples:
The recall of all diplomats from their embassy came as a surprise.
The minister has advised a recall of our ambassador in protest of this incident.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: a bugle signal for troops to return to base

Commentary: RECALL[+event][+speech_act][+order][+bugle_signal][+for_troops][+to_return][+to_base]

Examples:
The bugler sounded the recall and the cavalry turned around and headed back to the fort.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 4: mental recollection, ability to remember

Commentary: RECALL[+state][+mental][+recollection]

Examples:
The recall of names of places and people is difficult for these stroke patients.
John claims he has no recall of the events at the party last night.
She has amazing recall when it comes to facts and figures.

Mappings:
PropBank: recall.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 5: the legal removal of an official by petition

Commentary: RECALL[+event][+removal][+legal][+from_office][+by_petition]

Examples:
He signed the petition for the recall of the state's governor.
The scandal resulted in the recall of the town's mayor and treasurer.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 6: the proportion of all relevant documents that are actually returned by a given query

Commentary: RECALL[+quantity][+measure][+proportion][+documents][+relevant][+retrieved][+by_query]

Examples:
The recall of our information retrieval system on this data source was about 80 percent.
Although recall was improved by John's refinement of the retrieval algorithm, the precision was slightly degraded.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 2b