Commentary: SECTION[+entity][+document][+portion][+self_contained]
Examples:
John handed me the real estate section of the Sunday newspaper.
The algorithm is explained in the final section of the chapter.
There is a section on frozen desserts in this cookbook.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: SECTION[+entity][+substance][+slice][+thin][+extremely]
Examples:
The pathologist examined sections of lung tumor under a microscope.
The lab assistant prepared sections of plant cellulose for the biologist.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: SECTION[+entity][+component][+division][+identifiable][+of_whole]
Examples:
Residents pay higher property taxes in the historical sections of the city.
You'll find perfumes near the cosmetics section of the store.
These sections of the country have experienced the greatest drop in housing prices.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 6, 13
Commentary: SECTION[+entity][+artifact][+component][+uniform][+for_assembly]
Examples:
The bookcases were shipped in sections and require assembly.
Several sections of track along the railway line between Chicago and Detroit needed repair.
Mary cut the cake into sections before serving it.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
Commentary: SECTION[+entity][+group][+people][+team][+special_mission]
Examples:
He is a police captain who works in a section on vice.
The commandos were a special section within Delta Force.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5, 12
Commentary: SECTION[+quantity][+measure][+unit][+land][+square_mile]
Examples:
How much does it cost to irrigate a section of farmland in this region?
His soybean crop consists of 5 sections.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7
Commentary: SECTION[+form][+spatial][+geometric][+2D][+slice][+of_solid]
Examples:
The plane cuts through the cone to form a circular section.
At an oblique angle, a plane cutting through a cone forms an oval section.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8
Commentary: SECTION[+entity][+group][+people][+subset][+of_students][+of_course]
Examples:
There are five sections to the freshman history class that meet on Tuesdays or Thursdays.
A professor gave the lectures for the chemistry course, but the sections were taught by his TAs.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 10
Commentary: SECTION[+entity][+group][+people][+players][+same_instrument_family][+in_orchestra]
Examples:
There is an opening in the woodwind section of the ballet orchestra.
The conductor did not arrange the players according to section.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 11
Commentary: SECTION[+entity][+fruit][+citrus][+segment]
Examples:
Sally offered the child a section of tangerine.
The cake was garnished with orange sections and mint leaves.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 14
Commentary: SECTION[+event][+surgical][+cutting][+of_tissue]
Examples:
The doctor performed a C-section on the woman after 12 hours of labor.
The surgeon performed the section and had the intern suture it afterwards.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: SECTION[+entity][+symbolic][+typographical][+mark][+reference]
Examples:
This special character is a section indicator in this text.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 5