Commentary: STRIKE[+action][+stoppage][+work][+deliberate] [+state][+inactivity][+work][+deliberate]
Examples:
The trains were on strike for six hours in Italy yesterday.
The prisoners organized a hunger strike.
The mechanics received strike pay from the union.
Can the tenants be evicted for going on a rent strike?
Mappings:
PropBank: strike.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: STRIKE[+action][+attack][+sudden]
Examples:
They ordered a pre-emptive strike on the terrorist stronghold.
A surgical strike was conducted against selected military targets, using smart bombs.
The government is trying to prevent another terrorist strike at home.
Mappings:
PropBank: strike.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: STRIKE[+action][+pitch][+baseball][+valid][+missed] [+state][+disadvantage][+handicap]
NOTE: it is a handicap or black mark, because as the strikes accrue, the batter is in trouble.
NOTE: The above handicap situation is the source of the metaphoric extension of this sense.
Examples:
The count on the batter is now two balls and two strikes.
That fast ball went right over the inside corner of the strike zone.
California has a DWI policy of three strikes and you're out. (metaphoric extension)
These kids already have two strikes against them by the time they reach high school. (metaphoric extension, a disadvantage)
Bob's age was a strike against him when applying to medical school in his thirties. (metaphoric extension, a disadvantage)
Mappings:
PropBank: strike.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5
Commentary: STRIKE[+action][+blow][+physical]
Examples:
The coroner determined that the cause of death was a strike to the head with a tire iron.
These small cuts on her leg look like the strike marks of a rattlesnake.
Mappings:
PropBank: strike.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Commentary: STRIKE[+state][+discovery][+ore][+gold/+oil/+mineral]
Examples:
We read about the Lena gold field strike of 1912.
Their family became wealthy from several oil strikes on their land.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Commentary: STRIKE[+state][+success]
Examples:
Being the understudy for a famous tenor was John's lucky strike in opera.
Her strike in Las Vegas at blackjack came to over ten thousand dollars.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6
Commentary: STRIKE[+action][+knockdown][+total][+pins][+bowling] [+quantity][+score][+game][+bowling]
Examples:
That's John's third strike in a row, while I keep making gutter balls!
For a strike in bowling, try to aim the ball between the front pin and the one to its right.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
Commentary: STRIKE[+location][+orientation][+stratum][+geological]
NOTE: does not imply discovery of valuable ore deposit, different from Sense 5
Examples:
The geology students had to measure the strike of this layer of sedimentary rock.
The geologist determined the strike of the coal seam was 15 degrees north of due west.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 5
Commentary: STRIKE[+action][+tightening][+line][+fishing]
Examples:
The fisherman suddenly felt a strike on his fishing rod. (a fish may be pulling on it)
Had any strikes today on the lines off your boat?
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 2b
Commentary: STRIKE[+activity][+process][+growth][+root][+plant]
Examples:
We need to clear out the strike of weeds around the back of the house.
Gradually a strike of ground cover began to re-emerge over the burned land.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 10
Commentary: STRIKE[+state][+infestation][+tissue][+larvae][+fly]
Examples:
The farmer noticed a strike on several sheep in his herd.
The veterinarian says a new species of fly is responsible for the recent strike on livestock.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 11