Commentary:
NOTE: This sense applies to someone producing words only. If it is unclear whether words are produced, use sense 2. If it is just that the exact words are not identified in the text, use sense 1.
Examples:
Gonzales uttered the phrase: 'I don't recall' and its variant: 'I
have no recollection.'
Who uttered the famous words, 'Ask not what your country can do for
you. Ask what can you do for your country'?
The criminal uttered a terrible threat.
Mappings:
VerbNet: say-37.7-1
FrameNet: Text_creation
PropBank: utter.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3
Commentary:
NOTE: This sense refers only to noises, not words. Incomprehensible words are included here as well.
Examples:
He uttered a sound much like a bull dog swallowing a pork chop
whose dimensions it has underestimated.
The muse uttered some incomprehensible words of a language no one
spoke.
She uttered a sound of dismay.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: utter.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Examples:
He was the person who uttered the check, so his knowledge of the forgery was inferred.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4