Commentary:
NOTE: involves a formal process of selection
Examples:
He voted for the motion.
None of the Democrats voted last night.
My point was, I voted party lines regardless of who the candidate was.
A United States Senator, at some personal and political price to himself, voted his conscience.
Some of your "old timers" stood firm and voted his beliefs and that of his constituents.
For 100 years people in the south voted democrat.
They thought Kellie Pickler would be voted the next American Idol.
After the crucial challenge defeat, the La Mina tribe voted the Retired Astronaut, Dan Barry, off Survivor Panama.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: vote.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 4
Examples:
I vote that we all go home.
She voted for eating at the Chinese restaurant.
Rather than managing for the chaotic, I vote that we manage for the complex.
I vote that we immediately change seamonkey.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Commentary: Includes: VOTE IN
Examples:
They voted in Clinton.
Taiwan voted in a new Democratic Progressive Party for the first time in half a millennium.
Actor and film-maker Tom Hanks was voted in as vice-president of the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
vote_in 1
Commentary: Includes: VOTE DOWN, VOTE OUT
Examples:
The bill was just voted out of a committee and heads to the California Assembly for a full vote.
ust like the Germans last fall, Canadians voted out a government whose leaders made clear their opposition to President Bush.
Former Blue star Antony Costa has become the next person to be voted out.
Christina School District residents voted down a property tax hike to pay for initiatives.
Republicans in Congress voted down Democratic amendments to increase fuel-efficiency standards.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: vote.03
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
vote_out 1
vote_down 1
Commentary: Syntax is: NP1 VOTE NP2
Examples:
They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia.
The electors voted aid to the extent of $50000 in bonds of the city.
Achaeans were divided, some wishing to vote an alliance with Philip and some with the Romans.
Eventually, they voted assistance to the latter.
United's directors voted themselves lifetime access to free first-class travel and $20,000 a year for life as well.
Mappings:
VerbNet: future_having-13.3,get-13.5.1,dub-29.3
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: vote.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5