work-n; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: human endeavor or activity to accomplish a goal, a task

Commentary:WORK[+event][+activity][+effort][+directed] Human endeavor or activity to accomplish some end.
NOTE: implies the existence of some specific task or job.

Examples:
The porch will need further work to repair the damage.
The teacher indicated paragraphs in John's essay that needed more work.
Mastering a second language requires a lot of work.
The city decided it would be too much work to put in sprinkler systems in all the municipal parks.
How much work have they completed on the new bridge?
We divided up the work to make it go faster.
His life's work was administering medical care in the poorest nations.

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

Sense Number 2: artifacts, opuses which are the result of effort

Commentary:WORK[+artifact][+opus] A product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person (or thing, with metaphoric usage)
NOTE: refers to things, results, not an activity or task (Sense 1)

Examples:
The library has all the classical works on Western philosophy.
The symphony was hailed as the composer's most brilliant work.
Picasso's work can be divided into periods.
John bought a volume of the collected works of a famous Chinese poet.
That flooded, deforested pond is the work of beavers. (result of an animal's effort)
These sculpted sandstone forms are the work of wind and erosion over millions of years. (metaphoric extension)

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

Sense Number 3: employment as a profession, livelihood

Commentary:WORK[+profession][+employment]

Examples:
Everybody at work is so annoying.
Mary found it difficult to juggle work and family in a balanced way.
The factory has announced it will initiate a ten-percent work reduction next week.
He is looking for work.
It seems that everyone is out of work these days.
The new hires are to report to work at 8 a.m. tomorrow morning.
The laborer was injured at work on an assembly line.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 4: Placeholder Sense: Do Not Choose

Examples:

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: Placeholder Sense

Sense Number 5: Placeholder Sense: Do Not Choose

Examples:

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: Placeholder Sense

Sense Number 6: physical force, work = force x distance

Commentary:WORK[+force][+physical][+energy][+expended] a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force

Examples:
Work equals force times distance.
How much work is required to lift a 100 pound block 10 feet?
Energy is required to do work.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5