Frameset

Predicate rank:

Frames file for 'rank' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entries 29.2 29.6, other framed members include count, define, describe, employ, intend, portray, redefine, regard, treat. Comparison with define.

Roleset rank.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "assign a position in a list":

Roles:

Arg0:assigner

Arg1:thing assigned a position

Arg2:position

Examples:

all args (-)
`Nearly 36% ranked housing problems as their most serious unmet legal need.`
Arg0:	Nearly 36 %
REL:	ranked
Arg1:	housing problems
Arg2-as:	their most serious unmet legal need

ergative (-)
Nekoosa ranked 11th with sales of $3.59 billion.

Arg1: Nekoosa

REL: ranked

Arg2: 11th

ArgM-CAU: with sales of $3.59 billion

ergative (-)
`Nekoosa ranked 11th with sales of $3.59 billion.`
Arg1:	Nekoosa
REL:	ranked
Arg2:	11th
ArgM-CAU:	with sales of $3.59 billion

multiple rankings (-)
Based on 1988 sales, Georgia-Pacific ranked third at $9.51 billion, behind Weyerhaeuser Co. at $10 billion and International Paper Co. at $9.53 billion.

Arg1: Georgia-Pacific

REL: ranked

Arg2: third

Arg2-at: $9.51 billion

Arg2: behind Weyerhaeuser Co. at $10 billion and International Paper Co. at $9.53 billion

multiple rankings (-)
`Based on 1988 sales, Georgia-Pacific ranked third at $9.51 billion, behind Weyerhaeuser Co. at $10 billion and International Paper Co. at $9.53 billion.`
Arg1:	Georgia-Pacific
REL:	ranked
Arg2:	third
Arg2-at:	$9.51 billion
Arg2:	behind Weyerhaeuser Co. at $10 billion and International Paper Co. at $9.53 billion

All the Arg2's in the last example are equivalent, so all need to be marked as arg2's. They should not be merged into a single argument.