Predicate: designate

Roleset id: designate.01 , assign to a role, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

designate.01: DESIGNATE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'designate' based on sentences in wsj and automaticexpansion via verbnet. (from designate.01-v predicate notes) DESIGNATION-N NOTES: (from designation.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
designate (v.)
designation (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: designator (vnrole: 29.1-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: designated (vnrole: 29.1-Theme)
        Arg2-PRD: role of arg1 (vnrole: 29.1-Result)

Example: expected: arg2-as

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        On Tuesday it approved Senator Bob Dole's proposed commemorative resolution designating April 24, 1990, as the ``National Day of Remembrance of the 75th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923,'' suffered at the hands of the warring Ottoman Empire.

        Arg0: Senator Bob Dole's proposed commemorative resolution
        Rel: designating
        Arg1: April 24, 1990,
        Arg2: as the ``National Day of Remembrance of the 75th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923,'' suffered at the hands of the warring Ottoman Empire

Example: missing the as

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        Four years ago, Pittsburgh was designated *trace* the most-livable U.S. city by Rand McNally's Places Rated Almanac, and the honor did wonders to improve Pittsburgh's soot-stained image.

        Argm-tmp: Four years ago
        Arg1: Pittsburgh
        Rel: designated
        Arg2: the most-livable U.S. city
        Arg0: by Rand McNally's Places Rated Almanac

Example: arg2 as infinitive clause

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        [Two Air Force facilities near Sacramento, and Travis Air Force Base, 50 miles northeast of San Francisco,]-1 were designated *trace*-1 to serve as medical-airlift centers.

        Rel: designated
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg2: to serve as medical-airlift centers

Example: arg2-for

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        More than $1.8 million is allocated for pensions and expenses for former presidents, and the budget for the official residence of Vice President Quayle is more than doubled, with $200,000-1 designated *trace*-1 for improvements to the property.

        Rel: designated
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg2: for improvements to the property

Example: Arg0,1

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        However, following the divorce the participant did no change his designation of beneficiary, which continued to be listed as his former spouse.

        Arg0: his
        Rel: designation
        Arg1: of beneficiary