Predicate: drought
Roleset id: drought.01 , natural disaster: prolonged water shortage, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
drought.01: DROUGHT-N NOTES: Added by Julia in a Natural Disaster roleset endeavor. (from drought.01-n)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| drought (n.) | | |
Roles:
The "VSP" function tags on 'death/injury toll' and 'damages/cost' correspond to the RED cause relation.
Arg1-PPT: water in limited supply
Arg2-TMP: duration of drought
Arg3-VSP: death/injury toll
Arg4-VSP: damages/cost
Arg5-EXT: drought rating (D1-D5 scale)
Example: drought-n: arg 1
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
our waste tanks and battery supply ought to give out long before we face a fresh water drought.
Arg1: fresh water
Rel: drought
Example: drought-n: arg5
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Duration and impacts are critical in looking at D3 droughts, which fall into the 5th percentile, or a 1 in 20 year type of drought.
Arg5: D3
Rel: droughts
Argm-adj: which fall into the 5th percentile, or a 1 in 20 year type of drought
Example: drought-n: arg2
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
While the drying begun around 1895 and caused its first large famine only in the early 20th century, the 1820s and 1830s saw a 12 to 15 year drought and regional instances of major famine from Senegal to Chad.
Arg2: 12 to 15 year
Rel: drought