Predicate: epidemic

Roleset id: epidemic.01 , natural disaster: widespread outbreak of disease, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

epidemic.01: EPIDEMIC-N NOTES: Added by Julia in a Natural Disaster roleset endeavor. (from epidemic.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
epidemic (n.)

Roles:

        The "VSP" function tags on 'death/injury toll' and 'damages/cost' correspond to the RED cause relation.
        Arg1-PPT: disease
        Arg2-GOL: affected, sick organisms
        Arg3-VSP: casualties/injuries
        Arg4-VSP: damages/cost

Example: epidemic-n: args 1, 2

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

        Anderson said he was still predicting the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic in cows would be ``at an extremely low level by 2001.''

        Arg1: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
        Rel: epidemic
        Arg2: in cows