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Labeling [agentive]
A Speaker uses as a Label to refer to an Entity. The Label is not a conventional name for the Entity but a description categorizing the Entity and thereby expressing a judgment.
Some|spe labeled him|ent a womanizer|lab.
During her lifetime, her enemies branded her as a prostitute.
Some|spe labeled him|ent a womanizer|lab.
During her lifetime, her enemies branded her as a prostitute.
Properties
- ID
- #1250
- Entry
- frm_labeling
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Labeling (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Labeling
Core Frame Elements (4)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Entity |
The concrete or abstract thing with which the Speaker has associated a particular linguistic sign.
He termed it|ent "a pretty incredible discovery" on par with two other 10,000- to 11,000-year-old specimens |
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| Label |
The linguistic sign that the Speaker uses to designate the Entity.
In Texas, we call it walking"|lab. Americans call it a faucet|lab. What do the British call it ? |
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| Medium |
A text whose author applies a particular Label to an Entity.
Your article|med labels him "Republican Senator Jim Exon". |
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| Speaker |
The Speaker is the person who conventionally uses a linguistic sign to refer to an Entity.
They|spe call it a Mutt Mitt. |
category
sentient
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
CoreSet
Medium
Speaker
Peripheral Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place |
A physical space whose occupants use the Label to refer to the Entity.
I really loved this movie. In France, they called it "Turbo Interceptor". |
category
locative_relation
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| Time |
A time period in which a Speaker uses the Label.
Back in the olden days|tim, they called it "Bohemian people." |
category
time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Duration_of_final_state |
Duration_of_final_state denotes the length of time from the beginning of a state resulting from the activity denoted by the target until the state no longer holds.
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| Explanation |
The Explanation denotes a proposition from which the main clause (headed by the target) logically follows.
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| Particular_iteration |
Expressions marked with this extra-thematic FE modify a non-iterative use of the target, and indicate that it is conceived as embedded within an iterated series of similar events or states.
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Frame-Frame Relations (2)
Inheritance
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Lexical Units (4)
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