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An Entity shares a name with its Namesake. Note that the shared name is not a frame element as it cannot be directly expressed as an argument of the target lexical units in this frame.

Alberta's namesake caught in royal scandal
[namesake|Namesake] caught in royal scandal
Instead, the eponymous character is a mildly retarded woman, Martha (Winger), whose simplistic view on life places her in ethically compromising positions. DNI
He is my namesake, one amongst the many described in my homepage, and is much better qualified to write a page like this.

ID: #1252
Entry: frm_namesake
Namespace: Entity
FrameNet version: Namesake (fn_1.7_2023)
Domains: —
Types: —
Ontological type: —
English name: Namesake

Core Frame Elements
Frame element	Definition	Semantic type	Constraint
Entity	The Entity about whom it is asserted that they share a name with a Namesake. Homer's mythical enchantress was a weaver, and so is her\|ent namesake	—	—
Namesake	The person or thing that has the same name as the Entity. Claire\|nam is her namesake	—	—

Peripheral Frame Elements
Frame element	Definition	Semantic type	Constraint
Anchor	A domain, often a place or time, in which the Namesake of the Entity is located. Karam is a member of the Parti Socialiste Guyanais (PSG), which has long been the strongest political party and is allied to its French\|anc namesake.	—	—
Descriptor	Any temporary or permanent property of the Namesake. Adalvard the younger had visited and buried his elder\|desc namesake in 1060.	—	—

Using

Using relations
Uses Being_named FE-FE

Lexical units of this frame
LU	Type	Definition
eponymous.a	—	FN: being an eponym of
namesake.n	—	COD: a person or thing that has the same name as another.

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Namesake [entity]

Properties

Core Frame Elements (2)

Peripheral Frame Elements (2)

Frame-Frame Relations (1)

Using

Lexical Units (2)