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Waver_between_options [mental_activity]
A Cognizer faces a choice on some Issue. They have several Options available but keep changing their mind between Option_1 and Option_2. The Cognizer may in fact act on their choice at some point but they need not; the Options can simply be considered for some time with one being favored for a while and then the other.
Dave Hayes wavered about moving to California because so many of his friends are in Baltimore.
He had wavered between half a dozen places; it was pure chance that he had chosen Marvis Bay.
In any event, I still go back and forth on what I want to do.
He was firm in his beliefs, never waffled from one platform to another and was always harshly clear in his stance.
Upper management waffled whether Fletcher fit their salary structure.
Dave Hayes wavered about moving to California because so many of his friends are in Baltimore.
He had wavered between half a dozen places; it was pure chance that he had chosen Marvis Bay.
In any event, I still go back and forth on what I want to do.
He was firm in his beliefs, never waffled from one platform to another and was always harshly clear in his stance.
Upper management waffled whether Fletcher fit their salary structure.
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- #1578
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- frm_waver_between_options
- Namespace
- Experiential.Mental_activity
- FrameNet version
- Waver_between_options (fn_1.7_2023)
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- Waver_between_options
Core Frame Elements (5)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Cognizer |
The Cognizer is the person who repeatedly changes their mind about which of the Options to choose.
I|Cog went back and forth over whether to post it or not, but the fact is that this blog is as much for you as it is for me. |
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sentient
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| Issue |
The Issue is a question about a course of action or a choice between items.
Editors go back and forth on a daily basis about what gets in the paper. |
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| Options |
The Options are the alternative courses of action or the alternative physical or concrete entities that the Cognizer can choose from.
In the late 1890s Carnegie vacillated between wanting to dominate the steel industry and wanting to sell out. |
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| Option_1 |
When there is an explicitly separate construal of the Options, Option_1 is the first-mentioned alternative, typically in the form of a from-PP. When it is clear that the Cognizer actually acted on their choice, Option_1 is the alternative they embraced first before pursuing Option_2.
You've waffled from one explanation|op1 to another. |
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| Option_2 |
When there is an explicitly separate construal of the Options, Option_2 is the second-mentioned alternative, typically in the form of a to-PP. When it is clear that the Cognizer actually acted on their choice, Option_2 is the alternative they embraced after abandoning Option_1.
The heroine waffled from one plan to another|op2 and all of them were way out in "left field". |
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
CoreSet
Issue
Option_1
Option_2
Options
Excludes
Option_1
Option_2
Options
Peripheral Frame Elements (4)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Duration |
In the cases where the Cognizer does not act on their choice, the Duration denotes the length of time from the beginning of the Cognizer's deliberations to the end. In situations where the Cognizer does act on the Options, the Duration denotes the length of the interval during which the Cognizer repeatly changes from one option to the other.
Jack wavered for about six months|dur. |
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duration
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| Manner |
Any description of the selecting event which is not covered by more specific FEs, including general descriptions comparing events (the same way) and salient characteristics of the Cognizer that also affect the action.
American allies like Italy and Greece nervously vacillated on their support for the bombing |
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manner
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| Place |
This FE identifies the Place where the Cognizer keeps changing their mind between the Options that present themselves. Do they know better than us that our dithering at the UN gave Saddam time to hide, destroy, and shuffle his weapons programs?
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locative_relation
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| Time |
This FE denotes the Time interval during which the Cognizer keeps changing their mind about which of the Options to select.
Here, however, the Romeros had provided some assurance to Ryan's mother of care, although the court later waffled upon how much supervision was guaranteed |
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time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (5)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Circumstances |
Circumstances describe the state of the world (at a particular time and place) which is specifically independent of the event itself and any of its participants.
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| Containing_event |
This FE denotes an event that occurs or state of affairs that holds at a time that includes the time during which the event or state of affairs reported by the target occurs and of which it is taken to be a part.
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| Degree |
The Degree to which the Cognizer wavers.
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| Explanation |
The Explanation denotes a proposition from which it logically follows that the Cognizer keeps changing their mind about the Issue.
The arbitrator wavered on the issue because of the consequences of such a decision on the worker's employment status|exp. |
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state_of_affairs
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| Frequency |
This FE describes the number of times within a given period that the Cognizer wavers.
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)
Using
Lexical Units (6)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| dither.v | — | COD: be indecisive. |
| flip-flop.v | — | COD: make an abrupt reversal of policy. |
| go back and forth.v | — | FN: waver between |
| vacillate.v | — | COD: waver between different opinions or actions. |
| waffle.v | — | COD: fail to make up one's mind. |
| waver.v | — | FN: be unable to firmly settle on one of several options |
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