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Biological_area [entity]
This frame contains words that denote large ecological areas as well as smaller locations characterized by the type of life present--in other words, geography locations as defined by biota.
I've spent a long time in the rugged [prairies|Locale] of northern Llorwyn.
I've spent a long time in the rugged [prairies|Locale] of northern Llorwyn.
Properties
- ID
- #193
- Entry
- frm_biological_area
- Namespace
- Entity
- FrameNet version
- Biological_area (fn_1.7_2023)
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Biological_area
Core Frame Elements (1)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locale |
This FE identifies a stable bounded area, and is typically the designation of the nouns of Locale-derived frames.
There used to be a [forest|Locale] in that valley. |
category
location
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Peripheral Frame Elements (6)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituent_parts |
Constituent_parts make up a Locale.
This is the oldest oak|Cnst forest in California. |
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| Container_possessor |
Container_possessor is the location of which the Locale is a part.
Jon explored the forests of California|ContP. |
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| Descriptor |
Any description, characteristic, or property of the Locale which is not covered by more specific FEs.
Apparently they found him at the bottom of a really deep|des bog. |
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| Formational_cause |
Formational_cause brings about the features of the Locale.
Jon explored the sun-scorched|FormC savanna. This FE is also used for words that indicate no salient formation. Jon explored the virgin|FormC woodland. |
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| Name |
This FE indicates the Names of Locales. Jon explored the forests of California. Jon hiked around Muir Woods.
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| Relative_location |
Relative_location identifies a place in respect to which a Locale is located.
All the swamps outside of Georgia|RelLoc are dry. |
category
locative_relation
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)
Inheritance
Lexical Units (36)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| bog.n | — | COD: an area of very soft wet muddy ground |
| bush.n | — | COD: (in Australia and Africa) wild or uncultivated country. |
| copse.n | — | COD: a small group of trees. |
| desert.n | — | COD: a waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation, typically covered with sand. |
| fen.n | — | COD: a low and marshy or frequently flooded area of land. |
| forest.n | — | COD: a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth. |
| glade.n | — | COD: an open space in a wood or forest. |
| grassland.n | — | FN: a large area covered primarily with grass |
| greenwood.n | — | COD: a wood or forest in leaf, especially as a refuge for outlaws. |
| heathland.n | — | COD: an area of open uncultivated land, typically on acid sandy soil and covered with heather, gorse, and coarse grasses |
| jungle.n | — | COD: an area of land with dense forest and tangled vegetation, typically in the tropics. |
| lea.n | — | COD: an open area of grassy or arable land. |
| marsh.n | — | COD: an area of low-lying land which is flooded in wet seasons or at high tide, and typically remains waterlogged at all times. |
| marshland.n | — | FN: a piece of land that happens to be marshy |
| mead.n | — | COD: a meadow. |
| meadowland.n | — | FN: grassland, often used for the cultivation of grass. |
| mire.n | — | COD: a stretch of swampy or boggy ground. |
| moor.n | — | COD: a tract of open uncultivated upland, typically covered with heather. |
| mudflat.n | — | COD: a stretch of muddy land left uncovered at low tide. |
| oasis.n | — | FN: a green and fertile area in a desert |
| plain.n | — | COD: a large area of flat land with few trees. |
| prairie.n | — | COD: a large open area of grassland. |
| rainforest.n | — | COD: a luxuriant, dense forest found in tropical areas with consistently heavy rainfall. |
| savanna.n | — | COD: a grassy plain in tropcial and subtropcial regions, with few trees |
| scrub.n | — | FN: a natural area defined by its abundance of shrubbery. |
| shrubbery.n | — | FN: an area filled with shrubs |
| spinney.n | — | COD: a small area of trees and bushes. |
| swamp.n | — | COD: an area of waterlogged ground; a bog or marsh. |
| swampland.n | — | FN: a piece of land which happens to be swampy |
| taiga.n | — | COD: swampy coniferous forest of high northern latitudes, especially that between the tundra and steppes of Siberia. |
| thicket.n | — | COD: a dense group of bushes or trees. |
| tundra.n | — | COD: a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen. |
| veld.n | — | COD: open, uncultivated country or grassland in southern Africa. |
| wold.n | — | COD: a piece of high, open, uncultivated land or moor. |
| wood.n | — | COD: a small forest. |
| woodland.n | — | COD: land covered with trees. |
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