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Measure_duration [measured_value]

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This frame contains (transparent ) nouns that are Units of measurement for time. The frame elements are Count, Unit and Process.

The final total was 606, scored in only 10 [hours|target] of excellent batsmanship.

In this frame, we will NOT annotate deictic, calendric uses of nouns like week, month, etc. as in "next week, this month, in the 21st century".

Properties

ID
#224
Entry
frm_measure_duration
Namespace
Attribute.Measured_value
FrameNet version
Measure_duration (fn_1.7_2023)
Domains
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Types
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Ontological type
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English name
Measure_duration

Core Frame Elements (3)

Core Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Count
The number of Units of the measured entity.The ads had been absorbed into her brain during many [hours|target] of television watching.
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Process
The activity or state that takes place during the period of time under discussion.He had to listen to almost two [hours|target] of complaints.
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Unit
The standardized quantity in terms of which other quantities are measured.Seven [hours|target] of torrential rain reduced the pitch to a lake.
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (1)

Extra-thematic Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Agent
The Agent either brings about or is the most involved in the Process.
category
sentient
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Frame-Frame Relations (2)

Inheritance

Inheritance relations
Inherits from
Measures
FE-FE

Perspective

Perspective relations
Perspective on
Duration_scenario
FE-FE

Lexical Units (14)

Lexical units of this frame
LU Type Definition
a while.n โ€” FN: a long time
century.n โ€” FN: (of an event or state) lasting one hundred years.
day.n โ€” FN: (of an event or state ) lasting twenty-four hours
decade.n โ€” FN: (of an event or state) lasting ten years
fortnight.n โ€” COD: a period of two weeks.
hour.n โ€” FN: (of a state-of-affairs) lasting 60 minutes
millennium.n โ€” COD: a period of a thousand years, especially when calculated from the traditional date of the birth of Christ.
minute.n โ€” FN: (of a situation) lasting sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour
month.n โ€” FN: (of an event or state) lasting approximately thirty days.
nanosecond.n โ€” FN: one billionth of a second
second.n โ€” FN: (of a state-of-affairs) lasting a sixtieth of a minute; SI time-length unit defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium 133 atom.
time.n โ€” FN: a measure or amount of time. Note: This LU generally appears without the "Count" FE.
week.n โ€” FN: (of an event or state) lasting seven days
year.n โ€” FN: (of an event or state) lasting (approximately) 365 days
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