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Coming_to_believe [experiential_change]
A person (the Cognizer) comes to believe something (the Content), sometimes after a process of reasoning. This change in belief is usually initiated by a person or piece of Evidence. Occasionally words in this domain are accompanied by phrases expressing Topic, i.e. that which the mental Content is about.
Based on the most recent census I have concluded that most Americans sleep too much.
Based on the most recent census I have concluded that most Americans sleep too much.
Properties
- ID
- #23
- Entry
- frm_coming_to_believe
- Namespace
- Experiential.Change
- FrameNet version
- Coming_to_believe (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Coming_to_believe
Core Frame Elements (6)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cognizer |
Cognizer is the person who comes to believe something.
Sue realized that Bob was lost. |
category
sentient
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| Content |
With a target verb, the Content is usually expressed as a finite clausal Complement or an Object NP, and may sometimes be expressed by a PP:
The President learned that the reporters were hungry. The children determined the answer. |
category
content
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| Evidence |
Words in this frame may occur with a PP headed by from which expresses the Evidence on which knowledge or belief is based:
I have learned from experience that poison oak can be painful. |
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| Means |
An act performed by the Cognizer which enables them to figure something out.
A post-mortem examination was unable to ascertain the cause of death. |
category
state_of_affairs
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| Medium |
Medium is the text created by the Cognizer to communicate that they came to believe a specified Content.
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| Topic |
Some verbs in this frame may occur with postverbal Topic expressions: They found out about us! More generally verbs in this frame may occur with quantificational nouns followed by Topic expressions:
The jury learned something terrible about the suspect. |
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
CoreSet
Content
Topic
CoreSet
Cognizer
Means
Medium
Peripheral Frame Elements (4)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree |
The Degree to which the Cognizer comes to believe the Content.
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category
degree
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| Manner |
Manner of performing an action
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category
manner
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| Place |
The location at which the Cognizer realizes the Content.
Back at the tailor's shop|pla, I deduced that our murderer was not the owner of the kerchief. |
category
locative_relation
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| Time |
The time at which the Cognizer discovers the Content.
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category
time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (1)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depictive |
Depictive phrase describing the Cognizer.
We realized it eating dinner|Dep |
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Frame-Frame Relations (7)
Inchoative
Inheritance
Perspective
Using
Lexical Units (20)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| ascertain.v | — | COD: get to know. |
| conclude.v | — | COD: arrive at a judgement or opinion by reasoning. |
| conclusion.n | — | COD: a judgement or decision reached by reasoning |
| deduce.v | — | COD: arrive at (a fact or a conclusion) by reasoning. |
| deduction.n | — | COD: a conclusion that has been deduced |
| determine.v | — | COD: ascertain or establish by research or calculation. |
| figure out.v | — | COD: reach an understanding of someone or something |
| find.v | — | FN: to ascertain information or a fact, usually by reasoning because of a piece of evidence |
| gather.v | — | FN: to infer from context |
| guess.n | — | COD: an estimate or conjecture |
| guess.v | — | COD: estimate or suppose (something) without sufficient information to be sure of being correct |
| infer.v | — | COD: deduce from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements. |
| inference.n | — | COD: a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. |
| learn.v | — | FN: come to know (a fact), either via sensory experience or via communication. |
| puzzle out.v | — | FN: figure out |
| realization.n | — | COD: realization is a derivative of realize |
| realize.v | — | COD: become fully aware of as a fact; understand clearly. |
| speculate.v | — | COD: form a theory or conjecture without firm evidence. |
| surmise.v | — | COD: suppose without having evidence. |
| work out.v | — | FN: figure out |
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