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Bungling [agentive]
An Agent performs an Action incorrectly, resulting in some undesirable result or, at best, achieving some part of the desired result but not in a desirable way. The affected Patient may be mentioned metonymically for the Action. In place of both of these, a Topic can describe some general field in which an Agent makes an error or errors.
Mickey botched that swing.
Julia bungled the cake.
Mickey botched that swing.
Julia bungled the cake.
Properties
- ID
- #266
- Entry
- frm_bungling
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Bungling (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Bungling
Core Frame Elements (4)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Action |
This FE identifies the Action that the Agent performs incorrectly.
Mickey botched that swing. |
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| Agent |
The Agent performs an action incorrectly.
Mickey botched that swing. |
category
sentient
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| Patient |
Patient is the entity affected by the Agent's bungling of an Action.
Mickey fumbled the ball. |
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| Topic |
A general description of what the Agent habitually bungles.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire had a long history of military screw-ups. |
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
CoreSet
Action
Patient
Topic
Peripheral Frame Elements (6)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree |
This FE identifies the Degree to which a bungling event occurs.
Mickey really botched that swing. |
category
degree
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| Instrument |
This FE identifies the Instrument with which an Agent bungles.
Mickey botched that swing with a heavy bat|Ins. |
category
physical_entity
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| Manner |
This FE identifies the Manner in which the Agent bungles. Mickey botched that swing deliberately.
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manner
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| Means |
This FE identifies the Means by which an Agent bungles.
Mickey botched that swing by leaning forward. |
category
state_of_affairs
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| Place |
This FE identifies the Place where the bungling occurs.
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category
locative_relation
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| Time |
This FE identifies the Time when the bungling occurs.
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category
time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (1)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depictive |
Depictive identifes a phrase describing a particpant in an action.
Mickey botched that swing without his cap|Depict. |
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Frame-Frame Relations (2)
Using
Lexical Units (36)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| ball up.v | — | FN: fumble a course of actions |
| blow it.v | — | FN: completely bungle (an opportunity) |
| blow.v | — | FN: completely fail to achieve |
| bollix up.v | — | FN: accidentally cause to be in an extremely undesirable state. |
| bollix.v | — | FN: accidentally cause to be in an undesirable state. |
| botch up.v | — | FN: carry out a task without getting the desired result. |
| botch.v | — | COD: carry out (a task) badly or carelessly. |
| bumble.v | — | COD: act or speak in an awkward or confused manner. |
| bumbling.a | — | FN: generally acting in an incompetent manner. |
| bungle.v | — | COD: carry out (a task) clumsily or incompetently. |
| bungler.n | — | FN: someone prone to making stupid mistakes. |
| bungling.a | — | FN: prone to clumsily botching things |
| error.n | — | FN: an action that does not achieve a desirable goal. |
| fiasco.n | — | COD: a ludicrous or humiliating failure. |
| flounder.v | — | COD: stagger clumsily in mud or water; have trouble doing or understanding something. |
| flub.v | — | COD: botch or bungle. |
| fluff.v | — | COD: fail to accomplish (something) properly. |
| foozle.v | — | COD: bungle. |
| foul up.v | — | COD: make a mistake with or spoil something. |
| founder.v | — | FN: sink, fall |
| fuck up.v | — | COD: do something badly or ineptly; damage or confuse someone emotionally. |
| fuck-up.n | — | COD: a mess or muddle. |
| fuck-up.n | — | COD: a person who has a tendency to make a mess of things. |
| fumble.n | — | COD: an act of fumbling |
| fumble.v | — | FN: the clumsy use of one's hands while doing something |
| louse up.v | — | COD: spoil something. |
| mess up.v | — | COD: mishandle a situation. |
| mess-up.n | — | FN: a minor mistake. |
| mistake.n | — | FN: an action that produces undesirable consequences. |
| muck up.v | — | COD: spoil something. |
| muff.v | — | COD: handle clumsily; bungle. |
| ruin.v | — | FN: to screw something up irreparably. |
| screw up.v | — | COD: completely mismanage or mishandle a situation |
| screw-up.n | — | COD: a situation that has been completely mismanaged or mishandled |
| screw-up.n | — | FN: a person who habitually makes mistakes |
| stumble.v | — | FN: make a mistake or repeated mistakes |
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