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Member_of_military [entity]

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A Person is a member of an organized military organization belonging to a nation-state or similar body. The military membership may be part-time, but is considered a job. This is in opposition to combatants who may be loyal to a particular cause but are not part of the military arm of a government.

The British at one point had an occupying army of over a million well-trained [soldiers|target].

After 9/11 she decided to become a full-time [airman|target].

US [soldiers|target] have fought in the region for the past twenty years with no end in sight.

Properties

ID
#2670
Entry
frm_member_of_military
Namespace
Entity
FrameNet version
Member_of_military (fn_1.7_2023)
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Ontological type
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English name
Member_of_military

Core Frame Elements (1)

Core Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Person
The Person is the member of the military.
category
human
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Peripheral Frame Elements (10)

Peripheral Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Age
The Age is the length of time the Person has been alive.
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Compensation
The Compensation is the payment that the Person receives for performing military service.
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Contract_basis
The Contract_basis describes the conditions of military membership with respect to permanency, time or duration of duty, payment basis, and so on.
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Ethnicity
The Ethnicity is the religious, racial, national, socio-economic or cultural group to which the Person belongs.
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Loyal_side
The Person belongs to the military of the Loyal_side.
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Military_organization
The military organization to which the Person belongs.

Hundreds of US Navy|mil [sailors|target] will be returning home soon.
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Origin
The Origin is the place where the Person was born or lived a salient part of her or his life.
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Place_of_employment
This FE identifies the place where the Person is stationed.
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Rank
Rank is the position in the military hierarchy that the Person occupies.

Robin is the highest-ranking|rnk soldier at the facility.
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Type
This FE identifies a more specific Type of military function or specialty that the Person has.
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (3)

Extra-thematic Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Context_of_acquaintance
An expression indicating the context with which the Person is associated.

Is she the marine from the movie we saw last night|coa?
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Descriptor
The Descriptor is a temporary condition of the Person.
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Persistent_characteristic
The Persistent_characteristic is a physiological characteristic or personality trait of the Person which is concieved of as persisting over time.
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Frame-Frame Relations (5)

Inheritance

Inheritance relations
Inherits from
People_by_vocation
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Using

Using relations
Uses
Membership
FE-FE
Uses
Military
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Lexical Units (7)

Lexical units of this frame
LU Type Definition
airman.n โ€” FN: a member of the air force, especially of the US or UK.
commando.n โ€” FN: member of military unit designed for rapid and aggressive operations.
marine.n โ€” FN: a member of a marine corps.
sailor.n โ€” FN: a member of a navy.
service member.n โ€” FN: a member of the armed forces.
soldier.n โ€” COD: a person who serves in an army.
troop.n โ€” FN: a member of the armed forces, often referring to soliders.
Frame Chain TQR Visual Units

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