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Military_operation [agentive]
The military Force of a Possessor (either a nation, institution, or private individual) conducts large-scale activities in a Area to accomplish military or combined military/non-military goals.
These groups are known to have carried out attacks on international coalition forces operating in Afghanistan.
Anti-piracy|opp operations will continue while new strategies are developed.
This frame construes the operation asymmetrically: the Force acts with respect to military and political entities in the target Area. Compare this to (usually, but not always, lower-level and violent) military actions that can be understood symmetrically (war, battle, encounter, engagement, etc).
These groups are known to have carried out attacks on international coalition forces operating in Afghanistan.
Anti-piracy|opp operations will continue while new strategies are developed.
This frame construes the operation asymmetrically: the Force acts with respect to military and political entities in the target Area. Compare this to (usually, but not always, lower-level and violent) military actions that can be understood symmetrically (war, battle, encounter, engagement, etc).
Properties
- ID
- #2676
- Entry
- frm_military_operation
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Military_operation (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Military_operation
Core Frame Elements (4)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Area |
The Area in which the Military is conducting operations.
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locative_relation
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| Force |
The Force carries out the operation. Depending on the size of the operation, this may be as few as one individual or as large as the armed forces of a nation.
He|mil died while carrying out counter-IED operations. US forces|mil currently operating in Iraq are due to be recalled within the next several months. |
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group
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| Goal |
The Goal of the operation.
He was captured in a covert arrest|goa operation carried out by an elite group of highly-trained Marines. |
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| Opponent |
The nation, group, or situation which the operation opposes.
Operations against Afghanistan|opp continue to be carried out. |
category
state_of_affairs
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
CoreSet
Area
Opponent
Peripheral Frame Elements (7)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Domain |
The Domain of the operation, e.g., military, intelligence.
NATO forces are conducting military|dom operations in highly volatile regions. |
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| Duration |
The length of time over which the operation is carried out.
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| Manner |
A description of the operation or participants that are not covered by more specific FEs, including secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). In addition, it may indicate salient characteristics of an Military that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully).
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| Means |
The means by which the Military carries out its operation.
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| Place |
The location of the operation.
This sort of operation should only be conducted in open areas|pla. |
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| Possessor |
The Possessor controls the army and ultimately directs its goals and methods.
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| Time |
The Time at which the operations are carried out.
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time
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)
Inheritance
Lexical Units (3)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| campaign.n | — | FN: military operation. |
| operate.v | — | FN: be militarily active or perform military actions. |
| operation.n | — | FN: a set of military actions carried out with a certain goal or goals. |
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