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Alternativity [dependency]

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In this frame, there is a Profiled_alternative that the speaker wishes to primarily focus on and which is mutually exclusive with a Contrasting_alternative. It is not possible for both to be true in the same context with the same participants, although the described situation may be true of the same entities at different times, or true of different entities at the same time. Frames inheriting from this one, e.g. Negation, may indicate which of the alternatives is imagined to be the case, but in other frames related to this one, e.g. Conditional_scenario and Alternatives, both alternatives are presented as possible, and which one is true remains an open question.

Properties

ID
#2950
Entry
frm_alternativity
Namespace
Relation.Dependency
FrameNet version
Alternativity (fn_1.7_2023)
Domains
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Types
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Ontological type
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English name
Alternativity

Core Frame Elements (2)

Core Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Contrasting_alternative
A situation that cannot be true at the same time as the Profiled_alternative.
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Profiled_alternative
A situation that cannot be true at the same time as the Contrasting_alternative.
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Frame-Frame Relations (5)

Inheritance

Inheritance relations
Is Inherited By
Conditional_scenario
FE-FE
Is Inherited By
Negation
FE-FE

Perspective

Perspective relations
Is perspectivized in
Alternatives
FE-FE
Is perspectivized in
Presentation_of_mitigation
FE-FE

Using

Using relations
Is used by
Causation_scenario
FE-FE

Lexical Units (0)

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