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Firing [agentive]
An Employer ends an employment relationship with an Employee. There is often a behavior of the Employee that motivates the firing (a Reason) or some more general Explanation given for the action.
He fired me as annotator for being too slow.
He fired me as annotator for being too slow.
Properties
- ID
- #326
- Entry
- frm_firing
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Firing (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Firing
Core Frame Elements (4)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employee |
The person who is let go by their Employer.
I|Empee was just fired yesterday! |
— | — |
| Employer |
The person (or institution) that end an employment relationship with an Employee.
Dominic Mallozzi claims United Trust Bank|Emper fired him from a job at the bank's Palmer Township branch because he's HIV positive. |
category
sentient
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— |
| Position |
The label given to a particular type of employment.
Doc Rivers was fired as coach of the Orlando Magic|Posit. |
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| Task |
The action that the Employee is relieved from doing for the Employer
.I was fired from training the new actors. |
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
CoreSet
Position
Task
Excludes
Position
Task
Peripheral Frame Elements (5)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manner |
This FE identifies the Manner in which an Employer fires an Employee.
Five were hastily|Mnr fired, and the federal government is investigating possible insider trading violations. |
category
manner
|
— |
| Means |
The means whereby the Employer fires the Employee
Pat fired Jan by leaving a letter of dismissal on his desk. |
category
state_of_affairs
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| Place |
This FE identifies the Place where the Employer fires the Employee.
The phone in his small apartment in the town of Milan rang and he dreaded it. He was going to be fired right there. |
category
locative_relation
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| Purpose |
This FE identifies the Purpose for which an Employer fires the Employee.
John fired her to make his the other employees nervous. |
category
state_of_affairs
|
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| Time |
This FE identifies the Time when an Employer fires the Employee.
Guess who just got fired today! |
category
time
|
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Explanation |
A general description of the situation that leads to a firing. A more specific description of the Employee's action is included in the Reason FE.
She was fired because it was a Friday . |
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| Reason |
The action or status of the Employee for which the Employee is terminated.
North was dismissed for gross mismanagement of funds. |
category
state_of_affairs
|
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Frame-Frame Relations (4)
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Precedes
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Lexical Units (16)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| can.v | — | COD: dismiss from a job or reject as inadequate. |
| discharge.v | — | FN: to dismiss someone from employment |
| dismiss.v | — | COD: discharge from employment. |
| dismissal.n | — | FN: an instance of discharging from employment |
| downsize.v | — | COD: (of a company) shed staff. |
| fire.v | — | COD: dismiss from a job. |
| firing.n | — | FN: cease to employ. |
| give the boot.v | — | COD: dismiss from job |
| lay off.v | — | FN: temporarily or permanently discharge worker(s) |
| lay-off.n | — | COD: a temporary or permanent discharge of a worker or workers. |
| let go.v | — | FN: (euhpemistically) discharge from a job |
| sack.v | — | COD: dismiss from employment. |
| shitcan.v | — | FN: (informally) fire |
| terminate.v | — | COD: end the employment of. |
| termination.n | — | FN: ending the employment of a person |
| the sack.n | — | COD: dismissal from employment. |
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