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ENTITY

This is the top of the superframe hierarchy, i.e., the most general frame. It is also the only frame that defines 0 rather than 2 roles. It is used for all those and only those occurrences of content words that do not have any core arguments, including all pronouns and all proper names.

Dependency graph for sentence: Chapter 1. Token Chapter is labeled ENTITY and has an edge labeled SCENE to token 1. Token 1 is labeled RANK and has an edge labeled has-rank to token Chapter. Dependency graph for sentence: I. Token I is labeled ENTITY. Dependency graph for sentence: a magnificent picture. Token magnificent is labeled PROPERTY and has an edge labeled has-property to token picture. Token picture is labeled ENTITY and has an edge labeled SCENE to token magnificent. Dependency graph for sentence: an animal. Token animal is labeled ENTITY. Dependency graph for sentence: a drawing. Token drawing is labeled ENTITY. Dependency graph for sentence: Kim. Token Kim is labeled ENTITY.

Note that we go strictly by occurrence: the same word in another context may well have core arguments and thus be framed differently.

Dependency graph for sentence: a drawing of an elephant. Token drawing is labeled MESSAGE and has an edge labeled topic to token elephant.