:subset (include-91), :example, :part/:subevent, :consist-of, and :employed-by

[nschneid]

Proposed guideline:

1. If there is an obvious verb frame that matches the statement of inclusion/containment, use it:
   • supplies, including food, medicine, tarpaulins...: include-01
2. If a category, set, or group is being illustrated with one or more members, use :example:
   • animals such as giraffes
   • high tech companies like IBM and Google
3. For sets of (more or less) homogeneous members under discussion—whether they are entities or events—use :subset:
   • the tallest girl on the team
   • series of tremors
4. If there is some established whose constitution is described, use :consist-of—this applies to physical substances as well as measure phrases:
   • ring of gold
   • cloud of dust
   • team of researchers
5. If there is a whole/superstructure whose substructures are distinguished in kind, use :part or :subevent:
   • house's roof roof :part-of house
   • my hands hand :part-of i
   • Newsweek , a unit of the Washington Post Co. [Newsweek] :part-of [Washington Post Co.]
   • Three Roman legions were annihilated in the Battle annihilate-01 :subevent-of battle-01
   • I pass the resort on my way to work. pass-02 :subevent-of go-02
6. Employers/employees are related with :employed-by:
   • Lorillard spokeswoman: spokeswoman :employed-by [Lorrilard]
   • (is the CEO example on this page out of date?)

Thoughts?

[nschneid]

Responding to questions from Claire:

Did we decide to bring back :subset? I thought this had been replaced by include-91? If so, can someone summarize the motivation for this?

I thought include-91 was the reification of :subset?

Should we standardize to a single term when a subset is mentioned but the subset and superset are given two different labels? (e.g. latest quake in a series of tremors). If so, how do we decide which label to adopt?

The consensus annotation for that sentence has quake :time (late :degree most :compared-to tremor), which sidesteps that issue. But I guess "the quake, one in a series of tremors, ..." could be quake :subset-of (series :subset tremor) (effectively quake and tremors are both subsets of the same superset). Is that a good solution? Or would it be better to treat series and team the same way, using :consist-of? So quake :subset-of (series :consist-of tremor)?