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Table 3 Examples of differences in semantic roles of the arguments of the same verb (underlined) in VerbNet and BioVerbNet

From: BioVerbNet: a large semantic-syntactic classification of verbs in biomedicine

Source

Example sentence

Verb Frame

VerbNet

The couple settled there

Agent V Location

BioVerbNet

Most parasites settle within this area

Patient V {in} Location

VerbNet

The gardener grew that acorn into an oak tree

Agent V Patient {into} Product

BioVerbNet

Alga-free paramecia and symbiotic algae can grow independently

Agent {and} Co-Agent {can} V ADV

VerbNet

He responded to my call

Agent V Theme

BioVerbNet

Plants respond to damage

Agent V Source

VerbNet

The secretary transcribed the speech

Agent V Theme

BioVerbNet

These viruses transcribe their genomes in the nuclei of infected cells

Bio-Agent V Patient {in} Location