uhermjakob
commented
11 years ago Tricky case. In current AMRs, for English nouns delegate/delegates/delegation, there are 36 instances of delegate-01 and 20 instances of (concept) delegate.
However, I'm leaning against this mapping, as a "delegate" has a much more specific meaning than what is described and implied by the verb "to delegate".
[OAD] delegate: a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference. [OAD] to delegate: to entrust (a task or responsibility) to another person, typically one who is less senior than oneself
In particular, none of the people who fill or would fill :ARG2 in the three examples of frame for delegate-01 would be considered a delegate:
- While Mr. Roman is a workaholic detailsman, Mr. Phillips would rather delegate, leaving him time for his interests outside the office.
- Mark Johnson, the producer of "Rainman,'' chimes in: "He-1 has a great ability trace-1 to hire terrific people and delegate authority...
- But [Mr. Phillips]-1 recently freed himself up to spend more time with clients by trace-1 delegating much of his administrative work to a deputy.
The group in Cluj opted for the following annotation so far:
:ARG0 (p / person :ARG2-of (d / delegate-01) However, we noticed that colorado left it as "delegate". This should probably be harmonized for the September release.