Rate-entity: arg2 vs :arg3

[mgeorgescu]

For cases like the ones below, it seems a bit difficult to draw the line between :arg2 and :arg3:

• to buy several hundred billion dollars worth of junk a year > :arg2
• to buy several hundred billion dollars worth of junk per year > :arg2
• to buy several hundred billion dollars worth of junk yearly > :arg3
• to buy several hundred billion dollars worth of junk annually > :arg3
• annual spending > :arg2 vs. annual meeting > :arg3
• 500000 metric tons of heavy fuel oil per year. > :arg2
• a yearly cost of 2630 U.S. dollars per patient > :arg2 or :arg3
• The draft report recommends starting security research funding with one billion euros per year in 2007

Beginning of time interval should be outside of the rate-entity-91:

• Gerhard Schroeder has visited China 5 times since 990000

Thank you.

[uhermjakob]

All the specific cases of a year/per year/yearly/annually/annual above should be :ARG2. In case of doubt, choose :ARG2, which has :ARG3 as a special case.

SImple frequencies don't use rate-entity-91, e.g.

Gerhard Schroeder has visited China 5 times since 990000

(v / visit-01 
  :ARG0 (p / person :name (n / name :op1 "Gerhard" :op2 "Schroeder"))
  :ARG1 (c / country :name (n2 / name :op1 "China"))
  :frequency 5
  :time (s / since
          :op1 (d / date-entity :year 1999)))

More info: http://www.isi.edu/~ulf/amr/lib/popup/frequency.html http://www.isi.edu/~ulf/amr/lib/popup/rate-entity.html

[nschneid]

@ulfulf: I think you mean to say that :ARG3 (which requires a regular interval) is a special case of :ARG2?

[uhermjakob]

@nschneid: Yes, of course. I corrected my previous note. Thanks!