Identifying Semantic Roles

In the following sentence '' Marcos brought her grandma a cake.

which role does the NP ´´her grandma´´ have?

• The agent

• The recipient

• the paitent

• the theme

The entitiy affected by the action

• The agent

• The recipient

• Experiencer

• The patient

The one that initiates the action in a sentence

• The experiencer

• The recipient

• The agent

• The patient

What are the roles given to the underlined words in the following sentence?

During the meeting Kenneth’s Private Secretary handed me a message

• Agent, experiencer and patient

• Agent, patient and goal

• Agent, beneficiary and patient

the entity which is aware of the action or state described by predicate, but is not in control.

• Recipient

• Beneficiary

• Experiencer

• Theme

The destination where the entity arrives

• Locative

• Goal

• Source

From where  the entitiy moves

• Source

• Locative

• Goal

Semantic role that describes the means by which an action is performed or something comes about.

• Goal

• Instrument

• Source

The specific place or lacation where an action or event happens

• Temporal time

• Source

• Locative

Choose the semantic roles involved in the following sentence

´´John opened the door with a crowbar´´

• Agent, recipient, instrument

• Agent, patient, instrument

• Agent, experiencer, instrument