SEM -SLOT 14A

What are participant (semantic) roles? Participant roles are the roles played by the entities identified by the referring expressions in a sentence. They characterize the different ways in which these entities participate in the situation described the sentential predicator.

• True

• False

the person deliberately carrying out the action described

• The AGENT of a sentence

• The AFFECTED participant

• The INSTRUMENT

the thing (hardly ever a person) by means of which the action is carried out.

• The AGENT of a sentence

• The AFFECTED participant

• The INSTRUMENT

the thing (not usually a person, although it may be) upon which the action is carried out

• The AGENT of a sentence

• The AFFECTED participant

• The INSTRUMENT

played by any expression referring to the place where the action described by a sentence takes place.

• The role of LOCATION

• The BENEFICIARY

• The EXPERIENCER

a thing or person whose location is described, or a thing or person that is perceived by an Experiencer

• The role of LOCATION

• The BENEFICIARY

• The EXPERIENCER

• The THEME participant

a person who is mentally aware of, perceives, or experiences the action or state described by the sentence, but who is not in control of the situation.

• The role of LOCATION

• The BENEFICIARY

• The EXPERIENCER

• The THEME participant

the person for whose benefit or to whose detriment the action described by the sentence is carried out.

• The role of LOCATION

• The BENEFICIARY

• The EXPERIENCER

• The THEME participant

identify the role of the worker in the following sentence

The worker moved the beam with a crane.

• AGENT

• AFFECTED

• INSTRUMENT

identify the role of The crane in the following sentence

The worker moved the beam with a crane.

• AGENT

• AFFECTED

• INSTRUMENT