Null instantiation

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Null instantiation is the name of a category used to annotate absent semantic constituents or frame elements in the FrameNet project (Fillmore et al. 2003, Section 3.4). The term null refers to the fact that the frame element in question is absent. The logical object of the term instantiation refers to the frame element itself. So, null instantiation is the instantiation of a frame element with a null value.

1 Definite null instantiation
2 Indefinite null instantiation
3 Constructional null instantiation
4 References
5 See also

[edit] Definite null instantiation

Definite null instantiation is the absence of a frame element that is recoverable from the context. It is similar to a zero anaphor.

[edit] Indefinite null instantiation

Indefinite null instantiation is the absence of the object of a potentially transitive verb such as eat or drink.

[edit] Constructional null instantiation

Constructional null instantiation is the absence of a frame element due to a syntactic construction, e.g. the optional omission of agents in passive sentences.

[edit] References

Fillmore, Charles J.; Christopher R. Johnson; and Miriam R.L. Petruck (2003) Background to FrameNet. 'International Journal of Lexicography' 16(3):235-250.