Rolesets - census

census

census.01 - taking a count of a population

CENSUS-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT, WN eventive noun lexicon. No VNcls. (from census.01-n)
CENSUS-V NOTES: Automatically added alias.

Aliases:

census (n.)
census (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: counter
ARG1-PPT: counted

Light verb: do

It is possible *PRO* to
doARGM-LVB
a
censusrel
of a large populationARG1
,
as with the United States CensusARGM-ADV
, but it requires a huge amount of work , rime , and money .
ARG0: *PRO*

Light verb: take

If
Ford Motor CorporationARG0
wished to
takeARGM-LVB
a
censusrel
of past purchasers ' reactions to the company 's recalls of defective modelsARG1
, the researchers would have to contact millions of automobile buyers .

args 0, 1

45.20 shows the number of marked iguanas that Wikelski and his team counted in
theirARG0
censusrel
of study populationsARG1
just before the spill and about a year later .