Rolesets - responsible

responsible

responsible.01 - being the cause of something

RESPONSIBLE-J NOTES: This roleset applies to usages where the arg0 has caused something, factual usages. Updated by Claire (April 2015). Added by Julia based on WSJ data. (from responsible.01-j)

Aliases:

responsible (j.)
responsibility (n.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: responsible party, causer
ARG1-PPT: responsible for what, caused thing

just arg0

An official for the lead underwriter declined to comment on the reason for the delay , but market participants speculated that
a number of factors , including a lack of investor interestARG0
, were
responsiblerel
.

Both args

Cleveland mayor apologizes for claiming
Tamir RiceARG0
was
responsiblerel
for his own deathARG1
.

Light Verb Construction

No oneARG0
has
takenARGM-LVB
responsibilityrel
for the murderARG1
.

responsible.02 - character trait, worthy of trust

RESPONSIBLE-J NOTES: For usages that do not highlight causation, nor an ongoing role/responsibility, instead a general character trait. Updated by Claire (April 2015). Added by Julia based on WordNet. This frame may require concatenation to capture hte entire action in Arg1; see examples. (from responsible.02-j) AMR NOTE: This is the ONLY counterpart to "irresponsible;" use this roleset with negative polarity.

Aliases:

responsible (j.)
responsibility (n.)
responsibleness (n.)

Roles:

ARG1-PAG: entity/act characterized as worthy or inspiring of trust

Responsible entity only

To be a parent ,
youARG1
must be
responsiblerel
.

Responsible entity with reason for perception, concatenated

It was
responsiblerel
of him to help the old lady across the streetARG1
.

Variant expressed as for-phrase

It was
responsiblerel
for him to help the old lady across the streetARG1
.

with CXN

IARG1
'm
notARGM-NEG
responsiblerel
enough to have a petARGM-CXN
,

Noun responsibility

He is known for
hisARG1
responsibilityrel
.

Noun responsibleness

He was n't exactly known for
hisARG1
responsiblenessrel
.

responsible.03 - Having a particular role where one is trusted with a duty

RESPONSIBLE-J NOTES: For usages that highlight a possibly generic, ongoing responsibility or duty. Updated by Claire (April 2015). Added by Julia based on WordNet. (from responsible.02-j)

Aliases:

responsible (j.)
responsibility (n.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: entity entrusted with a role
ARG1-PPT: role, responsibility
ARG2-GOL: responsible to whom?

Args 0 and 1

SheARG0
is
responsiblerel
for sanitizing the dataARG1
.

Args 0 and 2

HeARG0
is
responsiblerel
to the committeeARG2
.

Noun Responsibility, drop empty it

It is
my daughter 'sARG0
responsibilityrel
to empty the dishwasherARG1
, but I always have to ask her ten times .