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whose Generative Lexicon (Pustejovsky 1995) proposes four "qualia
roles" that form part of the representation of noun meaning:
(10) Formal: contrastive relation to other objects (affecting
inheritance relations)
(11) Agentive: origin
(12) Constitutive: how an object is made up (its parts and
organisation)
(13) Telic: purpose or function
The range of relations used in DanNet are shown in Figure 3 (based
on Pedersen et al. 2009, Figure 12).
FORMAL AGENTIVE CONSTITUTIVE TELIC
has hyPemvm made by has holo made of used for
has hyponym has mero made of used for object
is_a_way_of (troponym) has_holo_part role_agent

has mero part role patient
has holo member
has mero member
has holo location
has mero location
concems
involved agent
involved patient
involved_instrument
Figure 3. Rclntions in DanNct
We have already seen how involved_agent can be used to link sens-
es. Notice also the more fine-grained range of distinctions that have
been added to the meronymy-holonymy relation. As we saw earlier,
the traditional meronymy relation relates to typical parts, so a cabin
might have a roof as a part. However, a log-cabin will have logs as
a part, in the sense that it is made of logs, a slightly different kind
of part relation. Similarly, a congregation may have a minister as a
"part" in the sense that the minister is a member of the congregation;
and England has London as a "part" in the sense that it is a location
within the larger location. These distinctions have important impli-
cations for inferencing: a human user will reflexively accommodate