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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

group, grouping go
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

accumulation, collection, aggregation, assemblage go
several things grouped together or considered as a whole

class, category, family go
a collection of things sharing a common attribute

grammatical category, syntactic category go
(grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties

semantic role, participant role
(linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause

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8 Subcategories

affected role, patient role, patient go
the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
agentive role, agent go
the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
benefactive role, beneficiary go
the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
instrument, instrumental role go
the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
locative role, locative go
the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb
recipient role, recipient go
the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
resultant role, result go
the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause
temporal role, temporal go
the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb