<def-root>A <fen>Cognizer</fen> has a piece of <fen>Content</fen> in their model of the world. The <fen>Content</fen> is not necessarily present due to immediate perception, but usually, rather, due to deduction from perceivables. In some cases, the deduction of the <fen>Content</fen> is implicitly based on confidence in sources of information (<ment>believe</ment>), in some cases based on logic (<ment>think</ment>), and in other cases the source of the deduction is deprofiled (<ment>know</ment>).
<ex><fex name="Cognizer">Your boss</fex> is <t>aware</t> <fex name="Content">of your commitment</fex>.</ex>
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Note that this frame is undergoing some degree of reconsideration. Many of the targets will be moved to the Opinion frame. That frame indicates that the <fen>Cognizer</fen> considers something as true, but the Opinion (compare to <fen>Content</fen>) is not presupposed to be true; rather it is something that is considered a potential point of difference, as in the following:
<ex>I <t>think</t> that you are awesome.</ex>
In the uses that will remain in the Awareness frame, however, the <fen>Content</fen> is presupposed.
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This frame is also distinct from the Certainty frame, in that it does not profile the relationship of the <fen>Cognizer</fen> to the <fen>Content</fen>, but rather presupposes it. In Certainty, the Degree of confidence or certainty is expressible as a separate frame element, as in the following:
<ex>She <m>absolutely</m> <t>knew</t> that he would be there .</ex>
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<def-root>The <fen>Cognizer</fen> is the person whose awareness of phenomena is at question. With a target verb or adjective the <fen>Cognizer</fen> is generally expressed as an External Argument with the <fen>Content</fen> expressed as an Object or Complement.
<ex><fex name="Cognizer">Your boss</fex> is <t>aware</t> of your commitment.</ex>
<ex><fex name="Cognizer">The students</fex> do not <t>know</t> the answer.</ex>
Examples like the following belong in Opinion:
<ex><fex name="Cognizer">Pat</fex> <t>believes</t> that things will change for the better.</ex> </def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Content</fen> is the object of the <fen>Cognizer</fen>'s awareness. <fen>Content</fen> can be expressed as a direct object or in a PP Complement.
<ex>Your boss is <t>aware</t> <fex name="Content">of your commitment</fex>.</ex>
<ex>The students do not <t>know</t> <fex name="Content">of your commitment</fex>.</ex>
<ex>The students do not <t>know</t> <fex name="Content">how committed you are</fex>.</ex>
<ex>The students did not <t>know</t> <fex name="Content">that you were so committed</fex>.</ex>
Examples like the following belong in Opinion:
<ex>Pat <t>believes</t> <fex name="Content">that things will change for the better</fex>.</ex> </def-root>
<def-root>The source of awareness or knowledge which can be expressed in a PP Complement:
<ex>The sailors <t>knew</t> <fex name="Evid">from the look of the sky</fex> that a storm was coming.</ex>
<ex>I <t>knew</t> <fex name="Evid">from experience</fex> that Jo would be late.</ex> </def-root>
<def-root>Some verbs in this frame allow a <fen>Topic</fen> to be expressed in about-PPs.
<ex>Kim <t>knows</t> <fex name="Topic">about first aid</fex>.</ex>
However, a number of nouns and adjectives in this frame which cannot take about-phrases allow <fen>Topic</fen> to be expressed as an adjectival or adverbial modifier.
<ex>Kim is <fex name="Topic">politically</fex> <t>aware</t>. </ex>
<ex> <fex name="Topic">Environmental</fex> <t>consciousness</t> is increasing.</ex> </def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Degree</fen> to which an event occurs.</def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Manner</fen> in which the <fen>Cognizer</fen> knows or thinks something.</def-root>
<def-root><fen>Expressor</fen> is the body part that reveals the <fen>Cognizer</fen>'s state to the observer.
<ex>Bob's <fex name="Expr">eyes</fex> were overly <t>aware</t></ex></def-root>
<def-root><fen>Role</fen> is the category within which an element of the <fen>Content</fen> is considered.
<ex>He <t>understood</t> her remark <fex name="Role">as an insult</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This frame element identifies the <fen>Paradigm</fen> which serves as the basis for the <fen>Cognizer</fen>'s awareness.
<ex><fex name="Content">The formation of black holes</fex> should be <t>understood</t> <fex name="Paradigm">in astrophysic terms</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The time interval during which the <fen>Cognizer</fen> is aware of the <fen>Content</fen>.
<ex>Yet there is no evidence that Mr. Parrish was <t>cognizant</t> <fex name="tim">at the time of the signing
of the notes</fex> that the clauses in issue were present.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The reason why or how it came to be that the <fen>Cognizer</fen> has awareness of the <fen>Topic</fen> or <fen>Content</fen>. </def-root>
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Opinion
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COD: having knowledge or perception of a situation or fact.
COD: awareness is a derivative of aware
COD: feel sure of the truth of.
COD: grasp mentally; understand.
COD: the action or capability of understanding.
COD: devise in the mind; imagine.
COD: the way in which something is perceived
FN: having awareness or knowledge of something
COD: a feeling or guess based on intuition.
COD: form a mental image or concept of.
COD: be aware of through observation, inquiry, or information. This verb is factive - speaker believes the proposition whether or not he is the subject.
FN: familiarity with, awareness of facts and ideas acquired through experience or study
COD: intelligent and well informed.
FN: assume that something is the case absent proof to the contrary
COD: an act or instance of presuming something to be the case.
COD: be of the opinion.
COD: an assumption or hypothesis.
COD: believe (something) to be probable or possible.
COD: a feeling that something is possible or probable or that someone is guilty of a crime or offence.
FN: have a particular belief or opinion
FN: the process or result of thinking
COD: perceive the significance, explanation, or cause of.
COD: the ability to understand something; comprehension
FN: the state of lacking knowledge or awareness in general.
COD: one's awareness or perception of something.
FN: fully aware
COD: not known or familiar.
FN: a thought as to a course of action or an event