<def-root>A <fen>Cognizer</fen> carries out an approximate calculation or considers some <fen>Evidence</fen> so as to arrive at an approximate <fen>Value</fen> for some <fen>Feature</fen> of an <fen>Item</fen>.
There are two alternative construals. In one, the <fen>Feature</fen> is presented as a <fen>Question</fen> about the <fen>Item</fen> and the <fen>Value</fen> is conceived as an answer to the <fen>Question</fen>.
In the second construal, a fully propositional <fen>Estimation</fen> by the <fen>Cognizer</fen> is presented which expresses the result of the <fen>Cognizer</fen>'s approximation.
<ex><fex name="Time">Until 1971</fex>, <fex name="Question">dolphin mortality</fex> could be <t>estimated</t> <fex name="Evidence">only from analyses of vessels ' logbooks</fex> -- and the figures are probably underestimates. <fex name="Cognizer">CNI</fex></ex>
<ex><fex name="Cognizer">The UK government</fex> <t>estimates</t> <fex name="Estimation">that there is sufficient gas in the UK sector to meet UK demand for some 17 to 35 years</fex> .</ex>
<ex><fex name="Cognizer">The astronomers</fex> <t>estimated</t> <fex name="Question">how much energy was needed to create the cavities by calculating the density, temperature and pressure of the hot gas</fex>.</ex>
<ex><fex name="Item">The banner</fex> is <t>estimated</t> <fex name="Feature">in value</fex> <fex name="Value">at $500</fex>. <fex name="Cognizer">CNI</fex></ex>
<ex><fex name="Time">When Congress passed the Medicare bill in late 2003</fex>, <fex name="Cognizer">the Congressional Budget Office</fex> <t>estimated</t> <fex name="que">its cost</fex> <fex name="Value">at $395 billion over 10 years</fex>.</ex>
<ex><fex name="Cognizer">We</fex> estimated <fex name="que">how much we had</fex> <fex name="Value">at around 12 thousand</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The individual who considers evidence or performs calculations to arrive at an approximation.
<ex><fex name="cog">The government</fex> <t>estimated</t> the cost of meeting EC water standards at £3-4 billion.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The feature is a scalar property of the <fen>Item</fen>.
<ex>In one march from 42 Street down to Washington Square Park, the crowds were
<t>estimated</t> <fex name="fea">in size</fex> from 125000 (NYPD estimate) to over 200000 (march organizers).</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The position or area on the <fen>Feature</fen> scale that the <fen>Cognizer</fen> concludes the <fen>Item</fen> occupies.
<ex>Sotheby 's have <t>estimated</t> its value <fex name="val">at $10m-$14m</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The entity that possesses the <fen>Feature</fen> whose <fen>Value</fen> the <fen>Cognizer</fen> seeks to approximate.
<ex>I <t>estimated</t> <fex name="Item">the house</fex> at about 60-65% full.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>Some fact perceived by the <fen>Cognizer</fen> which contributes to their estimation of the <fen>Feature</fen>'s <fen>Value</fen>.
<ex>He then needs to <t>estimate</t> the desired shelf stock size <fex name="Evidence">on the basis of this record of use</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The time period during which the <fen>Cognizer</fen> forms the estimate of the <fen>Feature</fen>'s <fen>Value</fen>.
<ex>The US Forest Service <t>estimated</t> <fex name="Time">last year</fex> that 45 million piñons have died so far in north-central New Mexico.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The location in which the <fen>Cognizer</fen> forms their estimate.
<ex><fex name="Place">At the London School of Economics</fex> they <t>estimated</t> that China would have to spend 2% of gross. domestic product on higher. education for 15 years</ex></def-root>
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A proposition expressing the <fen>Cognizer</fen>'s approximation of a <fen>Feature</fen>'s <fen>Value</fen>.
<ex>At the time they <t>estimated</t> <fex name="est">there to be as many as four million to the acre</fex>.</ex>
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<def-root>An open proposition for which the <fen>Cognizer</fen> seeks to approximate the <fen>Value</fen> of a variable.
<ex>Then Sandia <t>estimated</t> <fex name="que">how many people would die and be injured within the first year due to their radiation exposure</fex>.</ex>
<ex> He <t>estimated</t> <fex name="que">the length of his nose</fex> at 6 inches but it was only 2 inches.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>An intentional action performed by the <fen>Cognizer</fen> enabling estimating. </def-root>
<def-root><fen>Manner</fen> is used for any expression which describes a property of the activity of Estimating </def-root>
<def-root>Some specification of the <fen>Circumstances</fen> under which the Cognizer estimates.</def-root>
<def-root>A state-of-affairs enabling the estimating to occur.</def-root>
<def-root>This FE describes how the <fen>Estimation</fen> made by the <fen>Cognizer</fen> corresponds to reality. This FE can be represented by "correctly" or "wrong." </def-root>
<def-root>This frame element is defined as the number of times an event occurs per some unit of time. </def-root>
Mental_activity
Estimated_value
COD: form an estimate of
FN: the act of estimating (some feature's value)
COD: estimate or suppose (something) without sufficient information to be sure of being correct.
FN: to estimate something