Metaphor:ELECTION IS A RACE

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Name Gloss ELECTION IS A RACE
Name Transcription
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Description
Metaphor Level Specific
Metaphor Type Composed/complex
Experiential Basis
Source Frame Race
Roles:racers, racer1, racer2, race_event, outcome, winner, loser, prize, race x-schema
Target Frame Election
Roles:voter, candidate1, candidate2, office, outcome, voting_event, institution, ballot, ballot_counting


Mappings:

candidate1 <= racer1
candidate2 <= racer2
outcome <= outcome
voting_event <= race_event
election_office <= prize

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor ELECTION IS A RACE
Relation Type is a source subcase of
Related Metaphor ELECTIONS ARE COMPETITIVE SPORTS EVENTS
Description

Entailments:


Examples:

Example Text: The GOP presidential race has a new front-runner: Gov. Rick Perry.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance: trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com › Trail Blazers Blog
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Comments:
Example Text: This year's US presidential election is shaping up to be a very close race, with the incumbent currently in front, but his challenger close on his heels.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-28/obama-the-favourite---by-a-nose/4036964
Annotation:
Comments:
Example Text: At the turn, it's Obama by a nose.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance: www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4185908.html
Annotation:
Comments:
Example Text: Noem sprints to election finish line with stop in Elk Point, SD.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:
Annotation:
Comments:
Example Text: The race continues as Perry and Romney jockey for position, with Gingrich trailing behind.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:
Annotation:
Comments:
Example Text: With the official start of primary season, candidates were off and running as they sought to quickly raise millions of dollars for ad buys.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:
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Example Text: The Iowa caucuses in January 2012 serve as the starting line of the marathon primary-election campaigns necessary ...
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance: http://articles.philly.com/2010-03-10/news/24957042_1_santorum-iowa-republican-party-ralph-reed
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Example Text: Hutchinson the front-runner in 2014 governor's race
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance: www.thecitywire.com/node/26617
Annotation:
Comments:

Graph of related metaphors:

digraph meta4tggrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Election" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Election" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ]; n2 [label="Government" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Government" fontsize="10.0" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n3 [label="Voting" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Voting" fontsize="10.0" ];

n1 -> n3 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n4 [label="Political competition" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Political_competition" fontsize="10.0" ];

n1 -> n4 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n5 [label="Debating" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Debating" fontsize="10.0" ];

n1 -> n5 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="LOSING AN ELECTION IS LOSING A RACE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:LOSING_AN_ELECTION_IS_LOSING_A_RACE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="ELECTION IS A RACE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ELECTION_IS_A_RACE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n3 [label="PHASE OF AN ELECTION IS LEG IN A RACE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:PHASE_OF_AN_ELECTION_IS_LEG_IN_A_RACE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n3 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n4 [label="WINNING AN ELECTION IS WINNING A RACE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:WINNING_AN_ELECTION_IS_WINNING_A_RACE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n4 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n5 [label="ELECTIONS ARE COMPETITIVE SPORTS EVENTS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ELECTIONS_ARE_COMPETITIVE_SPORTS_EVENTS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n2 -> n5 [label = "is a source subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Race" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Race" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ]; n2 [label="Recreational competition" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Recreational_competition" fontsize="10.0" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

Facts about "ELECTION IS A RACE"
ExampleEnglish (The GOP presidential race has a new front-runner: Gov. Rick Perry., ?, ?, trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com › Trail Blazers Blog, ?, ?, ?) +, English (This year's US presidential election is shaping up to be a very close race, with the incumbent currently in front, but his challenger close on his heels., ?, ?, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-28/obama-the-favourite---by-a-nose/4036964, ?, ?, ?) +, English (At the turn, it's Obama by a nose., ?, ?, www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4185908.html, ?, ?, ?) +, English (Noem sprints to election finish line with stop in Elk Point, SD., ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?) +, English (The race continues as Perry and Romney jockey for position, with Gingrich trailing behind., ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?) +, English (With the official start of primary season, candidates were off and running as they sought to quickly raise millions of dollars for ad buys., ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?) +, English (The Iowa caucuses in January 2012 serve as the starting line of the marathon primary-election campaigns necessary ..., ?, ?, http://articles.philly.com/2010-03-10/news/24957042_1_santorum-iowa-republican-party-ralph-reed, ?, ?, ?) + and English (Hutchinson the front-runner in 2014 governor's race, ?, ?, www.thecitywire.com/node/26617, ?, ?, ?) +
Has source frameFrame:Race +
Has target frameFrame:Election +
Mappingcandidate1 (racer1, ?) +, candidate2 (racer2, ?) +, outcome (outcome, ?) +, voting_event (race_event, ?) + and election_office (prize, ?) +
Metaphor.Investigated forEnglish +
Metaphor.LevelSpecific +
Metaphor.Source frameFrame:Race +
Metaphor.Target frameFrame:Election +
Metaphor.TypeComposed/complex +
Related metaphoris a source subcase of (ELECTIONS ARE COMPETITIVE SPORTS EVENTS, ?) +
Has subobject
"Has subobject" is a predefined property representing a container construct that allows to accumulate property-value assignments similar to that of a normal wiki page.
Metaphor:ELECTION IS A RACE#Is_example_of +