Metaphor:ELECTION IS A RACE
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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
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Target Frame | Election Roles:voter, candidate1, candidate2, office, outcome, voting_event, institution, ballot, ballot_counting
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Mappings:
candidate1 | <= | racer1 |
candidate2 | <= | racer2 |
outcome | <= | outcome |
voting_event | <= | race_event |
election_office | <= | prize |
Related Metaphors:
Current Metaphor | ELECTION IS A RACE |
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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. |
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Provenance: | trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com › Trail Blazers Blog |
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. |
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Provenance: | http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-28/obama-the-favourite---by-a-nose/4036964 |
Example Text: | At the turn, it's Obama by a nose. |
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Provenance: | www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4185908.html |
Example Text: | Noem sprints to election finish line with stop in Elk Point, SD. |
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Example Text: | The race continues as Perry and Romney jockey for position, with Gingrich trailing behind. |
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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. |
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Example Text: | The Iowa caucuses in January 2012 serve as the starting line of the marathon primary-election campaigns necessary ... |
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Provenance: | http://articles.philly.com/2010-03-10/news/24957042_1_santorum-iowa-republican-party-ralph-reed |
Example Text: | Hutchinson the front-runner in 2014 governor's race |
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Provenance: | www.thecitywire.com/node/26617 |
Graph of related metaphors:
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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" ]; }
Example | English (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 frame | Frame:Race + |
Has target frame | Frame:Election + |
Mapping | candidate1 (racer1, ?) +, candidate2 (racer2, ?) +, outcome (outcome, ?) +, voting_event (race_event, ?) + and election_office (prize, ?) + |
Metaphor.Investigated for | English + |
Metaphor.Level | Specific + |
Metaphor.Source frame | Frame:Race + |
Metaphor.Target frame | Frame:Election + |
Metaphor.Type | Composed/complex + |
Related metaphor | is 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 + |