| Example Notes |
This example sentence does not contain a target actor. Had this sentence read, "Taiwan's military has gone on high alert against assassins," then we would code the target as "assassins." That is, the target for the Armed force alert event category must be the person, group or thing that the armed force has gone on alert [against]. Code this event category to reflect the armed force going on alert because of some danger posed by a target actor (should the target actor be specified). In this sentence, the military is protecting President-elect Chen Shui-bian from some undetermined danger; thus, he is not the target of the Armed force alert. What the armed force are trying to protect President-elect Chen Shui-bian from (albeit an unspecified actor in this example) is the true target of this interaction. |
Taiwan's military has gone on high alert for the weekend inauguration of President-elect Chen Shui-bian. *