Ratio

Definition:

In this frame, a Criterion determines a Ratio that quantifies the size of the subset of a larger Group.

         74 PERCENT OF Republicans support the Affordable Care Act.

         Eighty PERCENT OF Wall Street executives and their spouses' donations go to Democrats.

         Seventy PERCENT OF Americans don't have a college degree.

FEs:

Core:

Criterion [cri]	The conditions which determines a Ratio that quantifies the subset of a Group.
	Ninety PERCENT OF American workers don't own their own business.
Group [grp]	A larger collection of entities from which a smaller subset is selected based on a Criterion.
	About 30 PERCENT OF those released from Guantanamo have re-entered the fight.
Ratio [rat]	The fraction that is determined by a Criterion to quantify the size of the subset relative to the size of the Group.
	56 PERCENT OF (the U.S.-Mexico) border is not under our control.

Non-Core:

Time [tim]:	The Time when the Criterion determines a Ratio that quantifies the subset of a Group.
Semantic Type: Time	99 PERCENT OF all new income today (is) going to top 1 percent.

Frame-frame Relations:

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Has Subframe(s):

Precedes:

Is Preceded by:

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Lexical Units:

out of.prep

percent of.prep

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