Individual(s) who are members of an organization, when mentioned in relation to the organization (Org).

  • OrgMemberGestalt with possessive marking on the individual:

    • my school/gym [that I attend] 001

    • my work [the place where I work] 002

    • my landscaping company [that I hired] 003

    • the family of Miss Zarves 004

    • Miss Zarves's family 005

  • OrgMemberPossessor if the individual is understood to possess authority within or as a representative of the institution:

    • my small business [that I own or operate] 006

    • the president's administration 007

  • OrgMemberPartPortion if the governor is an organizational collective noun and the object of the preposition denotes a subset of members:

  • OrgMemberStuff if the governor is an organizational collective noun and the object of the preposition describes the full membership:

OrgMembers are generally people; sub-organizations within a larger organization are excluded.

Note that relations between persons, even in the context of an organization, fall under SocialRel (e.g. my boss).

A member of an organization is only labeled OrgMember when the relationship to the Org is in focus: e.g., an activity done as part of a job with an organization will not trigger OrgMember:

  • At the restaurant we were seated by the host. (Agent) 011

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Category Members (0)

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