Definitions of Cognizer| Frame | Type | Definition |
| Achieving_first | C | The Cognizer comes up with or conceptualizes the New_idea . It is normally expressed as an External Argument: |
| Adding_up | C | The person doing the calculation. |
| Awareness | C | The Cognizer is the person whose awareness of phenomena is at question. With a target verb or adjective the Cognizer is generally expressed as an External Argument with the Content expressed as an Object or Complement. |
| Becoming_aware | C | The Cognizer is the person who becomes aware of a Phenomenon . It is normally expressed as an External Argument. |
| Being_in_category | P | This is the person who performs an act of categorization. Typically, this frame element is expressed as an oblique. |
| Categorization | C | This is the person who performs an act of categorization. Typically, this frame element is expressed as an External Argument. |
| Certainty | C | The Cognizer is the person whose certainty or uncertainty is at issue. |
| Choosing | C | The Cognizer chooses the Chosen out of the Possibilities . |
| Cogitation | C | With a target verb, the Cognizer is usually expressed as an External Argument, with the Topic appearing as an Object NP, a gerundive verbal Complement, or a PP. With a target noun, the Cognizer is typically expressed as the External Argument of a support verb , as a possessor, or in a PP. |
| Coming_to_believe | C | Cognizer is the person who comes to believe something. Sue realized that Bob was lost. |
| Coming_up_with | C | Cognizer is the person who comes up with or conceptualizes the Invention. It is normally expressed as an External Argument: Kim devised a new recipe. |
| Deciding | C | The Cognizer decides on a course of action. |
| Differentiation | C | The cognizer is the person (or other sentient being) who potentially determines that two Phenomena are distinct from each other. It is normally expressed as an External Argument: |
| Estimated_value | C | The individual who has considered evidence or performed calculations to produce the approximation. |
| Estimating | C | No Definition |
| Eventive_cognizer_affecting | C | The person who perceives the Event and changes his or her mind. |
| Evidence | P | The person for whom the Proposition is supported by the Support . |
| Evoking | C | The Cognizer is the person who remembers the Phenomenon . |
| Expectation | C | This is the person who believes some Phenomenon will take place in the future. It is normally expressed as an External Argument: Pat expects that the Yankees will win the World Series. |
| Familiarity | C | The (typically non-specific and backgrounded) sentient being for whom the Entity possesses a specified level of recognizability. |
| Grasp | C | The sentient animate being who acquires new knowledge. |
| Influence_of_event_on_cognizer | C | The sentient entity whose mind is moved in the direction of change. |
| Information | C | The Cognizer is aware of the Information . |
| Intoxication | C | The mental state of the Cognizer is changed by an Intoxicant . |
| Judgment | C | The Cognizer makes the judgment. This role is typically expressed as the External Argument (or in a by -PP in passives). |
| Make_cognitive_connection | C | The sentient entity that recognizes the causal connection. |
| Memorization | C | The sentient being that focuses on a Pattern so that it will remain in the memory. |
| Memory | C | The Cognizer is the person whose mental Content is at issue. |
| Needing | C | The Cognizer requires or believes he/she requires the Requirement to hold so that the Dependent will occur. |
| Opinion | C | The Cognizer is the person whose Opinion is in question. |
| Regard | C | The Cognizer is the one that makes a Judgment . This role is typically expressed as the External Argument (or in a by -PP in passives). |
| Reliance_on_expectation | C | An individual that considers the Expectation certain. |
| Remembering_experience | C | A person who recalls memories of past experience or impressions. |
| Remembering_information | C | The person who retains and retrieves information. |
| Remembering_to_do | C | The person who thinks of or fails to think of an obligatory or desireable Action . |
| Representing | P | The Cognizer is the person or group of people who believe in the representation. |
| Scrutinizing_for | C | The Cognizer pays attention to an entity in order to discover something about it. |
| Scrutiny | C | The Cognizer pays attention to an entity in order to discover something about it. The FE is normally expressed as an External Argument: |
| Searching_scenario | C | The Cognizer pays attention to the Ground in order to find instances of a type of Phenomenon . |
| Secrecy_status | P | The Cognizer is the person who might become aware of the Phenomenon if it was not concealed. |
| Subjective_influence | C | The person who is influenced by the Situation or Entity . |
| Taking_sides | C | The individual that holds an opinion on an Issue or Side. |
| Translating | C | This is the person who carries out the translation. |
| Trust | C | The Cognizer is the person who has an opinion about the reliability of a Source or the Information from the Source . |
| Waver_between_options | C | The Cognizer is the person who repeatedly changes their mind about which of the Options to choose. |
| Willingness | C | The Cognizer is the individual that is willing to engage in the Activity . |