<def-root>This frame is about comparing an <fex name="Entity">Entity</fex> with itself at two different points in time using a <fex name="Comparison_criterion">Comparison_criterion</fex> while qualifying with a <fex name="Degree">Degree</fex></ex>
<ex><fex name="Entity">The average family not in the top 10 percent</fex> <fex name="Comparison_criterion">makes less money</fex> <fex name="First_point_in_time">today</fex> <t>than</t> they were making <fex name="Second_point_in_time">a generation ago</fex>.</ex>
<ex><fex name="Degree">More</fex> <fex name="Entity">private-sector jobs</fex> <fex name="Comparison_criterion">were created</fex> <fex name="First_point_in_time">in the second year of the Obama administration</fex> <t>than</t> <fex name="Second_point_in_time">in the eight years of the Bush administration.</fex>.</ex>
<ex><fex name="Entity">We</fex> <fex name="Comparison_criterion">lost more jobs</fex> <fex name="First_point_in_time">in this great recession</fex> <t>than</t> <fex name="Second_point_in_time">the last four recessions combined</fex>.</ex>
<def-root>An <fex name="Entity">Entity</fex> or a set of entities being compared with itself at two different points in time based on a criteria.</def-root></ex>
<ex><fex name="Entity">The average family not in the top 10 percent</fex> makes less money today <t>than</t> they were making a generation ago.</ex>
<def-root>The time where the <fex name="Entity">Entity</fex> is being compared with itself in the <fex name="Second_point_in_time">Second_point_in_time</fex></def-root></ex>
<ex>More private-sector jobs were created in <fex name="First_point_in_time">in the second year of the Obama</fex> <t>than</t> in the eight years of the Bush administration.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The time where the <fex name="Entity">Entity</fex> is being compared with itself in the <fex name="First_point_in_time">First_point_in_time</fex></def-root></ex>
<ex>More private-sector jobs were created in the second year of the Obama administration <t>than</t> <fex name="Second_point_in_time">in the eight years of the Bush administration</fex>.</def-root>
<def-root>A criterion that is used to compare the <fex name="Entity">Entity</fex> with itself.</def-root></ex>
<ex>You had more women <fex name="Comparison_criterion">getting computer science degrees</fex> in the '80s by a factor of 2-plus <t>than</t> than you do now.
<def-root>The extent to which the <fex name="Comparison_criterion">Comparison_criterion</fex> changes between <fex name="First_point_in_time">First_point_in_time</fex> and <fex name="Second_point_in_time">Second_point_in_time</fex>.</def-root></ex>
<ex><fex name="Degree">More</fex> private-sector jobs <fex name="Comparison_criterion">were created</fex> in the second year of the Obama administration <t>than</t> in the eight years of the Bush administration.</def-root>
<def-root>The magnitude of the change that the <fex name="Entity">Entity</fex> has in <fex name="Comparison_criterion">Comparison_criterion</fex> between <fex name="First_point_in_time">First_point_in_time</fex> and <fex name="Second_point_in_time">Second_point_in_time</fex></def-root></ex>
<ex>You had more women getting computer sciences degrees in the '80s <fex name="Difference">by a factor of 2-plus</fex> <t>than</t> you do now.</def-root>
COD: Used in expressions indicating one thing happening immediately after another.