the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
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China is now the world's sixth-largest trading partner and the second-largest recipient of foreign investment after the United States.中国现在是世界第6大贸易国，仅次于美国的世界第二大外国投资接受国。
The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper.获奖者名单登在报上。
The postman spent almost a whole day looking for the recipient of the letter.邮递员几乎花了整整一天时间寻找该信的收信人。
