Predicate: underestimate

Frames file for 'underestimate' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.

Roleset id: underestimate.01 , underestimate, vncls: -

Roles:

        Arg0: underestimator
        Arg1: thing underestimated
        Arg2: by how much

Example: all args

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        John Wetherell, a Lloyd's underwriter, says he and his fellow
        underwriters underestimated by as much as 50% the premiums they
        should have charged for property risks from 1980 to 1985.

        Arg0 : he and his fellow underwriters
        Rel : underestimated
        Arg2 : by as much as 50%
        Arg1 : the premiums they should have charged for property risks from 1980 to 1985

Example: missing extent

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle

        I had underestimated, however, both Mr. Gelbart's wit and the
        persistence of scandal in Washington.

        Arg0 : I
        Rel : underestimated
        ArgM-DIS : however
        Arg1 : both Mr. Gelbart's wit and the persistence of scandal in Washington

Example: missing agent

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: perfect,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        In other words, [the growth rates of both total GNP and real
        private business product per labor hour]-1 have been underestimated
        [*-1] by about 20%.

        Rel : underestimated
        Arg1 : [*-1]
        Arg2 : by about 20%

Example: missing agent and EXT

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        But while verbal high jinks alone won't help PASOK regain power,
        [Mr. Papandreou]-1 should never be underestimated [*-1].

        ArgM-MOD : should
        ArgM-TMP : never
        Rel : underestimated
        Arg1 : [*-1]