Roleset affirm.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "attest the truth or validity of some proposition":

Roles:

Arg0:confirmer


Arg1:thing confirmed, statement or proposition


Arg2:benefactive, hearer

Examples:

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


basic (-)
The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed a ruling that barred Chris-Craft Industries from voting its Warner preferred stock as a separate class in deciding on the companies' proposed merger.
Arg0:	The Delaware Supreme Court
REL:	affirmed
Arg1:	a ruling that barred Chris-Craft Industries from voting its Warner preferred stock as a separate class in deciding on the companies' proposed merger