Roleset counteract.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "work against, prevent":

Roles:

Arg0:worker, Agent


Arg1:action or object being prevented


Arg3:instrument

Examples:

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


with instrument/manner (-)
HomeFed had been one of the handful of large West Coast thrifts that in recent quarters *trace* had counteracted interest-rate problems dogging the industry by keeping a lid on problem assets and lending heavily into the furious California housing market.
ArgM-TMP:	in recent quarters
Arg0:	*trace* -> that -> large West Coast thrifts
REL:	counteracted
Arg1:	interest-rate problems dogging the industry
Arg3-by:	keeping a lid on problem assets and lending heavily into the furious California housing market

'prevent' predicts an arg2 "secondary predication or action", but I don't think this will occur with 'counteract.'