Roleset investigate.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "examine closely":

Roles:

Arg0:examiner


Arg1:examined


Arg2:examined for

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: progressive voice: passive form: participle


investigate a person (-)
Mr. Antar is being investigated *trace* by a federal grand jury in Newark, where prosecutors have told him that they may soon seek an indictment on racketeering and securities fraud charges.
REL:	investigated
Arg1:	*trace* -> Mr. Antar
Arg0-by:	a federal grand jury in Newark, where prosecutors have told him that they may soon seek an indictment on racketeering and securities fraud charges

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


investigate an SBAR (-)
In another setback yesterday, United's machinist union asked the Treasury Department *trace* to investigate whether certain aspects of the original buy-out proposal violated tax laws.
Arg0:	*trace* -> the Treasury Department
REL:	investigate
Arg1:	whether certain aspects of the original buy-out proposal violated tax laws




with arg2 (-)
Mary investigated John's research for signs of obvious plagiarism.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	investigated
Arg1:	John's research
Arg2-for:	signs of obvious plagiarism