Frames file for 'overbid' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.
Roleset overbid.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "bid too much":
Roles:
Arg0:bidder
Examples:
the one example (-)
person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
J. William Grimes, former president of ESPN, says NBC may ``come
in with a huge bid for college basketball to take it away from CBS
and say, `We can overbid, too.'''
Arg0:
We
ArgM-MOD:
can
REL:
overbid
ArgM-DIS:
too
Roleset overbid.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "bid more than someone else":
Roles:
Arg0:higher bidder
Arg1:lower bidder
Examples:
the other example (-)
person: ns
tense: past
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
``Our competitors say we overbid them.
Arg0:
we
REL:
overbid
Arg1:
them
Maybe these two senses could be conflated, but it's hard to see how.