Roleset prompt.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "cause an event":

Roles:

Arg0:causer, prompter


Arg1:event

Examples:

caused event (-)
Mr. Edelman declined to specify what *trace* prompted the recent moves
Arg0:	*trace* -> what
REL:	prompted
Arg1:	the recent moves

Roleset prompt.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "bring about, cause":

Roles:

Arg0:causer, prompter


Arg1:impelled agent


Arg2:impelled action

Examples:

impelled action as PP (-)
But the next important piece of news on the economy's health -- this morning's release of the national purchasing manager's survey for October -- could prompt investors into action.
ArgM-DIS:	But
Arg0:	the next important piece of news on the economy's health -- this morning's release of the national purchasing manager's survey for October --
ArgM-MOD:	could
REL:	prompt
Arg1:	investors
Arg2-into:	action




more commonly as VP (-)
According to the Value Line Investment Survey, demand for Nekoosa's commodity paper has weakened, *trace* prompting earnings to decline by 6.6% in the third quarter ended Sept. 30.
Arg0:	*trace* -> demand for Nekoosa's commodity paper
REL:	prompting
Arg1:	earnings
Arg2:	to decline by 6.6% in the third quarter ended Sept. 30

These two rolesets should probably be merged somehow. Tracing for the 'agent' argument is often sketchy, as the target is often an NP-VP combination and thus not nicely packaged into a constituent. In these cases leave the trace with no target.

Roleset prompt.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "give the next line":

Roles:

Arg0:(tele)prompter


Arg1:speaker

Examples:

duh (-)
John could never remember his lines, so Mary had to prompt him every time.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	prompt
Arg1:	him
Argm-TMP:	every time