Frameset

Predicate qualify:

Frames file for 'qualify' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entries 29.2, 29.6, other framed members include bill, classify, count, define, describe, emply, establish, intend, portray, rank, recommend, regard, treat, view; act. That's one sense. No framenet entry.

Roleset qualify.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "define (further)":

Roles:

Arg0:speaker

Arg1:thing being described

Arg2:secondary predication

Examples:

past

active

full

all args (-)
`John qualified his statements as "just kidding, sheesh!"`
Arg0:	John
REL:	qualified
Arg1:	his statements
Arg2-as:	"just kidding, sheesh!"

Roleset qualify.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "measure up to":

Roles:

Arg1:entity being tested

Arg2:for what?

Examples:

present

active

full

arg2-for (-)
`Paribas said it will bid 1,850 francs a share for Navigation Mixte shares that trace qualify for a full yearly dividend...`
Arg1:	trace -> that -> Navigation Mixte shares
REL:	qualify
Arg2-for:	a full yearly dividend

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: full
arg2-as (-)

He said the decision was the first in which a federal appeals court has ruled whether administrative government proceedings qualify as litigation.

Arg1: administrative government proceedings

REL: qualify

Arg2-as: litigation

arg2-as (-)
`He said the decision was the first in which a federal appeals court has ruled whether administrative government proceedings qualify as litigation.`
Arg1:	administrative government proceedings
REL:	qualify
Arg2-as:	litigation

The latter case could be paraphrased as "...proceedings qualify for use as litigation" or something like that. Or maybe it's the other roleset.