Predicate: confirm
Roleset id: confirm.01 , confirm, attest the truth of a proposition, vncls: 29.2 78, framnet: Statement , Verification , Evidence
confirm.01: Based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Comparison to 'deny'. Member of VNcls conjecture-29.5-2, indicate-78-1-1
Roles:
Arg0: confirmer (vnrole: 29.2-agent, 78-cause)
Arg1: thing confirmed, statement or proposition (vnrole: 29.2-theme, 29.2-predicate, 78-topic)
Arg2: benefactive, hearer (vnrole: 78-recipient)
Example: justifying the comparison
He-1 declined *trace*-1 to confirm or deny reports that Provigo
executive Henri Roy is trying to put together a management buy-out
of the catalogue showroom unit.
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: confirm
Arg1: reports that Provigo executive Henri Roy is trying to put together a management buy-out of the catalogue showroom unit
Example: watch the complementizers
GM confirmed Friday that it received permission late Thursday from
U.S. antitrust regulators to increase its Jaguar holdings past the
$15 million level.
Arg0: GM
Rel: confirmed
Argm-tmp: Friday
Arg1: that it received permission late Thursday from U.S. antitrust regulators to increase its Jaguar holdings past the $15 million level
Example: with hearer
John confirmed to Mary that he'd been sleeping in a box under a
bridge.
Arg0: John
Rel: confirmed
Arg2: to Mary
Arg1: that he'd been sleeping in a box under a bridge.