Predicate: contrast

contrast: Frames file for 'contrast' based on sentences in financial subcorpus and automatic expansion via verbnet.

Roleset id: contrast.01 , point out differences, vncls: 22.2, framnet:

contrast.01: Member of Vncls amalgamate-22.2-2-1.

Roles:

        watch out for instances where contrast appears in a PP with no preposition-- don't annotate these.
        Arg0: entity making comparison (vnrole: 22.2-agent)
        Arg1: first item in comparison (vnrole: 22.2-patient1)
        Arg2: second item in comparison, usually prepositional (vnrole: 22.2-patient2)

Example: arg 1 should be a trace in these instances; otherwise, .ER

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        [Its loss of $77.7 million, or $1.86 a share]-1, contrasted *trace*-1 with net
        of $68.5 million, or $1.58a share, in the 1988 third quarter.

        Rel: contrasted
        Arg1: *trace*-1: [Its loss of $77.7 million, or $1.86 a share]
        Arg2: with net of $68.5 million, or $1.58 a share, in the 1988 third quarter

Example: arg1 as subject

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        This contrasts with the year-ago quarter, when the company had net
        income of $11.7 million, or 45 cents a share, on revenue of $75.7
        million.

        Arg1: This
        Rel: contrasts
        Arg2: with the year-ago quarter, when the company had net income of $11.7 million, or 45 cents a share, on revenue of $75.7 million

Example: all args

        John contrasted his ideas with the professor's argument.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: contrasted
        Arg1: his ideas
        Arg2: with the professor's argument