Predicate: corroborate
Roleset id: corroborate.01 , confirm truth of a statement, vncls: 78 37.1.1, framnet: Evidence
corroborate.01: Based on sentences in wsj. Member of VNcls indicate-78, transfer_mesg-37.1.1. Updated by Julia, 11/2010.
Roles:
Arg0: confirmation of truth, supporting evidence (vnrole: 78-cause, 37.1.1-agent)
Arg1: statement (vnrole: 78-topic, 37.1.1-topic)
Example: typical
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Three pieces of evidence corroborate the key assumption that
Democratic legislators are more willing to engage in local
benefit-seeking than their Republican colleagues.
Arg0: Three pieces of evidence
Rel: corroborate
Arg1: the key assumption that Democratic legislators are more willing to engage in local benefit-seeking than their Republican colleagues