Predicate: exterminate

exterminate: Frames file for 'exterminate' based on frame file for 'destroy,' sentence from ECTB2. Verbnet class destroy-44.

Roleset id: exterminate.01 , exterminate, vncls: 44, framnet:

exterminate.01: Verbnet predicts an instrumental subject. They also bring the distinction between agent and instrument down to intentionality, which we've been trying to avoid. If you feel you can consistently make that decision, go ahead; otherwise only use arg2 when there is also an arg0.

Roles:

        Arg0: destroyer (vnrole: 44-Agent)
        Arg1: thing destroyed (vnrole: 44-Patient)
        Arg2: instrument of destruction (vnrole: 44-Instrument)

Example: no instrument

        How exactly does one go about * exterminating the millennium bug *T* ?

        Arg0: *
        Rel: exterminating
        Arg1: the millennium bug