Predicate: poll

poll: Frames file for 'poll' based on sentences in financial subcorpus and automatic expansion via verbnet. Well, not actually, b/c Levin includes this in the 'pit' class which doesn't make any sense to me. Comparison with 'question' instead. Note that args 1 and 2 have been reversed from 'question'

Roleset id: poll.01 , survey, as of voters, vncls: , framnet:

poll.01: No relevant VN class.

Roles:

        Arg0: poller
        Arg1: people asked
        Arg2: topic

Example: without topic

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

        The consensus of economists-1 polled *trace*-1 by Dow Jones Capital
        Markets Report calls for a 2.5% annual growth rate for GNP during
        the quarter.

        Rel: polled
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: by Dow Jones Capital Markets Report

Example: with topic

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        John polled everyone in the grocery store about their favorite
        flavors of ice cream.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: polled
        Arg1: everyone in the grocey store
        Arg2: about their favorite flavors of ice cream