Predicate: substantiate

substantiate: Frames file for 'substantiate' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry, Framenet entry Evidence.

Roleset id: substantiate.01 , prove, justify, vncls: , framnet:

substantiate.01: More common in the negative adjectival 'unsubstantiated' (eg rumors).

Roles:

        Arg0: prover
        Arg1: justified

Example: the one example

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: infinitive

        Mr. Lewis said [the company]-1 gave the Consumer Affairs department
        ``volumes of documents'' *trace*-1 to substantiate its statements,
        and made ``every effort to comply'' with all the agency's
        policies.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: substantiate
        Arg1: its statements