Predicate: uncover

uncover: Frames file for 'uncover' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry, not actually very similar to 'cover' but basically the same as 'discover'.

Roleset id: uncover.01 , discover, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: discoverer
        Arg1: thing discovered
        Arg3: secondary attribute

Example: basic transitive

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

        [Medical scientists]-1 are starting *trace*-1 to uncover a handful of
        genes which, if damaged, unleash the chaotic growth of cells that
        characterizes cancer.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: uncover
        Arg1: a handful of genes which, if damaged, unleash the chaotic growth of cells that characterizes cancer

Example: passive

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

        [The problems]-1 were uncovered *trace*-1 during a series of internal
        investigations of the company's Space Systems division, which has
        been the focus of two separate overcharge prosecutions by the
        government since 1985.

        Rel: uncovered
        Arg1: *trace*
        ArgM-TMP: during a series of internal investigations of the company's Space Systems division, which has been the focus of two separate overcharge prosecutions by the government since 1985

Example: with 2ry attribute

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

        The personal antics of agency Director Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow drew
        much attention, such as when [several of his top aides]-1 were
        uncovered *trace*-1 as KGB plants and ejected from France and when a
        mysterious office fire was set just before Congress sent
        accountants to trace U.S. funds.

        Rel: uncovered
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg3: as KGB plants