Predicate: confirmation

Roleset id: confirmation.01 , confirm, attest the truth of a proposition, vncls: 29.2

Roles:

        Arg0: confirmer
        Arg1: thing confirmed, statement or proposition
        Arg2: beneficiary, hearer

Example: autogen1

        We 're happy , we guess , to receive confirmation of the
        Krasnoyarsk violation from the Soviets , five years after we
        started writing about it .

        Arg2 : We ---> *-1
        ArgSupport : receive
        Rel : confirmation
        Arg1 : of the Krasnoyarsk violation
        Arg0 : from the Soviets

Example: autogen2

        court confirmation of its plan

        Arg0 : court
        Rel : confirmation
        Arg1 : of its plan

Roleset id: confirmation.02 , name to a position, hire, vncls: 29.1

Roles:

        Arg0: appointer, employer
        Arg1: appointee, employee
        Arg2: job, position

Example: autogen1

        his unsuccessful bid to win confirmation as secretary of defense

        Arg1 : his ---> *
        ArgSupport : win
        Rel : confirmation
        Arg2 : as secretary of defense

Example: autogen2

        the degrading Bork confirmation circus

        Arg1 : Bork
        Rel : confirmation