Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 DEMONSTRATE NP2[topic[concrete]]
Examples:
The police have been unable to demonstrate a link between the two murders.
The film 2001 demonstrated the illusive and relative notion of 'intelligence'.
The Roman roads demonstrate excellent engineering know-how.
He demonstrated great skill in steering the warring factions to the negotiating table.
The existence of additional spatial dimensions may be demonstrated
through new high energy particle experiments.
Colleagues demonstrated that transposon-mediated evolution can
happen in real time to create novel solutions to changing
conditions.
As Figure one demonstrates, moderate slumps in the economy
tend to be followed by moderate recoveries.
Mappings:
VerbNet: indicate-78-1-1
FrameNet: Reasoning,Evidence
PropBank: demonstrate.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3
Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[agent] DEMONSTRATE NP2
NOTE: Does -not- occur with finite COMPs, i.e. that S
NOTE: 'The magician demonstrated that a rabbit was removed from a bottle' = Sense 1
Examples:
The magician will now demonstrate removing a rabbit from a bottle.
They are demonstrating a great new graphics package at Booth 15.
The chef demonstrated how to bone a chicken.
Mappings:
VerbNet: transfer_mesg-37.1.1
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: demonstrate.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP1[agent] DEMONSTRATE (PP{P NP[topic]}) NP1[agent] DEMONSTRATE (PP{P NP[location]})
NOTE: this sense never takes a direct object of the verb.
Examples:
The students are demonstrating against the war in front of the administration building.
Angry mobs were demonstrating in front of several European embassies.
John is not planning to demonstrate because he has a physics exam in the morning.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: demonstrate.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4