Roleset answer.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "give an answer, reply":

Roles:

Arg0:replier


Arg1:in response to


Arg2:answer

Examples:

straight transitive (-)
In a letter to Georgia Gulf President Jerry R. Satrum, Mr. Martin asked Georgia Gulf *trace* to answer its offer by Tuesday.
Arg0:	*trace* -> Georgia Gulf
REL:	answer
Arg1:	its offer
ArgM-TMP:	by Tuesday




answer to (-)
Another proposed reform is to have program traders answer to an ``uptick rule'' a reform instituted after the Great Crash of 1929 that protects against stocks being relentlessly beaten downward by those seeking to profit from lower prices, namely short sellers.
Arg0:	program traders
REL:	answer
Arg1-to:	an ``uptick rule'' a reform instituted after the Great Crash of 1929 that protects against stocks being relentlessly beaten downward by those seeking to profit from lower prices, namely short sellers




with explicit answer (-)
``I've read Balzac,'' he answers critics.
Arg0:	he
REL:	answers
Arg1:	critics
Arg2:	*trace* -> I 've read Balzac

Arg1 actually conflates the roles "questioner" and "question"; these might have to be split at some point.