Roleset check.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "examine":

Roles:

Arg0:checker


Arg1:thing checked


Arg2:checked for

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


transitive (-)
Every day, Mr. Levy checks orders from Campeau department store chains, [*-2] trying [*-3] to guess if he will be paid [*-1].
ArgM-TMP:	Every day
Arg0:	Mr. Levy
REL:	checks
Arg1:	orders from Campeau department store chains
ArgM-ADV:	[*-2] trying [*-3] to guess if he will be paid [*-1]

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


just prepositional (-)
The company, based [*] in San Francisco, said [0] it had [*-1] to shut down a crude-oil pipeline in the Bay area [*-1] to check for leaks but added that its refinery in nearby Richmond, Calif., was undamaged.
Arg0:	[*-1] -> it
REL:	check
Arg2-for:	leaks

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


all args (-)
Every morning Mary checks John's homework for mistakes.
Argm-TMP:	Every morning
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	checks
Arg1:	John's homework
Arg2-for:	mistakes

Roleset check.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "enter/exit, as a hotel":

Roles:

ArgA:causal agent


Arg0:entity checking


Arg1:thing checked into/out of, or direction alone

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


classic roach motel ad, first half (-)
``They check in, but they can't check out.''
Arg0:	They
REL:	check
Arg1:	in

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


with causal agent (-)
Mary checked John into a mental ward.
ArgA:	Mary
REL:	checked
Arg0:	John
Arg1-into:	a mental ward

Similarly "check out (of X)"

Roleset check.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "make checkmarks":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, person with pen


Arg1:option, box, etc

Examples:

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


just like the SATs (-)
Offering the wine at roughly $65 a bottle wholesale ($100 retail), he sent merchants around the country a form asking them [*-2] to check one of three answers: 1) no, the wine is too high (2 responses); 2) yes, it's high but I 'll take it (2 responses); 3 ) I'll take all I can get (58 responses).
Arg0:	[*-2] -> them
REL:	check
Arg1:	one of three answers: 1) no, the wine is too high (2 responses); 2) yes, it's high but I 'll take it (2 responses); 3 ) I'll take all I can get (58 responses)

Roleset check.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "check in: confirm":

Roles:

Arg0:confirmer, agent


Arg1:check in with whom

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


not like a hotel! (-)
Hundreds of Californians made their way to their computers after the quake, and checked in with each other on electronic bulletin boards, which link computers CB-radio-style, via phone lines.
Arg0:	Hundreds of Californians
REL:	checked in
Arg1-with:	each other
Argm-LOC:	on electronic bulletin boards, which link computers CB-radio-style, via phone lines