Roleset differentiate.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "cause or point out a difference":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of difference


Arg1:different thing(s)


Arg2:instrument, when separate from arg0

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: gerund


differentiate between (-)
Certainly conservative environmentalists can defend their limited government position by [*-1] differentiating between Old Environmentalism and New Environmentalism (``Journalists and Others for Saving the Planet,'' by David Brooks, editorial page, Oct. 5).
Arg0:	[*-1] -> conservative environmentalists
REL:	differentiating
Arg1-between:	Old Environmentalism and New Environmentalism

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: infinitive
Arg1 here defaults to 'among themselves' or something like that.

arg1 unstated (-)
Producers also are trying [*-2] to differentiate by concentrating on higher-profit output, such as coated and electrogalvanized products, which remain beyond the reach of minimills.
Arg0:	[*-2] -> Producers
REL:	differentiate
Arg2-by:	concentrating on higher-profit output, such as coated and electrogalvanized products, which remain beyond the reach of minimills