Roleset evidence.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "provide proof for":

Roles:

Arg0:proof


Arg1:thing proved

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


as evidenced (-)
The use of the abominable construction practices in the Soviet Union -- as *trace* evidenced *trace* by the collapse of sand apartment blocks during the Armenian earthquake -- as a metaphor for the U.S. economic system was a sublime example of Mr. Cockburn's satirical muse.
REL:	evidenced
Arg1:	*trace* -> *trace* -> the abominable construction practices
Arg0-by:	the collapse of sand apartment blocks during the Armenian earthquake

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


untraceable (-)
And it has remained there, as *trace* evidenced *trace* by its reappearance in a 1972 CBS sitcom called ``Bridget Loves Bernie,'' whose sole distinction was that it led to the real-life marriage of Meredith Baxter and David Birney.
REL:	evidenced
Arg1:	*trace* -> *trace*
Arg0-by:	its reappearance in a 1972 CBS sitcom called ``Bridget Loves Bernie,'' whose sole distinction was that it led to the real-life marriage of Meredith Baxter and David Birney

Target of the trace is the act of "remaining there", which cannot be selected without including the trace itself. Bummer. person: third tense: past aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


more obviously verbal (-)
Sluggish demand was also evidenced *trace* by the weak 2.41-to-1 bid-to-cover ratio, which was lower than the average 2.79-to-1 ratio at the last 12 similar auctions.
ArgM-DIS:	also
REL:	evidenced
Arg1:	*trace* -> Sluggish demand
Arg0-by:	the weak 2.41-to-1 bid-to-cover ratio, which was lower than the average 2.79-to-1 ratio at the last 12 similar auctions

I don't think this can ever appear in the active.