Roleset prefer.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to choose as more desirable":

Roles:

Arg0:chooser, agent


Arg1:entity chosen


Arg2:entity compared to

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
Although manufacturers often are quick [*-1] to call for lower interest rates , 60 % of the executives said [0] they would prefer that the Fed keep inflation-fighting as its top priority even if that means higher rates .
Arg0:	they
ArgM-MOD:	would
REL:	prefer
Arg1:	the Fed keep inflation-fighting as its top priority even if that means higher rates

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


passive (-)
The sales-tax plan was preferred [*-239] over an alternative that [*T*-277] would have boosted the state gasoline tax .
REL:	preferred
Arg1:	[*-239] -> The sales-tax plan
Arg2-over:	an alternative that [*T*-277] would have boosted the state gasoline tax

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


all arguments (-)
Sulzer preferred him to financier Tito Tettamanti , whose secretive raid on the company 's stock [*T*-1] had led to a bitter battle .
Arg0:	Sulzer
REL:	preferred
Arg1:	him
Arg2-to:	financier Tito Tettamanti , whose secretive raid on the company 's stock [*T*-1] had led to a bitter battle