Roleset track.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "follow":

Roles:

Arg0:thing following


Arg1:thing followed


Arg2:benefactive


Arg3:instrument

Examples:

transitive (-)
The Nasdaq bank index tracks thrift issues.
Arg0:	The Nasdaq bank index
REL:	tracks
Arg1:	thrift issues




with instrument (-)
The brokerage firm tracks technology stocks with its Technology Index.
Arg0:	The brokerage firm
REL:	tracks
Arg1:	technology stocks
Arg3-with:	its Technology Index

This actually diverges rather dramatically from 'follow'.

Roleset track.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "be on track":

Roles:

Arg1:thing on track


Arg2:track itself (loosely speaking)

Examples:

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


prepositional track (-)
Indeed, the stock market's steady advance this year tracked with President Bush's success in advancing his capital-gain proposal.
Argm-DIS:	Indeed
Arg1:	the stock market's steady advance this year
REL:	tracked
Arg2-with:	President Bush's success in advancing his capital-gains proposal

Note that the 'with' is actually optional.

Roleset track.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "find":

Roles:

Arg0:finder


Arg1:thing found


Arg2:benefactive, found for

Examples:

transitive, no benefactive (-)
A Commonwealth Edison spokesman said that *trace* tracking down the two million customers whose addresses have changed during the past 3 1/2 years would be ``an administrative nightmare.''
Arg0:	*trace*
REL:	tracking down
Arg1:	the two million customers whose addresses have changed during the past 3 1/2 years would be ``an administrative nightmare.''