Roleset uncover.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "discover":

Roles:

Arg0:discoverer


Arg1:thing discovered


Arg3:secondary attribute

Examples:

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


basic transitive (-)
Medical scientists are starting *trace* to uncover a handful of genes which, if damaged, unleash the chaotic growth of cells that characterizes cancer.
Arg0:	*trace* -> Medical scientists
REL:	uncover
Arg1:	a handful of genes which, if damaged, unleash the chaotic growth of cells that characterizes cancer

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


passive (-)
The problems were uncovered *trace* during a series of internal investigations of the company's Space Systems division, which has been the focus of two separate overcharge prosecutions by the government since 1985.
REL:	uncovered
Arg1:	*trace* -> The problems
ArgM-TMP:	during a series of internal investigations of the company's Space Systems division, which has been the focus of two separate overcharge prosecutions by the government since 1985

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


with 2ry attribute (-)
The personal antics of agency Director Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow drew much attention, such as when several of his top aides were uncovered *trace* as KGB plants and ejected from France and when a mysterious office fire was set just before Congress sent accountants to trace U.S. funds.
REL:	uncovered
Arg1:	*trace* -> several of his top aides
Arg3-as:	KGB plants