Predicate: confirm

Roleset id: confirm.01 , confirm, attest the truth of a proposition, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

confirm.01: CONFIRM-V NOTES: Based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Comparison to 'deny'. Member of VNcls conjecture-29.5-2, indicate-78-1-1 (from confirm.01-v) CONFIRMATION-N NOTES: Added due to expansion of Nombank. Comparison to 'confirm.01'. Vn class conjecture-29.5-2 and indicate-78-1-1.FN class verification and rite. Framed by Katie. (from confirmation.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
confirmation (n.)verification rite
confirm (v.)Statement Verification Evidence

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: confirmer (vnrole: 29.5-2-agent, 78-1-1-cause)
        Arg1-PPT: thing confirmed, statement or proposition (vnrole: 29.5-2-theme, 78-1-1-topic)
        Arg2-GOL: benefactive, hearer (vnrole: 78-1-1-recipient)

Example: justifying the comparison

        He-1 declined *trace*-1 to confirm or deny reports that Provigo executive Henri Roy is trying to put together a management buy-out of the catalogue showroom unit.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: confirm
        Arg1: reports that Provigo executive Henri Roy is trying to put together a management buy-out of the catalogue showroom unit

Example: watch the complementizers

        GM confirmed Friday that it received permission late Thursday from U.S. antitrust regulators to increase its Jaguar holdings past the $15 million level.

        Arg0: GM
        Rel: confirmed
        Argm-tmp: Friday
        Arg1: that it received permission late Thursday from U.S. antitrust regulators to increase its Jaguar holdings past the $15 million level

Example: ARG0 and ARG2 and ARG1

        Today investigators say the pilot had confirmed with pilots the control tower moments before taking off he had turned onto the correct runway but pilots behind him say he turned onto the wrong runway .

        Arg0: the pilot
        Rel: confirmed
        Arg2: with pilots the control tower
        Argm-tmp: moments before taking off
        Arg1: he had turned onto the correct runway

Example: Arg 1

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        Last week's confirmation of Mazen

        Argm-tmp: Last week's
        Rel: confirmation
        Arg1: of Mazen

Example: More cononical arg 1

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        confirmation of the ship's first strike

        Rel: confirmation
        Arg1: of the ship's first strike

Example: Both Args

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        Their confirmation of sale

        Arg0: their
        Rel: confirmation
        Arg1: of sale