Predicate: corroborate

Roleset id: corroborate.01 , confirm truth of a statement, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

corroborate.01: CORROBORATE-V NOTES: Based on sentences in wsj. Member of VNcls indicate-78, transfer_mesg-37.1.1. Updated by Julia, 11/2010. (from corroborate.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
corroborate (v.)Evidence

Roles:

        Arg0-CAU: confirmation of truth, supporting evidence (vnrole: 78-Cause, 37.1.1-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: statement (vnrole: 78-Topic, 37.1.1-Topic)

Example: typical

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

        Three pieces of evidence corroborate the key assumption that Democratic legislators are more willing to engage in local benefit-seeking than their Republican colleagues.

        Arg0: Three pieces of evidence
        Rel: corroborate
        Arg1: the key assumption that Democratic legislators are more willing to engage in local benefit-seeking than their Republican colleagues