Rolesets - differ

differ

differ.01 - disagree, argue

DIFFER-V NOTES: Based on financial subcorpus, automatic expansion via verbnet. Member of VNcls battle-36.4-1. (from differ.01-v)

Aliases:

differ (v.)
beg_to_differ (m.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: first arguer
ARG1-PPT: second arguer
ARG2-PPT: topic

ARG0 and ARG1 and ARG2

He told Stein that even though
the religious leadersARG0
differedrel
with himARG1
about abortionARG2
,
according to what they preachedARGM-ADV
, they believed in the sanctity of life just as he did .

beg_to_differ-m:

JohnARG0
begsrel
torel
differrel
.

differ.02 - be different, distinct, separate, unalike

DIFFER-V NOTES: Member of VNcls differ-23.4. (from differ.02-v)
DIFFERENT-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on WSJ data. Corresponds to differ-v.02 (battle-36.4-1). (from different.01-j)
DIFFERENCE-N NOTES: (from difference.01-n)

Aliases:

difference (n.)
different (j.)
differ (v.)

Roles:

ARG1-PAG: first thing that is different
ARG2-PPT: from what
ARG3-VSP: domain in which args 1 and 2 are different

differ-v: differ from

Digital , Maynard , Mass. , insisted yesterday that
its marketing focusARG1
wouldARGM-MOD
differrel
sharplyARGM-EXT
from IBM 'sARG2
.

ARG1

A Clinton spokesman described the week of US mediated talks as constructive , but the parties had
differingrel
assessmentsARG1
with Palestinian negotiator Sayeb Erekat saying major gaps remain .

different-j: args 1, 3 and CAU

WhyARGM-CAU
are
" put " and " but "ARG1
differentrel
in their pronunciationARG3
?

different-j: arg3 as subject

In 1995 , China formally launched the policy " managing large enterprises well while adopting more flexible policies toward small ones , " and explained that
the way the state - owned enterprises were reformedARG3
was
differentrel
between China and the Eastern European countriesARG1
.

make_difference

make_difference.03 - cause a meaningful change, improve; improve the world

Aliases:

make_difference (l.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: thing affecting
ARG1-PPT: thing affected
ARG2-MNR: instrument, effect had

make_difference-l: with arg0

If we all join togetherARGM-ADV
,
weARG0
canARGM-MOD
makeARGM-LVB
a
differencerel
.

make_difference-l: with arg0

VolunteersARG0
canARGM-MOD
makeARGM-LVB
a
differencerel
in their communitiesARG1