Rolesets - speculate

speculate

speculate.01 - prognosticate

SPECULATE-V NOTES: Based on financial subcorpus; nominal 'speculating' based on BOLT-7. Member of Vncls conjecture-29.5-1. (from speculate.01-v)
SPECULATION-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT, speculate.01. Corresponds to VNcls conjecture-29.5-1. (from speculation.01-n)
SPECULATING-N NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from speculating.01-n)
arg1 and arg2 were a single arg in the verb frame, but have been split here due to the possibility that they will both occur, in keeping with more recent rolesets. (from speculation.01-n)

Aliases:

speculating (n.)
speculate (v.)
speculation (n.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: speculator
ARG1-PPT: actual speculation
ARG2-VSP: speculation on/about what

speculate an NP

A spokesmanARG0
declined to
speculaterel
about possible reductions in forceARG2
.

speculate an NP

Mr. SherwoodARG0
speculatedrel
that the leeway that Sea Containers has means that Temple would have to `` substantially increase their bid if they 're going to top usARG1
. ''

S introduced by a prep

AnalystsARG0
were n't willing to
speculaterel
on how much money Carnival might lose through depositsARG2
.

nominal rel: speculating

This is just a bunch of
recklessARGM-MNR
speculatingrel
, outrageousness , and foolishness ; absolutely not what a good - minded national should do , not to mention what a wise man should do .

args 0 and 1

Indeed , he admits how he and Gleason , on a 2004 survey of bowhead whales , observed four drowned polar bears after a harsh Arctic storm , leading to
theirARG0
speculationrel
that the deaths resulted from global warmingARG1
.

args 0 and 2

She especially enjoyed
hisARG0
speculationrel
about a " secret history of the United States : "ARG2