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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="differentiate">
<note>
  Frames file for 'differentiate' based on sentences in wsj.  No
  access to verbnet at the moment.
</note>

<roleset id="differentiate.01" name="cause or point out a difference" vncls="23.1">
<roles>
  <role descr="causer of difference" n="0"><vnrole vncls="23.1" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="different thing(s)" n="1"><vnrole vncls="23.1" vntheta="Patient"/></role>
  <role descr="instrument, when separate from arg0" n="2"/>
</roles>

<example name="differentiate between">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="gerund" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="ns"/>
<text>
    Certainly conservative environmentalists can defend their limited
    government position by [*-1] differentiating between Old
    Environmentalism and New Environmentalism (``Journalists and
    Others for Saving the Planet,'' by David Brooks, editorial page,
    Oct. 5). 
</text>
        <arg n="0">[*-1] -&gt;  conservative environmentalists</arg>
        <rel>differentiating</rel>
        <arg f="between" n="1">Old Environmentalism and New
        Environmentalism</arg> 
</example>


<example name="arg1 unstated">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="infinitive" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="active"/>
<text>
    Producers also are trying [*-2] to differentiate by concentrating
    on higher-profit output, such as coated and electrogalvanized
    products, which remain beyond the reach of minimills. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">[*-2] -&gt;  Producers</arg>
        <rel>differentiate</rel>
        <arg f="by" n="2">concentrating on higher-profit output, such
        as coated and electrogalvanized products, which remain beyond
        the reach of minimills</arg> 
<note>
Arg1 here defaults to 'among themselves' or something like that.
</note>

</example>

</roleset>
</predicate>
</frameset>
