'V n adj' - Construction 3

Name: the believe something quality construction
Description: A person thinks that something has a particular quality.
Verbs: account, believe, consider, count, deem, find, hold, judge, presume, rate, think
Example: …although many considered them too weak to improve competitiveness. (BNC)
Membership:
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Cognition. Roles: NP1: Cognizer; NP2 + Adj: Phenomenon
Field: Equivalence. Roles: NP1: Cognizer; NP2: Carrier; Adj: Attribute
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