'V to n' - Construction 10

Name: the correspond to something construction
Description: One entity has equality with another.
Verbs: answer, approximate, conform, correlate, correspond, connect, equate, relate, hark back, match up, measure up, stack up; apply, pertain, relate
Example: …there is an area that corresponds to Broca's area… (BNC)
Membership: relational 'to'; relation
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Logical relations. Roles: NP1: Correspondance; NP2: Correspondance
Field: Equivalence. Roles: NP1: Carrier1; NP2: Carrier2
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