'V wh' - Construction 16

Name: the entity reveals what is the case construction
Description: An entity makes people know something.
Verbs: confirm, demonstrate, establish, illustrate, indicate, prove, reveal, show, signal, underline, underscore
Example: On a train journey the vibration can reveal when brakes are applied. (BNC)
Membership: Cognition; learning
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Cognition. Roles: NP1: Source; wh-clause: Inference
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