'V n for n' - Construction 15

Name: the mistake one thing for another construction
Description: A person mistakes one person or thing for another.
Verbs: mistake
Example: …Charles Darwin mistook the finch for a warbler. (BNC)
Membership: exchanging 'for'; two things
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Cognition Roles: NP1: Cognizer; NP2 + NP3: Phenomenon
Field: Equivalence Roles: NP1: Cognizer; NP2: Carrier1; NP3: Carrier2
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