Geach–Kaplan sentence
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The Geach–Kaplan sentence is a famous example in the philosophy of language that illustrates problems for certain theories of reference and propositional attitudes by involving complex belief ascriptions and indirect discourse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Geach–Kaplan sentence canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12044875 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geach–Kaplan sentence Context triple: [Peter Geach, notableIdea, Geach–Kaplan sentence]
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A.
Ramsey sentence
A Ramsey sentence is a logical reformulation of a scientific theory that replaces its theoretical terms with existentially quantified variables to capture only its structural content.
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B.
Millian semantics
Millian semantics is a theory of meaning in philosophy of language that holds that the meaning of a proper name is nothing more than its referent, without any associated descriptive content.
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C.
Subjacency
Subjacency is a syntactic constraint in generative grammar that limits how far elements can move in a sentence, helping to explain why certain long-distance dependencies are ungrammatical.
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D.
Lectures on Government and Binding
Lectures on Government and Binding is a foundational book by Noam Chomsky that systematically presents the Government and Binding framework in generative syntax.
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E.
A Course in Minimalist Syntax
A Course in Minimalist Syntax is a linguistics textbook that introduces and develops the principles of Chomskyan Minimalist syntax, co-authored by Howard Lasnik.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geach–Kaplan sentence Target entity description: The Geach–Kaplan sentence is a famous example in the philosophy of language that illustrates problems for certain theories of reference and propositional attitudes by involving complex belief ascriptions and indirect discourse.
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A.
Ramsey sentence
A Ramsey sentence is a logical reformulation of a scientific theory that replaces its theoretical terms with existentially quantified variables to capture only its structural content.
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B.
Millian semantics
Millian semantics is a theory of meaning in philosophy of language that holds that the meaning of a proper name is nothing more than its referent, without any associated descriptive content.
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C.
Subjacency
Subjacency is a syntactic constraint in generative grammar that limits how far elements can move in a sentence, helping to explain why certain long-distance dependencies are ungrammatical.
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D.
Lectures on Government and Binding
Lectures on Government and Binding is a foundational book by Noam Chomsky that systematically presents the Government and Binding framework in generative syntax.
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E.
A Course in Minimalist Syntax
A Course in Minimalist Syntax is a linguistics textbook that introduces and develops the principles of Chomskyan Minimalist syntax, co-authored by Howard Lasnik.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.