Theta Roles

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Linguistic Concept
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Thematic Roles
gptkbp:describes Semantic relationship between verb and its arguments
gptkbp:example gptkb:government_agency
gptkb:Source
instrumental
theme and variations
Beneficiary
Goal
Experiencer
gptkbp:field gptkb:Linguistics
gptkb:syntax
gptkb:Semantics
gptkbp:hasProperty Central to Government and Binding Theory
Not always identical to grammatical relations
Theta roles are abstract semantic roles
A verb determines the number and type of theta roles it assigns
Each argument of a verb is assigned one and only one theta role
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Theta Roles
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Noam_Chomsky
gptkbp:relatedConcept Argument Structure
Case Theory
Theta Criterion
Theta Grid
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Generative_Grammar
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Syntactic_Theory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7