Statements (27)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
Linguistic Concept
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
Thematic Roles
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gptkbp:describes |
Semantic relationship between verb and its arguments
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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
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gptkbp:introduced |
gptkb:Noam_Chomsky
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gptkbp:relatedConcept |
Argument Structure
Case Theory Theta Criterion Theta Grid |
gptkbp:usedIn |
gptkb:Generative_Grammar
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Syntactic_Theory
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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