Understanding Thematic Relations of a Verb

question 23

Multiple Choice

Understanding thematic relations of a verb

• A) always results in the disambiguation of a garden path sentence.
• B) does not help to disambiguate a garden path sentence.
• C) allows a listener to make inferences about the event and participant relationships being described in a sentence.
• D) is helpful for resolving ambiguities involving reduced relative clauses, but not other ambiguities.

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Definitions:

Temporal Resolution

Describes the precision of a measurement with respect to time or the smallest time period in which changes can be reliably observed.

Measurement

The process of obtaining a quantitative value using standard units to determine the size, length, or amount of something.

Examining

The act of inspecting or investigating something carefully in order to gain information about it.

Maternal Attention

The focus, responsiveness, and care a mother gives to her offspring, crucial for the emotional and physical development of the child.