Howard Lasnik
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Howard Lasnik is a prominent American linguist known for his influential work in generative syntax and his close collaboration with Noam Chomsky in developing contemporary syntactic theory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Howard Lasnik canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1520450 — 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: Howard Lasnik Context triple: [Minimalist Program, hasNotableProponent, Howard Lasnik]
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A.
Stanley Saitowitz
Stanley Saitowitz is a South African-born American architect known for his minimalist, modernist designs and influential work in contemporary urban architecture.
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B.
Leon Feldhendler
Leon Feldhendler was a Polish Jewish resistance leader and Holocaust survivor best known for co-organizing the 1943 prisoner uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp.
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C.
Norm Schachter
Norm Schachter was a prominent American football official best known for serving as the referee in the first three Super Bowls.
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D.
Vince Welnick
Vince Welnick was an American keyboardist and singer best known for serving as the Grateful Dead’s final keyboard player from 1990 until the band’s dissolution in 1995.
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E.
Martin Jurow
Martin Jurow was an American film producer best known for his work on classic mid-20th-century Hollywood movies, including the iconic Audrey Hepburn film "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
- 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: Howard Lasnik Target entity description: Howard Lasnik is a prominent American linguist known for his influential work in generative syntax and his close collaboration with Noam Chomsky in developing contemporary syntactic theory.
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A.
Stanley Saitowitz
Stanley Saitowitz is a South African-born American architect known for his minimalist, modernist designs and influential work in contemporary urban architecture.
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B.
Leon Feldhendler
Leon Feldhendler was a Polish Jewish resistance leader and Holocaust survivor best known for co-organizing the 1943 prisoner uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp.
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C.
Norm Schachter
Norm Schachter was a prominent American football official best known for serving as the referee in the first three Super Bowls.
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D.
Vince Welnick
Vince Welnick was an American keyboardist and singer best known for serving as the Grateful Dead’s final keyboard player from 1990 until the band’s dissolution in 1995.
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E.
Martin Jurow
Martin Jurow was an American film producer best known for his work on classic mid-20th-century Hollywood movies, including the iconic Audrey Hepburn film "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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linguist ⓘ person ⓘ syntactician ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| almaMater |
CMU
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surface form:
Carnegie Mellon University
Harvard University ⓘ Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Noam Chomsky ⓘ |
| employer | University of Maryland ⓘ |
| familyName | Lasnik ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
generative grammar
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linguistics ⓘ syntax ⓘ theoretical linguistics ⓘ |
| givenName | Howard ⓘ |
| hasCollaboratedWith |
Juan Uriagereka
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Noam Chomsky ⓘ Norbert Hornstein ⓘ |
| hasWrittenOn |
English syntax
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comparative syntax ⓘ history of generative grammar ⓘ |
| influenced |
The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Minimalism
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surface form:
Minimalist syntactic theory
generative syntax ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Noam Chomsky ⓘ |
| knownFor |
government and binding
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surface form:
Government and Binding theory
Minimalist Program ⓘ collaboration with Noam Chomsky ⓘ generative syntax ⓘ transformational grammar ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Howard Lasnik self-link ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| notableStudent |
Cedric Boeckx
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Norbert Hornstein ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Course in Minimalist Syntax
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An Introduction to Syntactic Theory ⓘ Syntactic Structures ⓘ
surface form:
Syntactic Structures Revisited
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| occupation |
linguist
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researcher ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Linguistics ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
Minimalist syntax
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binding theory ⓘ case theory ⓘ constraints on transformations ⓘ ellipsis ⓘ movement operations in syntax ⓘ |
| workInstitution |
University of Maryland
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surface form:
University of Maryland, College Park
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Howard Lasnik Description of subject: Howard Lasnik is a prominent American linguist known for his influential work in generative syntax and his close collaboration with Noam Chomsky in developing contemporary syntactic theory.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.