Bounding Theory
E326798
Bounding Theory is a subtheory within Government and Binding Theory in generative linguistics that constrains how far syntactic elements can move in a sentence.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bounding Principle | 1 |
| Bounding Theory canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3094287 — 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: Bounding Theory Context triple: [Government and Binding Theory, hasModule, Bounding Theory]
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A.
Grothendieck inequality
The Grothendieck inequality is a fundamental result in functional analysis and theoretical computer science that bounds certain bilinear forms and has deep implications for Banach space theory, operator theory, and approximation algorithms.
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B.
Poincaré inequality
The Poincaré inequality is a fundamental result in functional analysis and partial differential equations that bounds the average oscillation of a function by the size of its gradient, playing a key role in Sobolev space theory and the study of elliptic problems.
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C.
Carathéodory’s theorem in convex geometry
Carathéodory’s theorem in convex geometry is a fundamental result stating that any point in the convex hull of a set in ℝⁿ can be expressed as a convex combination of at most n+1 points from that set.
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D.
Cramér–Rao bound
The Cramér–Rao bound is a fundamental result in statistical estimation theory that gives a lower limit on the variance of any unbiased estimator of a parameter, characterizing the best possible precision achievable.
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E.
Nash embedding theorem
The Nash embedding theorem is a fundamental result in differential geometry that shows any Riemannian manifold can be isometrically embedded into some Euclidean space, thereby realizing abstract curved spaces as concrete subsets of standard Euclidean space.
- 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: Bounding Theory Target entity description: Bounding Theory is a subtheory within Government and Binding Theory in generative linguistics that constrains how far syntactic elements can move in a sentence.
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A.
Grothendieck inequality
The Grothendieck inequality is a fundamental result in functional analysis and theoretical computer science that bounds certain bilinear forms and has deep implications for Banach space theory, operator theory, and approximation algorithms.
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B.
Poincaré inequality
The Poincaré inequality is a fundamental result in functional analysis and partial differential equations that bounds the average oscillation of a function by the size of its gradient, playing a key role in Sobolev space theory and the study of elliptic problems.
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C.
Carathéodory’s theorem in convex geometry
Carathéodory’s theorem in convex geometry is a fundamental result stating that any point in the convex hull of a set in ℝⁿ can be expressed as a convex combination of at most n+1 points from that set.
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D.
Cramér–Rao bound
The Cramér–Rao bound is a fundamental result in statistical estimation theory that gives a lower limit on the variance of any unbiased estimator of a parameter, characterizing the best possible precision achievable.
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E.
Nash embedding theorem
The Nash embedding theorem is a fundamental result in differential geometry that shows any Riemannian manifold can be isometrically embedded into some Euclidean space, thereby realizing abstract curved spaces as concrete subsets of standard Euclidean space.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
linguistic theory
ⓘ
subtheory of Government and Binding Theory ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
English syntax
ⓘ
cross-linguistic movement phenomena ⓘ |
| assumes |
hierarchical phrase structure
ⓘ
transformational movement ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
locality constraints
ⓘ
structural distance measures ⓘ |
| concerns |
constraints on syntactic movement
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limitations on displacement of constituents ⓘ locality conditions on movement ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | unbounded movement analyses ⓘ |
| defines | bounding nodes ⓘ |
| developedWithin | Chomskyan generative grammar ⓘ |
| distinguishes |
long movement
ⓘ
short movement ⓘ |
| field | generative linguistics ⓘ |
| framework | Principles and Parameters ⓘ |
| goal |
to explain ungrammaticality of certain extractions
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to limit possible movement operations ⓘ |
| hasKeyNotion |
barrier to movement
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cyclic movement ⓘ successive-cyclic movement ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
1980s
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late 1970s ⓘ |
| imposesConstraintOn |
long-distance dependencies
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movement across bounding nodes ⓘ movement across clause boundaries ⓘ wh-extraction ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Noam Chomsky ⓘ |
| partOf | Government and Binding Theory ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Empty Category Principle
ⓘ
Subjacency ⓘ
surface form:
Subjacency Condition
island constraints ⓘ locality theory ⓘ |
| subfieldOf | syntax ⓘ |
| usedIn |
analysis of relative clauses
ⓘ
analysis of topicalization ⓘ analysis of wh-questions ⓘ theoretical syntax research ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
A-bar movement
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NP-movement ⓘ bounding node ⓘ movement rule ⓘ subjacency ⓘ wh-movement ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bounding Theory Description of subject: Bounding Theory is a subtheory within Government and Binding Theory in generative linguistics that constrains how far syntactic elements can move in a sentence.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bounding Principle