Subjacency
E336489
Subjacency is a syntactic constraint in generative grammar that limits how far elements can move in a sentence, helping to explain why certain long-distance dependencies are ungrammatical.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Binding Principle C | 1 |
| Subjacency canonical | 1 |
| Subjacency Condition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3201078 — 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: Subjacency Context triple: [Empty Category Principle, relatedTo, Subjacency]
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A.
Sottoceneri
Sottoceneri is the southern part of the Swiss canton of Ticino, encompassing the region south of Monte Ceneri including cities like Lugano and Mendrisio.
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B.
On Equilibrium
On Equilibrium is a philosophical work by John Ralston Saul that explores the importance of balancing key human qualities—such as reason, ethics, and common sense—to create a more humane and democratic society.
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C.
Laporte rule
The Laporte rule is a selection rule in spectroscopy that states electronic transitions in centrosymmetric molecules or ions are only allowed between states of opposite parity, helping explain the intensity patterns of absorption and emission spectra.
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D.
Follow Through
"Follow Through" is a pop-rock ballad by American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, best known as one of the standout tracks from his debut album "Chariot."
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E.
Loscutoff
Loscutoff is the surname of former Boston Celtics forward Jim Loscutoff, whose number 18 was retired by the team in his honor.
- 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: Subjacency Target entity description: Subjacency is a syntactic constraint in generative grammar that limits how far elements can move in a sentence, helping to explain why certain long-distance dependencies are ungrammatical.
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A.
Sottoceneri
Sottoceneri is the southern part of the Swiss canton of Ticino, encompassing the region south of Monte Ceneri including cities like Lugano and Mendrisio.
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B.
On Equilibrium
On Equilibrium is a philosophical work by John Ralston Saul that explores the importance of balancing key human qualities—such as reason, ethics, and common sense—to create a more humane and democratic society.
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C.
Laporte rule
The Laporte rule is a selection rule in spectroscopy that states electronic transitions in centrosymmetric molecules or ions are only allowed between states of opposite parity, helping explain the intensity patterns of absorption and emission spectra.
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D.
Follow Through
"Follow Through" is a pop-rock ballad by American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, best known as one of the standout tracks from his debut album "Chariot."
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E.
Loscutoff
Loscutoff is the surname of former Boston Celtics forward Jim Loscutoff, whose number 18 was retired by the team in his honor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
principle of generative grammar
ⓘ
syntactic constraint ⓘ |
| aimsToExplain |
limits on how far elements can move
ⓘ
ungrammaticality of certain extractions ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
displacement of constituents
ⓘ
movement rules ⓘ |
| associatedWithLinguist | Noam Chomsky ⓘ |
| concerns |
distance between extraction site and landing site
ⓘ
relation between moved element and its trace ⓘ |
| constrains |
A-bar movement
ⓘ
NP-movement ⓘ long-distance dependencies ⓘ wh-movement ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | unbounded movement analyses ⓘ |
| debatedAspect |
exact inventory of bounding nodes
ⓘ
universality across languages ⓘ |
| examplePhenomenon |
constraints on extraction from adjunct clauses
ⓘ
constraints on extraction from complex noun phrases ⓘ wh-extraction from embedded clauses ⓘ |
| field |
generative grammar
ⓘ
syntax ⓘ |
| formalizedIn | transformational grammar ⓘ |
| hasAbstractionLevel | theoretical principle ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
theory of question formation
ⓘ
theory of relative clauses ⓘ theory of wh-dependencies ⓘ |
| hasStatus | universal constraint hypothesis ⓘ |
| hasTheoreticalRole |
capturing cross-linguistic similarities in locality effects
ⓘ
restricting generative power of movement rules ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late 1960s–1980s generative syntax ⓘ |
| influenced |
Minimalist Program
ⓘ
surface form:
Minimalist Program locality conditions
|
| inspired | later locality constraints in syntax ⓘ |
| introducedInFramework | Government and Binding Theory ⓘ |
| isPartOf | constraints on syntactic movement ⓘ |
| oftenIllustratedWith |
crossing more than one bounding node
ⓘ
multiple clause embeddings ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Phase Impenetrability Condition
ⓘ
bounding nodes ⓘ island constraints ⓘ successive cyclic movement ⓘ |
| testedBy | acceptability judgments ⓘ |
| typicalBoundingNode |
CP
ⓘ
IP ⓘ |
| usesNotion | locality of movement ⓘ |
| violationsResultIn | ungrammatical sentences ⓘ |
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: Subjacency Description of subject: Subjacency is a syntactic constraint in generative grammar that limits how far elements can move in a sentence, helping to explain why certain long-distance dependencies are ungrammatical.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
binding (linguistics)
this entity surface form:
Binding Principle C
this entity surface form:
Subjacency Condition