mainArgument
P33058
predicate
Indicates that one entity serves as the primary or central argument, claim, or point being made in relation to another entity (such as a text, speech, or discussion).
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| mainArgument canonical | 70 |
| coreArgument | 10 |
| argumentFrom | 2 |
| mainProposition | 1 |
Description generation (PDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.
Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning. # Instructions Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. # Response Format Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: mainArgument
Generated description
Indicates that one entity serves as the primary or central argument, claim, or point being made in relation to another entity (such as a text, speech, or discussion).
Sample triples (83)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Free Culture | contemporary copyright law is overly restrictive ⓘ |
| Free Culture | overly restrictive copyright laws stifle creativity and innovation ⓘ |
| Free Culture | society benefits from a more open, remix-friendly culture ⓘ |
| Software is eating the world | software-driven companies are transforming and dominating many traditional industries ⓘ |
| Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World | national governments retain significant control over the internet despite its global architecture ⓘ |
| Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World | the idea of a completely borderless internet is an illusion ⓘ |
| Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World | territorial laws and regulations shape online behavior and infrastructure ⓘ |
| Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World | corporations cooperate with states to enforce national rules on the internet ⓘ |
| Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy | economic structures and class interests shape the emergence of democracy and dictatorship via predicate surface "coreArgument" ⓘ |
| Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy | threats of social revolution can induce elites to concede democracy via predicate surface "coreArgument" ⓘ |
| Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy | democracy is more likely when elites cannot fully repress demands for redistribution via predicate surface "coreArgument" ⓘ |
| Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy | political institutions are endogenous to distributional conflict via predicate surface "coreArgument" ⓘ |
| Jewish auto-emancipation | Jews must achieve their own emancipation rather than rely on other nations via predicate surface "coreArgument" ⓘ |
| Jewish auto-emancipation | antisemitism is a deep-rooted and persistent phenomenon via predicate surface "coreArgument" ⓘ |
| Jewish auto-emancipation | Jews constitute a nation without a territory via predicate surface "coreArgument" ⓘ |
| Jewish auto-emancipation | a Jewish national homeland is necessary for security and dignity via predicate surface "coreArgument" ⓘ |
| De Monarchia | the Roman emperor holds universal temporal authority ⓘ |
| De Monarchia | imperial power is distinct from papal power ⓘ |
| De Monarchia | imperial power is independent of papal power in temporal matters ⓘ |
| God Is Not Great | religion is man-made and harmful ⓘ |
| God Is Not Great | moral behavior does not require religion ⓘ |
| God Is Not Great | claims of religion should be subject to rational inquiry ⓘ |
| God Is Not Great | religion has historically promoted violence and intolerance ⓘ |
| God Is Not Great | secularism provides a better framework for ethics and progress ⓘ |
| The God Delusion | God almost certainly does not exist ⓘ |
| The God Delusion | religion is not necessary for morality ⓘ |
| The God Delusion | religious faith is a delusion ⓘ |
| The God Delusion | religion can be socially and personally harmful ⓘ |
| Essays in Persuasion | advocates active government intervention to stabilize the economy ⓘ |
| Essays in Persuasion | criticizes the economic provisions of the Treaty of Versailles ⓘ |
| Essays in Persuasion | supports counter-cyclical fiscal policy ⓘ |
| Essays in Persuasion | argues for public works to combat unemployment ⓘ |
| Essays in Persuasion | criticizes rigid adherence to the gold standard ⓘ |
| Return to Reason | critiques the dominance of abstract rationalism in modern thought ⓘ |
| Return to Reason | argues for a more practical conception of reason ⓘ |
| Return to Reason | argues for a context-sensitive conception of reason ⓘ |
| Finance and the Good Society | finance can and should serve the broader interests of society ⓘ |
| Finance and the Good Society | the goal should be to reform finance, not to shrink or abolish it ⓘ |
| Finance and the Good Society | financial innovation can be harnessed for social good ⓘ |
| Finance and the Good Society | ethical standards and professional responsibility are essential in finance ⓘ |
| Finance and the Good Society | financial inclusion is important for a just society ⓘ |
| Finance and the Good Society | democratization of finance can reduce inequality and risk ⓘ |
| Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade | Christian morality via predicate surface "argumentFrom" ⓘ |
| Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade | personal testimony via predicate surface "argumentFrom" ⓘ |
| Muhakamat al-Lughatayn | literary superiority of Chagatai Turkic over Persian ⓘ |
| Dilemmas | many philosophical problems arise from misuses of ordinary language ⓘ |
| Dilemmas | mind–body dualism rests on conceptual errors ⓘ |
| Free Market Fairness | defends a synthesis of free-market economic principles with robust commitments to social justice and individual rights ⓘ |
| stoned ape hypothesis | consumption of psychedelic mushrooms by early hominins influenced human evolution via predicate surface "mainProposition" ⓘ |
| The Same Subject Continued: Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence | A strong unified federal government is better able to protect the United States from foreign threats than separate states or confederacies ⓘ |