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Chapter 2.3.1
 Minimizing Derivations
The Minimalist Program
Visual Summaries
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Table Summary
Core Terminology
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Do-support
(or do-insertion)
What language-specific rule does English use to 'save' a derivation where lowering cannot occur in interrogatives?
Head Movement Constraint
What does the abbreviation HMC stand for in the context of head movement?
The Minimality Condition
What condition blocks antecedent government of a verb trace by a verb that has raised over Neg at LF?
The head of TP (Tense Phrase)
If LF raising of a verb to [+finite] I is an adjunction, what is the resulting head category?
Step-by-step derivational
The mapping from D-Structure to S-Structure is described as a _____ process.
Traces only (not PRO, pro, or e)
​According to Chomsky, what elements are the ECP (Empty Category Principle) applicable to?
Chapter Quiz
According to the source, which capability is uniquely required for a computer to pass the 'Total Turing Test' compared to the standard Turing Test?
What is a primary obstacle to the 'laws of thought' (logicist) approach to artificial intelligence?
Which field is described as combining probability theory with utility theory to provide a framework for decisions made under uncertainty?
The 'General Problem Solver' (GPS) was the first program designed to embody which specific approach to AI?
Why was the DENDRAL program significant in the history of AI development?
Answers: D, C, A, D, A
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