Hilda Koopman
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Hilda Koopman is a prominent linguist known for her influential work in syntactic theory and generative grammar.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hilda Koopman canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7690556 — 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: Hilda Koopman Context triple: [Jean-Roger Vergnaud, coAuthor, Hilda Koopman]
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A.
Ruth Nidesand
Ruth Nidesand is a woman known primarily for her familial connection to Mark Obama Ndesandjo, the American businessman and author who is a half-brother of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
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B.
Emily Damstra
Emily Damstra is a Canadian-born scientific illustrator and coin designer known for her detailed nature-themed artwork for the U.S. Mint and other institutions.
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C.
Wivina Demeester
Wivina Demeester is a Belgian politician known for her long-standing role in Flemish and national politics, particularly in public finance and infrastructure.
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D.
Alice Kuipers
Alice Kuipers is a British-born, Canada-based author known for her young adult and children’s novels, including the award-winning "Life on the Refrigerator Door."
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E.
Hilda Petersen
Hilda Petersen is a fictional character who appears in the 1933 adventure film "Son of Kong," the sequel to the original "King Kong."
- 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: Hilda Koopman Target entity description: Hilda Koopman is a prominent linguist known for her influential work in syntactic theory and generative grammar.
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A.
Ruth Nidesand
Ruth Nidesand is a woman known primarily for her familial connection to Mark Obama Ndesandjo, the American businessman and author who is a half-brother of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
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B.
Emily Damstra
Emily Damstra is a Canadian-born scientific illustrator and coin designer known for her detailed nature-themed artwork for the U.S. Mint and other institutions.
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C.
Wivina Demeester
Wivina Demeester is a Belgian politician known for her long-standing role in Flemish and national politics, particularly in public finance and infrastructure.
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D.
Alice Kuipers
Alice Kuipers is a British-born, Canada-based author known for her young adult and children’s novels, including the award-winning "Life on the Refrigerator Door."
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E.
Hilda Petersen
Hilda Petersen is a fictional character who appears in the 1933 adventure film "Son of Kong," the sequel to the original "King Kong."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
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| instanceOf |
academic
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linguist ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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University of Amsterdam ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ |
| field |
generative grammar
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linguistics ⓘ syntax ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
“Agreement and its Failures”
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“On the Structure of Clauses and Verb Movement” ⓘ “Prepositions, Postpositions, Circumpositions, and Particles” ⓘ “The Internal Structure of Functional Projections” ⓘ “The Locality of Movement” ⓘ “The Structure of DP and IP” ⓘ “The Syntax of Functional Categories” ⓘ “The Syntax of Gungbe” ⓘ “The Syntax of Noun Phrases in Gbe” ⓘ “The Syntax of Serial Verbs” ⓘ “The Syntax of Specifiers and Heads” ⓘ “The Syntax of Verbs” ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Noam Chomsky
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generative grammar tradition ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cartographic approach to syntax
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fine-grained functional structure in syntax ⓘ research on functional categories ⓘ research on movement ⓘ research on the structure of clauses ⓘ research on the structure of noun phrases ⓘ research on the syntax of African languages ⓘ research on the syntax of Dutch ⓘ research on the syntax of French ⓘ research on the syntax of Gungbe ⓘ research on the syntax of Haitian Creole ⓘ research on the syntax of Vata ⓘ research on the syntax of serial verb constructions ⓘ research on verb movement ⓘ research on word order ⓘ work in generative grammar ⓘ work in syntactic theory ⓘ |
| language |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| nationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| position | Professor of Linguistics ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
argument structure
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clausal architecture ⓘ cross-linguistic variation ⓘ morphosyntax ⓘ syntactic universals ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Hilda Koopman Description of subject: Hilda Koopman is a prominent linguist known for her influential work in syntactic theory and generative grammar.
Referenced by (2)
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