| 1. | The term " thematic relation " is frequently confused with theta role.
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| 2. | Theta roles are a syntactic relation that refers to the semantic thematic relations.
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| 3. | The reason for this is simple : theta roles typically reference thematic relations.
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| 4. | Languages like English often mark such thematic relations with prepositions.
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| 5. | The theta roles are named by the most prominent thematic relation that they contain.
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| 6. | The top row represents the names of the thematic relations contained in the theta role.
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| 7. | In particular, theta roles are often referred to by the most prominent thematic relation in them.
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| 8. | Seven of these roles correspond to Jeffrey Gruber's thematic relations and case roles in Charles Fillmore's case grammar:
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| 9. | Typically, although not always, this theta role maps to a noun phrase which bears an agent thematic relation.
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| 10. | This is because theta roles are typically named by the most prominent thematic relation that they are associated with.
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