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Linglib.Phenomena.Complementation.Attitudes.ConjunctionDistribution.Data

Conjunction Distribution: Empirical Data #

Theory-neutral empirical judgments about conjunction distribution with attitude verbs.

The empirical generalization: some attitude verbs distribute over conjunction in their complement, and some do not.

"John believes p and q" ↔ "John believes p and John believes q" ✓ "John is surprised that p and q" ↛ "John is surprised that p..." ✗

A single empirical datum about conjunction distribution. Records whether a given verb distributes over conjunction in its clausal complement.

  • verb : String

    Citation form of the verb

  • distributes : Bool

    Does "V(p and q)" entail "V(p) and V(q)"?

  • citation : String

    Source citation

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      Empirical data from @cite{bondarenko-elliott-2026} §1. Upward-monotone attitudes distribute; non-monotone ones do not.

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