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thematic role
Role that an entity has in a sentence, determined by aspects of its meaning in relationship to the action of the verb.

Example:
E.g. the dog in the following two sentences has different grammatical functions but is in the same thematic role of AGENT. Similarly, the cat is the PATIENT in both sentences: The dog chased the cat
The cat was chased by the dog
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Topic: Interpreting sentences