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Appendix:
Plural Definites: Distribution over Sum Eventuality Parts
(3) The biologists that lectured on kangaroos at the
conference last summer were usually open-minded.
Most e. [e ∈ Atom (σ{e’: arg*(e’, σ{X: people* (X) ∧
∃e’’ [ agent(e’’, X) ∧ lecture*(e’’) ]})})]
[e ∈ Atom (σ{e’: open_minded(e’)})]
Where Atom is the function which maps a sum
eventuality to the set of its atomic parts.
(cf. Link (1983)).
Indefinites and Weak Quantifiers, Brussels 2005