matrix sentence
noun
: the one of a pair of sentences joined by means of a transformation that keeps its essential external structure and syntactic status
in "the book that I want is gone", "the book is gone" is the matrix sentence
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“Matrix sentence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/matrix%20sentence. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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