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garden-path sentence

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garden-path sentence

Summary

garden-path sentence ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (507 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • garden-path sentence's subclass of is recorded as sentence[2].
  • garden-path sentence's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0206sf[3].
  • garden-path sentence's partially coincident with is recorded as linguistic example sentence[4].
  • garden-path sentence's has characteristic is recorded as misdirection[5].
  • garden-path sentence's has characteristic is recorded as difficulty[6].
  • garden-path sentence's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777114183[7].
  • garden-path sentence's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 29464[8].

Why It Matters

garden-path sentence ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (507 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). garden-path sentence. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/garden-path-sentence
MLA “garden-path sentence.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/garden-path-sentence.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_garden-path-sentence_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{garden-path sentence}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/garden-path-sentence}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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