According to Video Lecture Week 10, how many relative clauses are in the following sentence?

The story that was about Senjo raised a philosophical question about if the soul and the body can separate.

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According to Video Lecture Week 10, how many relative clauses are in the following sentence?

The story that was about Senjo raised a philosophical question about if the soul and the body can separate.

BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

A relative clause modifies a noun (or noun phrase) and is typically introduced by a relative pronoun such as who, which, that, whom, or whose. It provides additional information about the noun and is syntactically subordinate to the noun phrase it modifies.

1. Relevant knowledge points and concepts
- Relative clause: a subordinate clause that modifies a noun; often starts with relative pronouns (that, which, who, etc.).
- Complement (nominal) clause: a clause that functions as a noun phrase or complements a verb or noun; often introduced by subordinating conjunctions like if, whether, that.
- Distinguishing feature: relative clauses modify nouns directly; complement clauses fill verb or noun arguments and do not function as modifiers.

2. Step-by-step analysis of the sentence
Sentence: The story that was about Senjo raised a philosophical question about if the soul and the body can separate.
- Identify potential relative clause markers: “that” appears in “that was about Senjo.”
- Determine what “that was about Senjo” does: it directly modifies “The story,” providing descriptive information about which story. This matches the definition of a relative clause.
- Examine the remainder: “about if the soul and the body can separate.” The clause beginning with “if” is a complement clause functioning as the content of “a philosophical question about …” It does not modify a noun; it provides the proposition being questioned.

3. Intermediate steps (explicit)
- Locate clause 1: “that was about Senjo” — starts with relative pronoun that → relative clause.
- Locate clause 2: “if the soul and the body can separate” — starts with subordinating conjunction if → complement clause (indirect question), not a relative clause.

4. Why the correct answer is correct
Only one relative clause exists: “that was about Senjo.” The “if … can separate” clause is not relative but a nominal/complement clause expressing the content of the question.

5. Why other counts would be wrong
- “0” would ignore the explicit relative clause introduced by “that.”
- “2” would incorrectly classify the “if” clause as a relative clause; it lacks a relative pronoun and does not modify a noun, so it cannot be counted as one.

6. Conclusion
There is exactly 1 relative clause in the sentence. This matches the provided answer: 1.

According to Video Lecture Week 10, how many relative clauses are in the following sentence? The story that was about Senjo raised a philosophical question about if the soul and the body can separate.单项选择题

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