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  • If Mitch is the ringleader, what is Alphabet? (Devil's advocating for a sec). Commented Sep 2, 2023 at 7:43
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    Your examples there aren't really parallel there. For (4) to parallel (1), you'd need "What is the guy buying groceries". Can you come up with some parallel examples? Commented Sep 2, 2023 at 9:02
  • @Araucaria-Nothereanymore. Your counterexamples have successfully confused me. Commented Sep 2, 2023 at 13:25
  • @Araucaria-Nothereanymore. OK, I was able to answer the "ringleader" issue. Commented Sep 2, 2023 at 13:47
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    @Araucaria-Nothereanymore. I was also able to come up with some parallel examples that I believe work; the new version of (4) uses a raising verb, which avoids the predicative complement interpretation because you can't raise a predicative complement into a subject. Commented Sep 2, 2023 at 14:12