The Sentence "Bill Was Surprised by How Quickly He Finished

Multiple Choice

The sentence "Bill was surprised by how quickly he finished the exam" has two possible meanings in that "Bill" and "he" could refer to the same person or different people.The sentence, "He was surprised by how quickly Bill finished the exam" has only one potential meaning as "he" and "Bill" are different people.This pattern of relating pronouns to noun phrases is found in all known languages making it a:

A) common language guideline
B) global syntax
C) pragmatic rule
D) universal constraint