two column table

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\author{Alan Mias}

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\begin{table*}[thb]
 \begin{minipage}{0.42\textwidth}
  \begin{description}
   \item[AAA] The target phrase has a pronoun as its argument or not.
   \item[BBB] bbb
   \item[CCC] ccc
  \end{description}
 \end{minipage}
 \hspace{1em}
 \begin{minipage}{0.42\textwidth}
  \begin{description}
   \item[EEE] The target phrase has a pronoun as its argument or not.
   \item[FFF] bbb
   \item[GGG] ccc
  \end{description}
 \end{minipage}
 \caption{List of features}
 \end{table*}
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