Group of words with a subject and verb that does not express a complete thought is called a

An independent clause is a group of words that contains a subject, a predicate, and a complete thought. A dependent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a predicate, but does NOT express a complete thought.

I looked it up... I'm not sure if that's the right answer.

definition was not one of the four methods

may i see the historical information and the excerpt?