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Multiple Choice
1.
The “modal” Adjective certain cannot take a Gerund as Subject.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
2.
The relation of Coordination renders a parallelism, and a similarity of the conjoined elements.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
3.
The relativised elements in Non-Finite Participial Relative Clauses are replaced by complex relative
pronouns.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
4.
With the Phrasal Verb to turn out, the Extraposition of the Subject THAT Clause is not compulsory.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
5.
As a consequence of their nominal features, Gerunds can no longer be modified by adverbs.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
6.
Negative Raising cannot apply in the following Complex Sentence: Many studies on animal behaviour
demonstrate that the use of tools is not exclusively human.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
7.
The Verb prohibit cannot be a Subject-to-Object Raising trigger.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
8.
All Reduction Rules can operate upon the first conjunct.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
9.
The Tense of the Predicative Verb of a THAT Clause does not depend in any way upon the Tense of
the matrix Predicative Verb.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
10.
The occurrence of Indefinite Free Relative Clauses typically employs a referential (deictic) use of the
definite article as antecedent determiner.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
11.
V-Gapping may also delete the identical Auxiliaries.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
12.
In case of the following string, phrasal coordination is basic: Linguistic factors and social
circumstances intertwine in the evolution of any idiom.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
13.
In relativisation, it is not possible for the Main Clause occurrence of the shared element to be missing,
while the one in the Subordinate is retained.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
14.
In case of the following string, phrasal coordination is the result of reduction: In several mental
disorders, one of the most evident symptoms is that reality and fantasy conflate in the patient’s mind.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
15.
The Adjective unlikely cannot be a Subject-to-Subject Raising trigger.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
16.
The evaluative Adjective natural can take a Half Gerund as Subject.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
17.
In Subject-to-Subject Raising patterns, the embedded Infinitival Clause may function as an Adverbial
or as a modifier.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
18.
The Extraposition from Object position of Gerundial Clauses is not obligatory.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
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nr. 19.
Certain abstract Nouns co-occurring with THAT Clauses as Predicatives may also take such clauses
as Subjects or Attributes.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
20.
The following string is an instance of Complex NP Shift freely applying with a Full Gerund: Is the
media’s uncovering all his dirty wheeling-and-dealing really going to put an end to his scandalous
political career?
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
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The FOR-phrase is not an obligatory constituent in FOR-TO Infinitive Constructions.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
22.
If the identical element is an adverb, the Introducer of the Relative Clause can only be that or as.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
23.
The Infinitival Complement Indirect Object cannot be promoted as Subject in the Main Clause.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
24.
Complex NP Shift can occur in some patterns featuring a Direct Object THAT Clause.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
25.
In the following string, the Gerund functions as Predicative: There are species that simply do not stand
caging.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
26.
In case of the following string, the Extraposition of the Complement Clause is optional: The military
keep it a secret that a special biohazard unit has been sent there.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
27.
The occurrence of seldom in a sentence requires the co-occurrence of grammatical Polarity Items.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
28.
The Noun disaster cannot take a THAT Clause as its sentential Subject.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
29.
There is a one-to-one correspondence between the general classification of semantic relations and
the various types of syntactic relations.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
30.
Structures of the type ‘choose, elect, etc + Object Complement’ are the result of an optional deletion of
a progressive BE in the Infinitive Complement Clause.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
31.
The presence of an incomplete Negator does not suffice for the sentence featuring it to pass the
Negativity Tests.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
32.
Adjectives cannot take THAT Clauses as Direct Objects.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
33.
Half Gerunds featuring a pronominal Complement Subject are less typical as Prepositional Objects
than the Full Gerunds the Subject of which is also a pronoun.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
34.
Transitive Verbs taking Infinitive Clauses as their Subject obligatorily require the deletion of the
Complement Subject.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
35.
Free Relative Clauses function as Sentence modifiers.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
36.
The Coordinator OR may be used to express condition.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
37.
Dependent Relative Clauses modify the head of their expressed antecedent.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
38.
Restrictive Relative Clauses may fill in lexical gaps, acting as substitutes for non-existent in the lexicon
labels.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
39.
Appropriateness cannot account for connectedness of clauses within the string: We have already
probed the deep space far beyond the limits of our Solar System, yet we have merely scratched the
surface of our planet.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
40.
Local negation triggers the occurrence of Negative Polarity Items.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
41.
Matrix emotive Predicates prevent the occurrence of the Subjunctive in a THAT Clause functioning as
Subject.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
42.
Coordinators are not the most explicit Relators.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
43.
The Subordinate Subject has to be deleted in Non-Finite Infinitival Relative Clauses based on Whmovement.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
44.
The syntactic function of a Free Relative Clause, and the function of its Introducer may be identical or
different.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
45.
Not all Relative Clauses are non-assertive environments.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
46.
THAT Clauses functioning as Attributes of abstract Nouns evince Preposition Deletion.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
47.
Within Cleft Constructions, the thematically focused element is not always placed after Copula BE.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
48.
‘One Deletion’ may affect the Complement Subject of Gerunds.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
49.
Both the FOR-TO Infinitive Construction and TO Complementation may evince aspectual distinctions.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
50.
With THAT Clauses, Tense distinctions are lost.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
51.
Gerunds do not trigger the turning of a Direct Object into a Genitive Determiner.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
52.
Infinitive Clauses are not VP Complements.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
53.
The metalinguistic use of Negation is not representational and conceptual.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
54.
Local logical negation is not pragmatically constrained.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
55.
Referential and linguistic identity are the two compulsory prerequisites of relativisation.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
56.
Notional concord cannot account for cases of agreement in the plural.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
57.
The correspondent in propositional logic of local logical negation is the internal (or contrary) negation.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
58.
Matrix psychological transitive Verbs can only take extraposed THAT Clauses.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
59.
There are various abstract Negators which are linguistically actualised as several different realisations.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
60.
Sentential logical Negation employs the speaker’s subjective attitude as a pragmatic variable.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
61.
Subject Control situations are the result of applying passive BE Deletion in the Subordinate Clause.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
62.
Polarity Items are derivationally marked as [± assertive].
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
63.
There is no systematic correspondence between idiomatic Affirmative and Negative Polarity Items.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
64.
The Zero Conjoiner does not occur in syndetic relations.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
65.
A for-NP occurring in a Tough Movement pattern is always a matrix constituent.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
66.
Gerunds functioning as Attributes of abstract Nouns undergo Preposition Deletion.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
67.
Restrictive Relative Clauses can be extraposed.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
68.
THAT Deletion is not possible with clauses in topical position.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
69.
Certain matrix Verbs of communication may trigger the use of the Subjunctive in THAT Clauses
functioning as Objects.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
70.
Half Gerunds are less nouny than Full Gerunds, and less sentency than Embedded (Indirect)
Questions.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
71.
The behaviour of Gerunds with respect to Coordination stands as a counter-argument of their
sentencehood.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
72.
A matrix Indirect Object and the Complement Subject of an Infinitive Clause functioning as Subject
may be identical or not.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
73.
In case of Free Relative Clauses functioning as Subject, the replaced antecedent determines the
singular or plural form of the matrix Verb.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
74.
Object Control presupposes a referential identity between the Object in the Main Clause and the
Complement Subject.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS:A
75.
Asyndetic relations feature no explicit Connector.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
76.
The fact that THAT Clauses pass the ‘than-pattern’ test stands as a proof of their being non-phrases
(or “abstract nominals”).
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
77.
Sentences featuring only local negation are positive.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
78.
The deletion of the Subordinate Clause occurrence of the identical element is not always an obligatory
stage of the embedding by relativisation mechanism.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: A
79.
Lexemes bearing an inherent semantic negation are the result of morphological processes of
derivation, by means of which negative affixes are added.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
80.
Deletion of the Complement Subject cannot apply with Infinitive Clauses functioning as Adverbials.
a. Adevarat
b. Fals
ANS: B
81.
Indicate which transformations have occurred in case of the following string:
The tall man was noticed by the shop assistant almost brutally scolding the child.
a. THAT Deletion; deletion under indefiniteness of the Complement Subject
b. THAT Deletion; deletion under identity of the Complement Subject; Copula BE Deletion
c. Subject-to-Subject Raising; Main Clause passivisation
d. THAT Deletion; Main Clause passivisation
e. Subject-to-Object Raising; Main Clause passivisation; progressive BE Deletion
ANS: E
82.
Choose the correct function of the embedded clause:
Her father must be a devil to do such awful things to a poor little puppy!
a. Adverbial of Purpose
b. Direct Object
c. Predicative
d. Attribute
e. Adverbial of Reason (or Condition)
ANS: E
83.
Choose the correct function of the Relative Clause Introducer:
Could the ones whom we have voted for disappoint us again?!…
a. Direct Object
b. Indirect Object
c. Subject
d. Genitive Determiner
e. Prepositional Object
ANS: E
84.
Choose the appropriate to fill in the blanks variant:
Astronomers are now ___ to have overestimated the number of possibly similar to ours planetary
systems in the galaxy.
a. correct
b. common
c. natural
d. certain
e. essential
ANS: D
85.
Which of the following meanings can be rendered by an asymmetric use of AND?
a. conditional
b. consecutive
c. none of the three meanings above
d. concessive
e. any of the three meanings above
ANS: E
86.
Which of the following Nouns often co-occurs with an Infinitive Clause as Attribute?
a. strawberry
b. wish
c. dust
d. engine
e. plaster
ANS: B
87.
Choose the appropriate to fill in the blanks variant:
Microscopic flaws in the material were ___ to detect.
a. believed
b. not impossible
c. careful
d. the task
e. an idea
ANS: B
88.
Choose the correct function of the Relative Clause Introducer:
In that impenetrable jungle, the soldiers had relied solely on the indications of the compass, which
compass was now lost in the white water of the river.
a. Subject
b. Determiner
c. Direct Object
d. Subject Complement
e. Indirect Object
ANS: B
89.
Choose the correct function of the Relative Clause Introducer:
As a matter of fact, she knew practically nothing about the man to whom she had lent so much money.
a. Subject
b. Prepositional Object
c. Indirect Object
d. Direct Object
e. Predicative
ANS: C
90.
Which of the following Subject-to-Object Raising triggers requires the removal of the raised NP from
post-verbal position?
a. know
b. certify
c. regard
d. attest
e. recognize
ANS: B
91.
Choose the correct types and functions of the embedded clauses:
The editor, who was new in the business, had published the manuscript only to discover the
plagiarism later.
a. Free Relative Clause – Attribute; Non-Finite Participial Relative Clause – modifier
b. Non-Restrictive Relative Clause – VP modifier; Non-Finite Infinitival Relative Clause – Attribute
c. Non-Restrictive Relative Clause – NP modifier; Infinitive Clause – Adverbial of Result
d. Restrictive Relative Clause – nominal modifier; Infinitive Clause – Adverbial of Purpose
e. Free Relative Clause – Subject; Infinitive Clause – Prepositional Object
ANS: C
92.
Which of the following Complex Sentences contains a Subordinate Clause functioning as Sentence
modifier?
a. Leper, which is generally considered a disease of The Middle Ages, still claims victims even today.
b. All the students who had not passed the exam were utterly disappointed.
c. Democracy is often wrongly understood as one’s liberty to put into practice whatever crazy idea may cross
one’s mind.
d. The cars for sale which you can find in newspaper ads are not very expensive.
e. The authorities in charge of the crisis had not complied with any of the demands, which outraged the
leader of the hijackers.
ANS: E
93.
Which of the following strings contains an idiomatic Negative Polarity Item?
a. Nobody will care to take over any of your responsibilities.
b. You could scarcely get a worse piece of advice!
c. I don’t want to hear anything about this being likely to happen to anyone any longer!
d. I cannot translate this pile of documents till tomorrow, since I didn’t sleep a wink last night either.
e. Although Kevin and Roger were the real ones to be blamed for all that had happened, they did not even bother asking about our brother’s health.
ANS: D
94.
Choose the correct function of the embedded clause:
These small submarines are specially designed to operate in shallow waters.
a. Adverbial of Manner
b. Adverbial of Purpose
c. Prepositional Object
d. Predicative
c. Attribute
ANS: B
95.
Which type of construction is illustrated by the following string?
What really worries me is her ever increasing greediness.
a. Gerundial Construction, the Complement Subject being deleted under identity
b. Nominative + Present Participle Construction
c. Nominative + (Derived) Subject Complement Construction
d. Wh-Cleft Construction (Free Relative Clause, focused element right to Copula BE)
e. Nominative + Past Participle Construction
ANS: D
96.
Identify the semantico-pragmatic factor involved in the relatedness of clauses in case of the following
string:
Helen washed the dishes, wiped them dry, and put them into the cupboard.
a. semantic equivalence
b. meaning relatedness among lexemes
c. temporal relatedness
d. relatedness by means of Relators
e. cause – effect relatedness
ANS: C
97.
Choose the correct statement regarding the Complement Subject in the following string:
How selfish it was of her to spend all the money on furs, jewels, and gambling!
a. It has been deleted under indefiniteness.
b. It has been promoted as Object in the Main Clause.
c. It has been promoted as Subject in the Main Clause.
d. It has been replaced by it.
e. It has been deleted under referential identity with the Prepositional Object in the Main Clause.
ANS: E
98.
Choose the correct type(s) and function(s) of the embedded clause(s):
In a relatively short time, the sole survivor realised he had practically no recollection of him crawling
out of the wreck of the plane and nearly 200 meters away.
a. Free Relative Clause – Direct Object
b. Free Relative Clause – Attribute; Non-Restrictive Relative Clause – NP modifier
c. THAT Clause – Direct Object; Half Gerund – Attribute
d. THAT Clause – Predicative
e. Half Gerund – Prepositional Object
ANS: E
99.
Choose the correct types and functions of the embedded clauses:
What was even worse was the fans evidently going wild.
a. Embedded (Indirect) Question – Subject; Half Gerund – Direct Object
b. Free Relative Clause – Subject; Half Gerund – Predicative
c. Restrictive Relative Clause – Subject; Full Gerund – Direct Object
d. Free Relative Clause – Subject; Restrictive Relative Clause – Predicative
e. Embedded (Indirect) Question – Predicative; Complementizerless THAT Clause – Direct Object
ANS: B
100.
Which of the following strings features an asymmetric use of a Coordinator?
a. We do not positively know whether it was suicide or murder.
b. A good puppet show can amuse the children, and teach them something at the same time.
c. Big cats can be raised as pets but this is not the way to treat a wild animal.
d. The cubs were doing what all cubs do: they were eating, sleeping, and playing.
e. Politicians promise so many things and so solemnly, and they forget all about their commitments so quickly and easily!…
ANS: E
101.
Choose the appropriate to fill in the blanks variant:
The spokesman of the Government declared yesterday that there ___ a significant modification in the
value added tax collecting system after January, 2012.
a. would have been
b. would be
c. would have occurred
d. will be
e. would occur
ANS: D
102.
Indicate which transformations have occurred in case of the following string:
The players quickly judged the newcomer as an individualist.
a. Complex NP Shift; THAT Deletion
b. Subject-to-Subject Raising; passive BE Deletion
c. Subject-to-Subject Raising; Complex NP Shift
d. Subject-to-Subject Raising; progressive BE Deletion
e. Subject-to-Object Raising; Copula BE Deletion
ANS: E
103.
Choose the correct analysis (type, function, function of the Introducer) of the embedded clause:
The commanding officer hoped for what his soldiers hoped for, too.
a. Restrictive Relative Clause, Prepositional Object, Indirect Object
b. Free Relative Clause, Prepositional Object, Prepositional Object
c. Non-Finite Infinitival Relative Clause, Adverbial of Purpose, Indirect Object
d. Non-Restrictive Relative Clause, Adverbial of Purpose, Prepositional Object
e. Free Relative Clause, Prepositional Object, Indirect Object
ANS: B
104.
Choose the correct type and function of the embedded clause:
Our partners can bet on it that the promotion will have an enormous impact.
a. THAT Clause – Prepositional Object
b. Restrictive Relative Clause – PNP modifier
c. THAT Clause – Attribute
d. Non-Restrictive Relative Clause – PNP modifier
e. THAT Clause – Direct Object
ANS: A
105.
Choose the correct function of the embedded clause:
It was almost too good to be true.
a. Predicative
b. Adverbial of Manner
c. Adverbial of Result
d. Object Complement
e. Adverbial of Purpose
ANS: C
106.
Choose the appropriate to fill in the blanks variant:
He was reluctant ___ details to the media.
a. that we give
b. not giving
c. giving
d. to give
e. that he gives
ANS: D
107.??????????????????????
Choose the correct statement regarding the Complement Subject in the following string:
It is not polite to talk in a loud voice in public places.
a. It has been promoted as Object in the Main Clause.
b. It has been promoted as Subject in the Main Clause.
c. It has been deleted under co-referentiality with some NP in the Main Clause.
d. It has been replaced by it.
e. It has been deleted under indefiniteness.
ANS: E
108.
Which of the following Nouns can take an Infinitival sentential Subject?
a. pin
b. ordeal
c. sparrow
d. velocity
e. array
ANS: B
109.
Choose the correct operation(s) or rule(s) that has (have) applied in case of the following string:
It was not desirable for the third and last group to abort the mission either.
a. Extraposition + IT Insertion; Negative Raising
b. Conjunction Reduction; Negative Raising
c. Extraposition + IT Insertion
d. IT-Cleaving
e. Extraposition + IT Insertion; Conjunction Reduction
ANS: A
110.
Which of the following strings features a metalinguistic use of Negation?
a. I told him to get some money, not to steal it!
b. She barely bothers telling her parents anything about her.
c. Hardly can he recover in a month’s time, not even with the best medical care that money can buy.
d. He is ill-tempered, and she is not a very patient nature either.
e. Joan has won the one-mile race, and this is unbelievable!
ANS: A
111.
Choose the appropriate to fill in the blanks variant:
Considering the immense resources of that company, they could hire ___ they want to.
a. whichever
b. whomever
c. whatever
d. what
e. which
ANS: B
112.
Choose the appropriate to fill in the blanks variant:
The camera installed by an extremely frustrated bird lover captured the squirrels ___ the seemingly
unreachable, and yet mysteriously vanishing seeds placed in suspended bowls.
a. that they stole and ate
b. that they steal and eat
c. stolen and eaten
d. (to be) stealing and eating
e. to be stolen and eaten
ANS: D
113.
Choose the correct type(s) and function(s) of the embedded clause(s):
One of the outstanding leaders of the opposition has publicly declared his unconditioned support for
the majority’s initiative, which bewildered everyone.
a. Gerundial Clause – Attribute; Restrictive Relative Clause – nominal modifier
b. Non-Restrictive Relative Clause – Sentence modifier
c. Gerundial Clause – Prepositional Object; Non-Restrictive Relative Clause – VP modifier
d. Restrictive Relative Clause – nominal modifier
e. Restrictive Relative Clause – Sentence modifier; Free Relative Clause – Prepositional Object
ANS: B
114.
Choose the correct types and functions of the embedded clauses:
The relatives were not very happy that you consented to their getting married so soon.
a. THAT Clause – Predicative; Infinitive Clause – Prepositional Object
b. THAT Clause – Prepositional Object; Full Gerund – Prepositional Object
c. Non-Restrictive Relative Clause – Sentence modifier; Infinitive Clause – Direct Object
d. THAT Clause – Direct Object; Half Gerund – Direct Object
e. THAT Clause – Prepositional Object; Infinitive Clause – Direct Object
ANS: B
115.
Which of the following strings contains an inherent semantic negation?
a. One can hardly imagine such recklessness!
b. This may just as well be regarded as an illegal operation.
c. The defendant does not deny that he was in the bank at the time of the robbery.
d. John was so ill that he was unable to rise in bed.
e. He could no longer utter a word.
ANS: C
116.
Indicate which operation(s) or rule(s) has (have) applied in the following string:
The local clergy considered there were still two more churches to be built in town.
a. THERE Insertion; N-Gapping; passivisation (of the Subordinate Clause)
b. THERE Insertion; THAT Deletion; passivisation (of the Subordinate Clause); deletion by relativisation of the Subordinate Subject; deletion under indefiniteness of the Subordinat Prepositional ObjectPassivisation (of the Subordinate Clause)
c.Preposition Deletion; THAT Deletion; Subject-to-Object Raising; deletion under identity of the Subordinate Prepositional Object; Right Node Raising
d.Preposition Deletion; Subject-to-Object Raising; passivisation (of the Subordinate Clause)
ANS: B
117.
Which is the correct function of the underlined phrase?
In a split second, he felt the bear as ready to attack.
a. (Derived) Subject Complement
b. Subject Complement
c. (Derived) Object Complement
d. Prepositional Object
e. Predicative
ANS: C
118.
Choose the correct type and function of the embedded clause:
Under such terrible circumstances, they could no longer even think about what was to follow.
a. Non-Restrictive Relative Clause – Prepositional Object
b. Non-Restrictive Relative Clause – PNP modifier
c. Complement Clause – Attribute
d. Restrictive Relative Clause – Sentence modifier
e. Free Relative Clause – Prepositional Object
ANS: E
119.
Which of the following strings features an asymmetric use of a Coordinator?
a. We either come up with something really important quickly, or the University will cut off our funding.
b. The witness could not tell whether the white van that he saw was a Ford or a Mercedes.
c. In fact, yesterday I found the recommended book to be available at Amazon.com but it was too expensive for me to purchase it on the spot.
d.5 minutes to launch, and counting.
e.The kittens are healthy, and they are growing with every passing day.
ANS: A
120.
Choose the correct rule(s) that has (have) applied in case of the following string:
Peter has been but proves to be no longer a drug addict.
a. Right Node Raising; Subject-to-Subject Raising; Conjunction Reduction
b. Right Node Raising; Subject-to-Subject Raising
c. Conjunction Reduction; Subject-to-Object Raising
d. Negative Raising
e. Negative Raising; V-Gapping
ANS: A
121.
Choose the correct function of the Relative Clause Introducer:
Nobody was showing any consideration for whatever these people had been anymore.
a. Direct Object
b. Predicative
c. Determiner
d. Prepositional Object
e. Subject
ANS: B
122.
Indicate which transformations have occurred in case of the following string:
In this story, the stepmother does not turn out malevolent.
a. Subject-to-Subject Raising; Negative Raising
b. Subject-to-Subject Raising; progressive BE Deletion; Negative Raising
c. Subject-to-Object Raising; Negative Attraction
d. Negative Attraction; deletion under identity of the Complement Subject
e. Subject-to-Subject Raising; Copula BE Deletion; Negative Raising
ANS: E
123.
Choose the appropriate to fill in the blanks variant:
This snake is ___ to touch, for it rarely bites something larger than its usual prey.
a. not so dangerous
b. the chosen
c. wanted
d. out of danger
e. an idea
ANS: A
124.
Choose the correct types and functions of the embedded clauses:
The lab assistant simply forgot I had asked for the results to be sent to your office, too.
a. Free Relative Clause – Direct Object; Non-Finite Infinitival Relative Clause – modifier
b. THAT Clause – Prepositional Object; FOR-TO Infinitive Clause – Direct Object
c. Free Relative Clause – Subject; Non-Finite Infinitival Relative Clause – modifier
d. THAT Clause – Direct Object; Free Relative Clause – Direct Object
e. THAT Clause – Direct Object; FOR-TO Infinitive Clause – Prepositional Object
ANS: E
125.
Choose the correct type and function of the embedded clause:
The fossils which that lucky amateur has unearthed right here in the valley are 80 million years old.
a. Non-Restrictive Relative Clause – nominal modifier
b. Restrictive Relative Clause – nominal modifier
c. THAT Clause – Direct Object
d. THAT Clause – Subject
e. Free Relative Clause – Attribute
ANS: B
126.
Choose the correct function of the embedded clause:
The readings of the sensors also automatically trigger readjustments of the system, which is not the case now.
a. Nominal modifier
b. Sentence modifier
c. VP modifier
d. Predicative
e. Adverbial of Manner
ANS: C
127.
Choose the correct type and function of the embedded clause:
I imagine you have double-checked the entire installation.
a. Non-Restrictive Relative Clause – Direct Object
b. Free Relative Clause – Predicative
c. THAT Clause – Prepositional Object
d. THAT Clause – Direct Object
e. Free Relative Clause – Direct Object
ANS: D
128.
Which is the correct function of the underlined phrase?
The prisoner was unanimously recognised as a real brute.
a. Attribute
b. (Derived) Subject Complement
c. Prepositional Object
d. (Derived) Object Complement
e. Predicative
ANS: B
129.
Which of the following strings contains an inherent semantic negation?
It was barely her transient beauty but her inexhaustible wit that had so deeply and irreversibly seduced
him.
a.To the great surprise and sorrow of the defence, the judge did not dismiss the charges against the two under age accomplices.
b.For a second or two, the thought that that was a time to run for his life, not to take pictures, had flashed through John’s terrified mind but professional habitude proved even stronger than the self-preservation instinct.
c.It is a commonplace that true heroes are not fearless persons.
d.Lost and disoriented in the endlessness of the sub-Arctic tundra, the explorers could scarcely appreciate the distance they had covered.
ANS:A
130.
Indicate which transformations have occurred in case of the following string:
She has forgotten it amazingly quickly working hard for an honest living.
a. N-Gapping; Extraposition + IT Insertion; progressive BE Deletion
b. Extraposition + IT Insertion; deletion under indefiniteness of the Complement Subject
c. N-Gapping; deletion under identity of the Complement Subject
d. N-Gapping; Extraposition + IT Insertion
e. Extraposition + IT Insertion; deletion under identity of the Complement Subject
ANS: E
131.
Choose the correct type and function of the embedded clause:
The footwear that would meet our explorers’ demands must be expensive.
a. Non-Restrictive Relative Clause – nominal modifier
b. THAT Clause – Direct Object
c. Restrictive Relative Clause – NP modifier
d. Free Relative Clause – Direct Object
e. Restrictive Relative Clause – nominal modifier
ANS: E
132.
Which type of construction is illustrated by the following string?
The more and more evident decay of cultural and moral values is what should actually arrest our
attention.
a. Nominative + Present Participle Construction
b. Wh-Cleft Construction (focused element left to Copula BE, Free Relative Clause)
c. Infinitival Construction, the Complement Subject being deleted under indefiniteness
d. Accusative + Present Participle Construction
e. Nominative + (Derived) Subject Complement Construction
ANS: B
133.
Choose the correct type and function of the embedded clause:
There is no aggressive elephant to beware of in this herd.
a. Non-Finite Infinitival Relative Clause based on deletion – modifier
b. Free Relative Clause – Predicative
c. Non-Finite Infinitival Relative Clause based on Wh-movement – modifier
d. TO Complementation – Adverbial of Result
e. Non-Finite Infinitival Relative Clause based on deletion – Adverbial of Result
ANS: A
134.
Choose the correct type(s) and function(s) of the embedded clause(s):
Their grossly ignoring the most elementary safety regulations almost killed this poor young worker.
a. Complementizerless THAT Clause – Subject; Full Gerund – Direct Object
b. Full Gerund – Subject
c. Free Relative Clause – Subject; Full Gerund – Predicative
d. Full Gerund – modifier
e. Non-Finite Participial Relative Clause – modifier
ANS: B
135.
Choose the correct types and functions of the embedded clauses:
A normal endowment of common sense ought to tell one that reality may not always be what one
expects of it.
a. Infinitive Clause – Direct Object; Infinitive Clause – Predicative
b. Restrictive Relative Clause – Prepositional Object; Free Relative Clause – Direct Object
c. THAT Clause – Direct Object; Non-Finite Infinitival Relative Clause – Predicative
d. Restrictive Relative Clause – Attribute; Infinitive Clause – Direct Object
e. THAT Clause – Direct Object; Free Relative Clause – Predicative
ANS: E
136.
Choose the correct type(s) and function(s) of the embedded clause(s):
Unexpectedly, crocodiles are so gentle and caring with their offspring as to carry the hatchlings in their mouth without harming them.
a. Infinitive Clause – Adverbial of Result
b. Infinitive Clause – Adverbial of Purpose
c. Infinitive Clause – Adverbial of Result; Gerundial Clause – Prepositional Object
d. Non-Finite Infinitival Relative Clause – Attribute; Gerundial Clause – Attribute
e. Non-Finite Infinitival Relative Clause – Adverbial of Purpose
ANS: C
137.
Choose the appropriate to fill in the blanks variant:
This unstable structure would not bear ___ once again.
a. shaken
b. shaking
c. that is shaking
d. that it shakes
e. which is shaking
ANS: B
138.
Choose the appropriate to fill in the blanks variant:
After a week’s search, the missing members of the crew were declared ___ at sea.
a. (to be) lost
b. to disappear
c. to lose
d. that they are lost
e. that they have been lost
ANS: A
139.
Choose the correct function of the embedded clause:
The latest terrorist threat was serious enough to be discussed at the highest levels of the
administration.
a. Adverbial of Manner
b. Indirect Object
c. Adverbial of Result
d. Attribute
e. Prepositional Object
ANS: C
140.
Choose the correct function of the Relative Clause Introducer:
The lioness the tracks of which they had lost was later spotted by the bushmen.
a. Subject
b. Genitive Determiner
c. Predicative
d. Indirect Object
e. Prepositional Object
ANS: B
141.
Identify the semantico-pragmatic factor involved in the relatedness of clauses in case of the following
string:
The engine of my car does no longer start presently and smoothly, and I suspect a malfunction of the
ignition system.
a. temporal relatedness
b. meaning relatedness among lexemes
c. cause – effect relatedness
d. relatedness due to compatibility, common topic
e. relatedness due to the presence of Relators
ANS: C
142.
Choose the correct type(s) and function(s) of the embedded clause(s):
Present day brain surgery makes use of cutting-edge techniques and technology, whereby doctors
succeed in performing operations nobody dreamed of just a few years ago.
a.Non-Restrictive Relative Clause – NP modifier; Gerundial Clause – Prepositional Object; Restrictive Relative Clause – nominal modifier
b.Gerundial Clause – Adverbial of Purpose
c.Gerundial Clause – Prepositional Object; Non-Restrictive Relative Clause – VP modifier
d.Gerundial Clause – Predicative
e.Free Relative Clause – Attribute; Restrictive Relative Clause – nominal modifier
ANS: A
143.
Choose the appropriate to fill in the blanks variant:
There ___ be more such dedicated professors in every university!
a. had better
b. as well
c. would rather
d. either
e. well
ANS: A
144.
Choose the correct function of the Relative Clause Introducer:
Honestly, I don’t have the slightest idea about who is going to get the promotion.
a. Prepositional Object
b. Subject
c. Determiner
d. Direct Object
e. Indirect Object
ANS: B
145.
Which of the following Verbs can take two Prepositional Objects, out of which one may be clausal?
a. blame
b. argue
c. deny
d. instruct
e. remember
ANS: B
146.
Indicate which operation(s) or rule(s) has (have) applied in the following string:
By any means, it doesn’t appear that the same stupid kind of so-called entertainment can be a
delight for the viewers to watch almost every night on almost any channel.
a. Extraposition (+ IT Insertion) of THAT Clause from Subject position; Negative Raising; Polarity Reversal Rule; deletion under identity of the Infinitival Complement Subject; Tough Movement
b. Subject-to-Subject Raising
c. IT-Cleaving; deletion under indefiniteness of the Infinitival Complement Subject; BE Deletion; Polarity Reversal Rule
d. Subject-to-Object Raising; Negative Raising; deletion under indefiniteness of the Infinitival Complement Subject
e. IT-Cleaving; Subject-to-Subject Raising
ANS: A
147.
Which of the following items can introduce an Infinitive Clause functioning as an Adverbial?
a. if
b. if only
c. only
d. unless
e. else
ANS: C
148.
Indicate which transformations have occurred in case of the following string:
The woman realised her son intended trying once more to climb that deadly mountain.
a. Subject-to-Subject Raising; Copula BE Deletion; N-Gapping
b. Extraposition; deletion under indefiniteness of the Complement Subject
c. Subject-to-Object Raising; Copula BE Deletion
d. THAT Deletion; deletion under identity of the Gerund and the Infinitive Complement Subjects
e. Subject-to-Object Raising; progressive BE Deletion
ANS: D
149.
Which of the following operations presupposes the existence of an iterated and sequentially ordered co-referentiality?
a. Independent relativisation
b. ‘One’ Deletion
c. Conjunction Reduction at PNP level
d. Tough Movement
e. recursive embedding
ANS: E
150.
Choose the correct type(s) and function(s) of the embedded clause(s):
Actually, John could not stand his young wife’s permanently worrying about whatever might happen to the child.
a. Free Relative Clause – Indirect Object
b. Full Gerund – Indirect Object
c. Full Gerund – Direct Object; Free Relative Clause – Prepositional Object
d. Half Gerund – Direct Object; Free Relative Clause – Indirect Object
e. Non-Restrictive Relative Clause – Sentence modifier
ANS: C
151.
Choose the correct statement:
a.Relative Clauses cannot be extraposed.
b.Free Relative Clauses never function as Indirect Objects.
c.Within Restrictive Relative Clauses, which can also function as a Determiner.
d.That can relativise a Genitive.
e.The preposed constituent in Non-Finite Infinitival Relative Clauses based on Wh-movement is always a
Prepositional Phrase.
ANS:E
152.
Which of the following possible antecedent determiners triggers a preference for that as a Relative
Clause Introducer?
a. my
b. both
c. the
d. this
e. all
ANS: E
153.
Which of the following items is a [+ temporal] incomplete Negator?
a. until
b. scarcely
c. ever
d. not all that
e. never
ANS: E
154.
Which of the following Verbs corresponds to the subcategorisation frame /_ PNP-S/?
a. drink
b. seem
c. kill
d. agree
e. tempt
ANS: D
155.
Choose the correct statement:
a.With Gerunds functioning as Prepositional Objects, the preposition has to be deleted.
b.Subordination by complementation is grounded upon the referential identity between two nominals.
c.Only Verbs of physical perception rendering accidental, non-intended and / or non-durative perception can be Subject-to-Object Raising triggers.
d.Negative Attraction (without Incorporation) is more frequent in post-Auxiliary position.
e.In case of Adversative Coordination, the relation is a binary one.
ANS:E
156.
Which of the following possible antecedent determiners prevents the occurrence of Non-Restrictive Relative Clauses?
a. both
b. each
c. these
d. the
e. this
ANS: B
157.
Which of the following Verbs can take two sentential arguments?
a. prove
b. glitter
c. give
d. cut
e. run
ANS: A
158.
Which of the following Connectors cannot be preceded by another Connector?
a. because
b. if
c. therefore
d. or
e. yet
ANS: D
159.
In which of the following environments the Polarity Reversal Rule is optional?
a. Conditional Clauses featuring the Complementizer if
b. none of the three environments above
c. Comparative Clauses introduced by than or as
d. Interrogative Sentences
e. any of the three environments above
ANS: E
160.
Choose the correct statement:
a. THAT Clauses behave similarly to NPs with respect to Coordination.
b. Effective semantic relations imply a sequence of states of affairs.
c. The occurrence of Non-Restrictive Relative Clauses presupposes a [- specific] antecedent.
d. The ‘Either-Conjoining’ Test requires of both sentences to be Negative.
e. Semantically, the Full Gerund has an event interpretation.
ANS: C
161.
Choose the correct variant:
The obligatory deletion under (referential) identity or under indefiniteness of the Complement Subject is a prerequisite of:
a. Conjunction Reduction
b. Subject-to-Object Raising
c. Subject Control
d. Tough Movement
e. Relativisation
ANS: D
162.
Which of the following Verbs can co-occur with Gerunds with passive meaning?
a. guess
b. persist
c. elect
d. become
e. deserve
ANS: E
163.
Choose the correct variant:
The Noun miracle can take as its sentential Subject:
a. any of the four types above
b. a Free Relative Clause
c. an Infinitive Clause
d. a THAT Clause
e. a Gerundial Clause
ANS: A
164.
Which of the following situations prevents THAT Deletion?
a. The clause is an Object Clause, and it is questioned.
b. The matrix Verb is an intransitive (existential) verb.
c. The clause is an Object Clause, and it is relativised.
d. The Complement Subject is a pronoun.
e. The clause is an extraposed Object.
ANS: E
165.
Which of the following prepositions is obligatorily fronted in relativisation out of P-NP strings?
a. through
b. concerning
c. by
d. beneath
e. out
ANS: B
166.
Which of the following semantic relations is not a circumstantial one?
a. purpose
b. manner
c. comparative
d. none of the four listed above
e. temporal
ANS: A
167.
Choose the correct variant:
The Noun fact can take a THAT Clause functioning as:
a. any of the three functions above
b. Subject
c. Attribute
d. Predicative
e. none of the three functions above
ANS: A
168.
Which of the following Connectors triggers agreement by proximity?
a. neither … nor
b. inclusive, weakly disjunctive OR
c. equally … and
d. both … and
e. not only … but also
ANS: E
169.
Which of the following rules applies upon [- specific] and [- referential] constituents?
a. recursive embedding
b. N-Gapping
c. Subject Control
d. Negative Raising
e. Negative Attraction
ANS: E
170.
Which of the following items can be a Relative Clause Introducer?
a. for
b. to
c. as
d. or
e. like
ANS: C
171.
Which of the following Nouns cannot take a THAT clausal Predicative?
a. reason
b. problem
c. revision
d. fear
e. advantage
ANS: C
172.
Choose the correct statement:
a. Causal, consecutive, concessive, conditional, and purpose relations belong to the class of circumstantial semantic relations.
b. Out of two or several elements in a sentence that are potentially capable of incorporating the NEG, only the first one actually attracts and incorporates it.
c. Coordination can only express equivalence in both formal and semantico-pragmatic terms.
d. Subordination can be manifest at the level of phrases or of words.
e. Sentences containing grammatical Negative Polarity Items always have Affirmative counterparts.
ANS: B
173.
Which of the following Nouns can occur in Tough Movement patterns?
a. death
b. instinct
c. silence
d. noise
e. burden
ANS: E
174.
Which of the following Verbs can be a Subject-to-Object Raising trigger?
a. appear
b. come
c. die
d. hold
e. live
ANS: D
175.
Choose the appropriate to fill in the blanks variant:
The technique presupposes the precise isolation of a certain DNA sequence, the structure of ___ would be then modified.
a. that
b. what
c. whatever
d. whom
e. which
ANS: E
176.
Which of the following Adjectives can take a THAT Clause as Subject?
a. blond
b. wet
c. fresh
d. warm
e. unfair
ANS: E
177.
Which of the following constructions is the result of progressive BE Deletion applying in a Subject-to-Subject Raising pattern?
a. IT-Cleft Construction
b. Gerundial Construction
c. Nominative + Present Participle Construction
d. Nominative + (Derived) Subject Complement Construction
e. Wh-Cleft Construction
ANS: C
178.
Choose the correct statement:
a. Complex NP Shift does not apply with Gerunds.
b. Inchoative Verbs are Subject-to-Object Raising triggers.
c. Connectedness resides in the presence of Connectors.
d. Matrix Verbs of perceptual approximation allow Negative Raising.
e. Cases of weakly disjunctive OR trigger agreement by proximity.
ANS: D
179.
Which of the following Nouns can take a sentential Subject?
a. pity
b. soap
c. candy
d. devil
e. poverty
ANS: A
180.
Choose the appropriate to fill in the blanks variant:
SEALS members are specially trained to be able to surpass ___ difficulties they may encounter during their missions.
a. whither
b. which
c. that
d. whereat
e. whatever
ANS: E
181.
Choose the correct variant:
Non-Restrictive Relative Clauses modifying long and heavy NPs allow:
a. Extraposition and IT Insertion
b. Extraposition (not followed by IT Insertion)
c. Subject Control
d. Dative Movement
e. passive BE Deletion
ANS: B
182.
Which of the following items is a lexical Affirmative Polarity Item?
a. at all
b. long since
c. once
d. still
e. too
ANS: B
183.
Which of the following Verbs can be a Subject-to-Subject Raising trigger?
a. admit
b. prove
c. sleep
d. deny
e. listen
ANS: B
184.
Which of the following statements is correct?
a. Gapping deletes identical Adverbials.
b. The complete Negator NOT may trigger local negation.
c. Only Full Gerunds can function as Subjects.
d. None of the four previous statements is correct.
e. That cannot introduce a Relative Clause the antecedent of which is determined by a superlative.
ANS: B
185.
Which of the following items cannot be a Relative Clause Introducer?
a. whatsoever
b. as
c. whither
d. either
e. that
ANS: D
186.
Which of the following Verbs is a bisentential one?
a. feel
b. indicate
c. plan
d. commence
e. understand
ANS: B
187.
Choose the correct variant:
Non-Restrictive Relative Clauses cannot be:
a. Sentence modifiers
b. AP modifiers
c. NP modifiers
d. PNP modifiers
e. nominal modifiers
ANS: E
188.
Choose the correct variant:
The presence of an indefinite item in pre-Auxiliary1 position triggers:
a. obligatory Negative Incorporation
b. Dative Movement
c. optional Polarity Reversal Rule
d. Subject Control
e. Subject-to-Object Raising
ANS: A
189.
Which of the following prepositions can co-occur with Gerunds with passive meaning?
a. beyond
b. for
c. upon
d. about
e. on
ANS: A
190.
Choose the appropriate to fill in the blanks variant:
Here is the list of people and materials ___ we need for this special operation.
a. whatever
b. whichever
c. that
d. which
e. what
ANS: C
191.
Which of the following Verbs can be a Subject-to-Object Raising trigger?
a. make
b. occur
c. remove
d. fly
e. swim
ANS: A
192.
Which of the following Verbs cannot be a Subject-to-Object Raising trigger?
a. occasion
b. agree
c. let
d. hold
e. say
ANS: B
193.
Which of the following Nouns can take a sentential Subject?
a. soil
b. ignition
c. cup
d. gear
e. illusion
ANS: E
194.
Which of the following items can replace a PNP functioning as Manner Adverbial?
a. much
b. whereby
c. as
d. none of the four items above
e. that
ANS: B
195.
Choose the appropriate to fill in the blanks variant:
Nobody there fully understood ___ he really meant by uttering those words.
a. as
b. what
c. that
d. which
e. whence
ANS: B
196.
Which of the following items is a [- assertive] Relative Clause antecedent determiner?
a. scarcely
b. a(n)
c. if
d. by no means
e. as
ANS: B
197.
Choose the correct statement:
a. Right Node Raising is a forward rule in English.
b. THAT Clauses pass the ‘pseudo-cleft’ test.
c. The Accusative + Infinitive Construction is the result of passivising the Main Clause after Subject-to-Object Raising.
d. Affirmative Sentences are pragmatically more constrained than Negative Sentences.
e. Interrogative Sentences are [+ assertive] environments.
ANS: B
198.
Which of the following items is not a grammatical Negative Polarity Item?
a. in any way
b. either
c. ever
d. yet
e. nevertheless
ANS: E
199.
Which of the following Verbs can take an Infinitive Clause as Prepositional Object?
a. snore
b. have
c. consent
d. purr
e. knit
ANS: C
200.
Which of the following items can occur in a string featuring a Gerund with passive meaning?
a. across
b. above
c. under
d. past
e. over
ANS: D
201.
Which of the following constructions may feature either a Free or a Restrictive Relative Clause, and
render a thematic focus occurring right to Copula BE?
a. none of the four constructions above
b. Participial Construction
c. Wh-movement Infinitival Relative Clause Construction
d. IT-Cleft Construction
e. Wh-Cleft Construction
ANS: D
202.
Which of the following items is not a typical Relative Clause Introducer?
a. what
b. which
c. where
d. why
e. who
ANS: A
203.
Which of the following Adjectives can take a THAT Clause as Subject?
a. sheer
b. cold
c. anxious
d. eager
e. incorrect
ANS: E
204.
Which of the following prepositions is obligatorily fronted in relativisation out of P-NP strings?
a. at
b. during
c. to
d. about
e. beyond
ANS: B
205.
Which of the following constructions is the result of Copula BE Deletion applying in an Infinitival Direct Object pattern?
a. Nominative + Present Participle Construction
b. IT-Cleft Construction
c. Object Complement Construction
d. Accusative + (Derived) Object Complement Construction
e. Gerundial Construction
ANS: C
206.
Which of the following items is a [- temporal] incomplete Negator?
a. scarcely
b. at all
c. still
d. until
e. seldom
ANS: A
207.
Which of the following items is a [- negative] [- assertive] environment?
a. Object Clause
b. Comparative Clause
c. contradictory negation
d. local negation
e. metalinguistic negation
ANS: B
208.
Choose the correct statement:
Gerunds are not allowed as “internal clauses”.
a. Aspectual distinctions are lost in Infinitival and Gerundial Complement Clauses.
b. Infinitive Clauses are less sentency than THAT Clauses.
c. Matrix exercitive Verbs of command or of permission trigger the occurrence of the Subjunctive in Subject
d. THAT Clauses.
e. Right Node Raising deletes identical prepositions.
ANS: B
209.
Which of the following Verbs can be a Subject-to-Subject Raising trigger?
a. apply
b. occur
c. grasp
d. rehearse
e. fill
ANS: B
210.
Which of the following operations implies the existence of a semantically indefinite Complement Subject?
a. nominalisation
b. ‘One’ Deletion
c. Negative Raising
d. BE Deletion
e. THAT Deletion
ANS: B
211.
Which of the following statements is correct?
a. The ‘Neither’ Tag Test requires of two conjoined sentences that the second one should be Negative.
b. The inherently [± assertive] marking of a Polarity Item has to oppose the derivationally assigned [± assertive] feature.
c. Whenever it occurs in a string, the Negator NOT has scope over an entire sentential constituent.
d. The metalinguistic use of Negation employs a distinctive stress with contrastive function.
e. None of the four previous statements is correct.
ANS: D
212.
Choose the appropriate to fill in the blanks variant:
We could find no fellow worker or client to have been ___ offended by his words or behaviour.
a. in any way
b. to a certain extent
c. somehow
d. at all
e. somewhat
ANS: A
213.
Which of the following statements is correct?
a.Causative Verbs are Tough Movement triggers.
b.Semantically, the Half Gerund has a manner interpretation.
c.With Verbs taking a clausal Infinitival Direct Object, and also an Indirect Object or Prepositional Object,the identity between the Complement Subject and the Object in the Main Clause is an obligatory condition.
d.None of the four previous statements is correct.
e.Gerunds never undergo Extraposition from Object position.
ANS:C
214.
Which of the following Adjectives can be a Subject-to-Subject Raising trigger?
a. young
b. dark
c. sure
d. loud
e. slim
ANS: C
215.
Choose the correct variant:
The semantic equivalence between the initial string and the resulting one is a condition for:
a. Wh-movement
b. relativisation
c. Negative Incorporation
d. Preposition Deletion
e. Negative Raising
ANS: E
216.
Which of the following Verbs subcategorises for a clausal Direct Object (THAT Clause), and an
Indirect Object or a Prepositional Object (/_ S-PNP/)?
a. bother
b. suggest
c. walk
d. confuse
e. eat
ANS: B
217.
Which of the following Verbs can take two sentential arguments?
a. hear
b. amaze
c. imply
d. insist
e. believe
ANS: C
218.
Choose the correct variant:
Complement Clauses cannot function as:
a. Attributes
b. Predicatives
c. Prepositional Objects
d. Direct Objects
e. Indirect Objects
ANS: E
219.
Choose the correct variant:
One Affirmative and one Negative conjunct in a Compound Subject NP trigger agreement:
a. with the Negative conjunct
b. in the plural
c. by proximity
d. in the singular
e. with the Affirmative conjunct
ANS: E
220.
Which of the following Nouns can occur in Tough Movement patterns?
a. article
b. curse
c. plum
d. vow
e. education
ANS: B
What transformation has applied to derive the following complex sentence: That he was the owner of the shop was finally proved by the police.
Selected Answer: a. Passivization
Specify the type of the subordinate clause: They’re anxious for you to help them.
Selected Answer: b. Infinitival Clause
What transformation has applied to derive the following complex sentence: He told me that he would come earlier.
Selected Answer: c. Dative Movement
Specify the syntactic function of the Complement THAT Clause: It is obvious that they had different cultural perspectives.
Selected Answer: d. Subject Clause
Which of the following strings contains an inherent semantic negation?
R?spunsul selectat: Yes, I missed a great opportunity last year but this is not going to happen again
Which of the following verbs is a SOR trigger:
Selected Answer: a. to beg
Specify the type of the infinitival construction in the following complex sentence: For you to say that is unusual.
Selected Answer: b. For to-infinitive
Specify the syntactic function of the infinitival complement clause in the complex sentence: I would love to see that movie again.
Selected Answer: a. Direct Object
Which of the following verbs is a SOR trigger:
Selected Answer: d. to believe
Specify the syntactic function of the infinitival complement clause in the complex sentence: She is artist enough to paint his portrait.
Selected Answer: d. Adverbial of Result
Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: Brian happened to witness the accident occurring at the crossroads.
Selected Answer: c. Main Clause, Subject Clause, Noun Modifier Clause
THAT clauses may undergo the following operations:
Selected Answer: d. all of them
What transformation has applied to derive the following complex sentence: It was well known that the thief was caught red handed.
Selected Answer: b. Passivization + Extraposition
Selected Answer: a. to beg
Specify the type of the infinitival construction in the following complex sentence: For you to say that is unusual.
Selected Answer: b. For to-infinitive
Specify the syntactic function of the infinitival complement clause in the complex sentence: I would love to see that movie again.
Selected Answer: a. Direct Object
Which of the following verbs is a SOR trigger:
Selected Answer: d. to believe
Specify the syntactic function of the infinitival complement clause in the complex sentence: She is artist enough to paint his portrait.
Selected Answer: d. Adverbial of Result
Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: Brian happened to witness the accident occurring at the crossroads.
Selected Answer: c. Main Clause, Subject Clause, Noun Modifier Clause
THAT clauses may undergo the following operations:
Selected Answer: d. all of them
What transformation has applied to derive the following complex sentence: It was well known that the thief was caught red handed.
Selected Answer: b. Passivization + Extraposition
What transformation has applied to derive the following complex sentence: That he was the owner of the shop was finally proved by the police.
Selected Answer: a. Passivization
Specify the type of the subordinate clause: They’re anxious for you to help them.
Selected Answer: b. Infinitival Clause
What transformation has applied to derive the following complex sentence: He told me that he would come earlier.
Selected Answer: c. Dative Movement
Specify the syntactic function of the underlined clause: Can you tell me who wrote this book?
Selected Answer: d. Direct Object Clause
What transformation has applied to derive the following complex sentence: It is essential for you to go there.
Selected Answer: d. Direct Object Clause
What transformation has applied to derive the following complex sentence: It is essential for you to go there.
Selected Answer: b. Extraposition + It-insertion
Specify the type of the infinitival construction in the following complex sentence: He waited for her to speak.
Selected Answer: c. For to-infinitive
Specify the type of the infinitival construction in the following complex sentence: He waited for her to speak.
Selected Answer: c. For to-infinitive
Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: The president of the company was annoyed to hear that all the members of the board complained that the new executive was difficult to work with.
Selected Answer: d.
Main Clause, Prepositional Object Clause, Direct Object Clause, Prepositional Object Clause, Subject Clause
What transformation has applied to derive the following complex sentence: She is a pleasure to talk to.
Selected Answer: a. Tough Movement
Selected Answer: d.
Main Clause, Prepositional Object Clause, Direct Object Clause, Prepositional Object Clause, Subject Clause
What transformation has applied to derive the following complex sentence: She is a pleasure to talk to.
Selected Answer: a. Tough Movement
Specify the agreement rule applying in the following sentence: That he failed and that he didn’t care...
Selected Answer: a. singular agreement: was no surprise to anyone
Selected Answer: a. singular agreement: was no surprise to anyone
Specify the syntactic function of the Complement THAT Clause: She became aware that something was burning.
Selected Answer: c. Prepositional Clause
Selected Answer: c. Prepositional Clause
Specify the syntactic function of the infinitival complement clause in the complex sentence: I bought a toy with which to play.
Selected Answer: d. Attribute
Selected Answer: d. Attribute
Specify the syntactic function of the Complement THAT Clause: I didn’t know that she had been married, since she seldom talked about herself.
Selected Answer: a. Direct Object Clause
Selected Answer: a. Direct Object Clause
Specify the type of the subordinate clause: I consider him to be a genius.
Selected Answer: d. Infinitival Clause
Selected Answer: d. Infinitival Clause
Extraposition of THAT Clauses is obligatory with the verb.
Selected Answer: b. all of the above
Selected Answer: b. all of the above
What transformation has applied to derive the following complex sentence: She had to admit to her parents that she was wrong.
Selected Answer: a. Complex NP Shift
Selected Answer: a. Complex NP Shift
THAT clauses differ from NP-s in that they do not behave the same in respect to:
Selected Answer: b. Agreement rules
Selected Answer: b. Agreement rules
Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: He tried to strike a match to look for the lost keys.
Selected Answer: b. Direct Object Clause and respectively, Adverbial Clause of Purpose
Selected Answer: b. Direct Object Clause and respectively, Adverbial Clause of Purpose
Finite clauses contain a finite verb phrase, that is a verb obligatorily marked for:
Selected Answer: a. Mood and Tense
Selected Answer: a. Mood and Tense
Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: It was announced that the police were trying to catch the thieves red-handed.
Selected Answer: d. Main Clause, Subject Clause, Direct Object Clause
Selected Answer: d. Main Clause, Subject Clause, Direct Object Clause
Which of the following verbs is a SSR trigger:
Selected Answer: c. to become
Specify the type of the infinitival construction in the following complex sentence: I don’t expect you to win.
Selected Answer: b. Accusative plus Infinitive Construction
Selected Answer: c. to become
Specify the type of the infinitival construction in the following complex sentence: I don’t expect you to win.
Selected Answer: b. Accusative plus Infinitive Construction
Specify the type of the infinitival construction in the following complex sentence: I found Tom to be intelligent.
Selected Answer: d. Accusative plus Infinitive Construction
Selected Answer: d. Accusative plus Infinitive Construction
What transformation has applied to derive the following complex sentence: He owes it to his boss that he got the promotion.
Selected Answer: b. Extraposition + It-insertion
Selected Answer: b. Extraposition + It-insertion
Specify the syntactic function of the underlined clause: She informed her mother-in-law, Elizabeth, that she had not changed her plan.
Selected Answer: a. Prepositional Object Clause
Selected Answer: a. Prepositional Object Clause
In the following complex sentence specify for which noun, verb, adjective, or preposition the complement construction is a complement: The commission was anxious for the courts to take up the matter.
Selected Answer: b. anxious
Selected Answer: b. anxious
Specify the type of the infinitival construction in the following complex sentence: She seems to be extremely tired.
Selected Answer: d. Nominative plus Infinitive Construction
Selected Answer: d. Nominative plus Infinitive Construction
Specify the function of the subordinate clause: The problem is that I’ve run out of money.
Selected Answer: d. Predicative Clause
Selected Answer: d. Predicative Clause
Which of the following verbs is a SSR trigger:
Selected Answer: c. to continue
Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: Her main concern was collecting evidence to prove her husband’s infidelity.
Selected Answer: c. Main Clause, Predicative Clause, Adverbial Clause of Purpose
Selected Answer: c. to continue
Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: Her main concern was collecting evidence to prove her husband’s infidelity.
Selected Answer: c. Main Clause, Predicative Clause, Adverbial Clause of Purpose
Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: I consider it proper that there should be no corruption in the medical domain.
Selected Answer: a. Main clause, Direct Object Clause
Specify the syntactic function of the Complement THAT Clause: That he had made a mistake was clear.
Selected Answer: a. Subject Clause
Specify the type of the subordinate clause: The idea that I should go there upsets me.
Selected Answer: c. THAT Clause
In the following complex sentence specify for which noun, verb, adjective, or preposition the complement construction is a complement: On Johnson’s granting the award to Peter, the commission felt that no further action was necessary.
Selected Answer: d. the preposition “on” for the gerundial construction, the verb “feel” for the that complement
Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: It is well known that she is afraid to go to the Circus.
Selected Answer: b. Main Clause, Subject Clause, Prepositional Object Clause
Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: I found it strange that there were no mistakes in those students’ written papers.
Selected Answer: d. Main Clause, Direct Object Clause
Specify the syntactic function of the Complement THAT Clause: It is obvious that they had different cultural perspectives.
Selected Answer: d. Subject Clause
Specify the type of the infinitival construction in the following complex sentence: She tries to improve her writing.
Selected Answer: a. Nominative plus Infinitive Construction
Specify the syntactic function of the infinitival complement clause in the complex sentence: There seems to be a fly in my soup.
Selected Answer: Subject
Non-finite clauses contain a non-finite verb phrase which is possibly marked for:
Selected Answer: Aspect and Voice
The sentence Jane seems to like Billy has undergone Noun Phrase movement. Which Noun Phrase has been moved and why?
Selected Answer: Jane, because it would not get case in its original position
Specify the syntactic function of the underlined clause: He asked her if she would drive him home.
Selected Answer: Direct Object Clause
Specify the syntactic function of the infinitival complement clause in the complex sentence: His favourite pastime is to make wooden soldiers.
Selected Answer: Predicative
Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: Max proved to be the best manager they had ever had.
Selected Answer: Main Clause, Subject Clause, Noun Modifier Clause
Selected Answer: Main Clause, Subject Clause, Noun Modifier Clause
Specify the type of the infinitival construction in the following complex sentence: She wants to become the new President of the company.
Selected Answer: PRO-infinitive
Selected Answer: PRO-infinitive
Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: What puzzled everybody was that he was very difficult to talk to.
Selected Answer: Subject Clause, Main Clause, Predicative Clause, Subject Clause
What transformation has applied to derive the following complex sentence: John promised me that he would come.
Selected Answer: Dative Movement
Selected Answer: Dative Movement
Specify the type of the infinitival construction in the following complex sentence: She wants to be rewarded.
Selected Answer: PRO-infinitive
Selected Answer: PRO-infinitive
In the complex sentence, It’s no use crying over spilt milk, the underlined item is:
Selected Answer: Gerund
Selected Answer: Gerund
Specify the syntactic function of the Complement THAT Clause: The truth is that I don’t love him any more.
Selected Answer: Predicative Clause
Selected Answer: Predicative Clause
List the complement constructions in the following passage:
Peter regarded Johnson’s permission for him to leave the country
as a sign that the president trusted him and his thinking.
Selected Answer: Infinitival Complement, THAT Complement
Intrebarea nr. 83 5 din 5 puncte Peter regarded Johnson’s permission for him to leave the country
as a sign that the president trusted him and his thinking.
Selected Answer: Infinitival Complement, THAT Complement
Which of the following strings contains an inherent semantic negation?
R?spunsul selectat: Yes, I missed a great opportunity last year but this is not going to happen again
Which of the following Verbs does not stand as an index of phrasal coordination being basic?
R?spunsul selectat: inhale
Intrebarea nr. 4 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Choose the correct analysis (type, function, function of the Introducer) of the embedded clause:
Our manager totally relies upon whom he gives a letter of introduction to.
Question 4 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct Free Relative Clause, Prepositional Object, Indirect Object
Correct
Choose the correct analysis (type, function, function of the Introducer) of the embedded clause:
Our manager totally relies upon whom he gives a letter of introduction to.
Question 4 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct Free Relative Clause, Prepositional Object, Indirect Object
Intrebarea nr. 3 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Choose the correct function of the embedded clause:
The plane had safely touched the ground just a few minutes earlier, which stood as a really fortunate circumstance.
Question 3 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct Sentence modifier
Intrebarea nr. 18 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Choose the correct variant:
Compatibility is what accounts for connectedness of clauses within the respective string in case of:
Question 18 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct all the three given strings
Intrebarea . nr. 1 5 din 5 puncte
Choose the correct rule(s) that has (have) applied in case of the following string:
Eastern Europe has truly been but gradually turns out to no longer be a haven for
dubious businesses.
R?spunsul selectat: Right Node Raising; Subject-to-Subject Raising; Conjunction
Reduction
Correct
Choose the correct function of the embedded clause:
The plane had safely touched the ground just a few minutes earlier, which stood as a really fortunate circumstance.
Question 3 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct Sentence modifier
Intrebarea nr. 18 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Choose the correct variant:
Compatibility is what accounts for connectedness of clauses within the respective string in case of:
Question 18 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct all the three given strings
Intrebarea . nr. 1 5 din 5 puncte
Choose the correct rule(s) that has (have) applied in case of the following string:
Eastern Europe has truly been but gradually turns out to no longer be a haven for
dubious businesses.
R?spunsul selectat: Right Node Raising; Subject-to-Subject Raising; Conjunction
Reduction
.ntrebarea nr. 6 5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following Verbs cannot be a Subject-to-Object Raising trigger?
R?spunsul selectat: agree
.ntrebarea nr. 7 5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following Verbs can take an Infinitive Clause as Prepositional Object?
R?spunsul selectat: consent
.ntrebarea nr. 8 5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following Verbs can take two sentential arguments?
R?spunsul selectat: imply
.ntrebarea nr. 9 5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following prepositions can co-occur with Gerunds with passive meaning?
R?spunsul selectat: beyond
.ntrebarea nr. 10 5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following Verbs subcategorises for a clausal Direct Object (THAT
Clause), and an Indirect Object or a Prepositional Object (/_ S-PNP/)?
R?spunsul selectat: suggest
.ntrebarea nr. 15 5 din 5 puncte
Choose the correct variant:
Tense distinctions are lost with:
R?spunsul selectat: Infinitive Clauses and Gerundial Clauses
.ntrebarea nr. 16 5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following statements is correct?
R?spunsul selectat: The metalinguistic use of Negation employs a distinctive stress
with contrastive function.
.ntrebarea nr. 17 5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following constructions may feature either a Free or a Restrictive
Relative Clause, and render a thematic focus occurring right to Copula BE?
R?spunsul selectat: IT-Cleft Construction
.ntrebarea nr. 18 5 din 5 puncte
Choose the correct variant:
The Noun fact can take a THAT Clause functioning as:
R?spunsul selectat: any of the three given functions
.ntrebarea nr. 20 5 din 5 puncte
Choose the correct statement:
R?spunsul selectat: THAT Clauses pass the .pseudo-cleft
Question 2 text .ntrebarea nr. 2 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Which of the following statements is correct?
Question 2 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct The complete Negator NOT may trigger local negation.
Question 5 text .ntrebarea nr. 5 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Choose the correct variant:
The semantic equivalence between the initial string and the resulting one is a
condition
for:
Question 5 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct Negative Raising
Question 6 text .ntrebarea nr. 6 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Which of the following Verbs can take two sentential arguments?
Question 6 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct imply
Question 7 text .ntrebarea nr. 7 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Which of the following possible antecedent determiners triggers a preference for that
as a Relative Clause Introducer?
Question 7 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct all
Question 8 text .ntrebarea nr. 8 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Choose the correct variant:
Complement Clauses cannot function as:
Question 8 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct Indirect Objects
Question 9 text .ntrebarea nr. 9 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Which of the following Verbs can take two sentential arguments?
Question 9 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct prove
Question 12 text .ntrebarea nr. 12 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Choose the correct variant:
Aspectual distinctions are lost with:
Question 12 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct Half and Full Gerunds
Question 15 text .ntrebarea nr. 15 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Choose the correct variant:
Free Relative Clauses cannot function as:
Question 15 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct VP modifiers
Question 16 text .ntrebarea nr. 16 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Choose the correct function of the embedded clause:
The new Business Center is destined to host all future important international
conferences.
Question 16 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct Adverbial of Purpose
Choose the correct rule(s) that has (have) applied in case of the following string:
Eastern Europe has truly been but gradually turns out to no longer be a haven for
dubious businesses.
R?spunsul selectat: Right Node Raising; Subject-to-Subject Raising; Conjunction
Reduction
Indicate the string in case of which Negative Raising cannot apply:
Am ales o propozitie cu forma verbului didn.t. corect
Nu alegeti :I anticipate that our improvised contraption won.t work
The board wants us not to inform the media about the company.s new short and
long term strategies.
In which of the following strings phrasal coordination is not the result of reduction?
Raspunsul selectat: Last year, TechnoSol and VeriSim merged under the newlyregistered
trademark of PerfectSim.
Choose the correct type and function of the embedded clause:
The marble that he stubbornly wants for the terrace of his villa is discouragingly
rare.
Raspunsul selectat: Restrictive relative clause-nominal modifier
Which is the correct function of the underlined phrase?
Young Stephen Hawking was quickly recognised by a great part of the scientific
community as .the new Einstein..
Raspunsul selectat: (Derived) subject complement
Which of the following Verbs does not stand as an index of phrasal coordination
being basic?
R?spunsul selectat: Incorrect conflate,incorect blade,incorect interwine
Mai era o varianta ,deci cea corecta
Intrebarile din grila veche de la adevarat/fals apar ca intrebari noi sub forma:
Choose the correct variant:.One Deletion. may affect:
Se dau mai multe variante printre care si -the Complement Subject of Gerunds
Este de fapt continuarea intrebarii nr. 48 din grila veche:
.One Deletion. may affect the Complement Subject of Gerunds-Adevarat
Întrebarea nr. 1 5 din 5 puncteWhich of the following Verbs cannot be a Subject-to-Object Raising trigger?
R?spunsul selectat: agree
.ntrebarea nr. 7 5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following Verbs can take an Infinitive Clause as Prepositional Object?
R?spunsul selectat: consent
.ntrebarea nr. 8 5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following Verbs can take two sentential arguments?
R?spunsul selectat: imply
.ntrebarea nr. 9 5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following prepositions can co-occur with Gerunds with passive meaning?
R?spunsul selectat: beyond
.ntrebarea nr. 10 5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following Verbs subcategorises for a clausal Direct Object (THAT
Clause), and an Indirect Object or a Prepositional Object (/_ S-PNP/)?
R?spunsul selectat: suggest
.ntrebarea nr. 15 5 din 5 puncte
Choose the correct variant:
Tense distinctions are lost with:
R?spunsul selectat: Infinitive Clauses and Gerundial Clauses
.ntrebarea nr. 16 5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following statements is correct?
R?spunsul selectat: The metalinguistic use of Negation employs a distinctive stress
with contrastive function.
.ntrebarea nr. 17 5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following constructions may feature either a Free or a Restrictive
Relative Clause, and render a thematic focus occurring right to Copula BE?
R?spunsul selectat: IT-Cleft Construction
.ntrebarea nr. 18 5 din 5 puncte
Choose the correct variant:
The Noun fact can take a THAT Clause functioning as:
R?spunsul selectat: any of the three given functions
.ntrebarea nr. 20 5 din 5 puncte
Choose the correct statement:
R?spunsul selectat: THAT Clauses pass the .pseudo-cleft
Question 2 text .ntrebarea nr. 2 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Which of the following statements is correct?
Question 2 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct The complete Negator NOT may trigger local negation.
Question 5 text .ntrebarea nr. 5 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Choose the correct variant:
The semantic equivalence between the initial string and the resulting one is a
condition
for:
Question 5 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct Negative Raising
Question 6 text .ntrebarea nr. 6 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Which of the following Verbs can take two sentential arguments?
Question 6 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct imply
Question 7 text .ntrebarea nr. 7 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Which of the following possible antecedent determiners triggers a preference for that
as a Relative Clause Introducer?
Question 7 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct all
Question 8 text .ntrebarea nr. 8 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Choose the correct variant:
Complement Clauses cannot function as:
Question 8 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct Indirect Objects
Question 9 text .ntrebarea nr. 9 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Which of the following Verbs can take two sentential arguments?
Question 9 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct prove
Question 12 text .ntrebarea nr. 12 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Choose the correct variant:
Aspectual distinctions are lost with:
Question 12 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct Half and Full Gerunds
Question 15 text .ntrebarea nr. 15 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Choose the correct variant:
Free Relative Clauses cannot function as:
Question 15 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct VP modifiers
Question 16 text .ntrebarea nr. 16 5 din 5 puncte
Correct
Choose the correct function of the embedded clause:
The new Business Center is destined to host all future important international
conferences.
Question 16 answers
R?spunsul selectat: Correct Adverbial of Purpose
Choose the correct rule(s) that has (have) applied in case of the following string:
Eastern Europe has truly been but gradually turns out to no longer be a haven for
dubious businesses.
R?spunsul selectat: Right Node Raising; Subject-to-Subject Raising; Conjunction
Reduction
Indicate the string in case of which Negative Raising cannot apply:
Am ales o propozitie cu forma verbului didn.t. corect
Nu alegeti :I anticipate that our improvised contraption won.t work
The board wants us not to inform the media about the company.s new short and
long term strategies.
In which of the following strings phrasal coordination is not the result of reduction?
Raspunsul selectat: Last year, TechnoSol and VeriSim merged under the newlyregistered
trademark of PerfectSim.
Choose the correct type and function of the embedded clause:
The marble that he stubbornly wants for the terrace of his villa is discouragingly
rare.
Raspunsul selectat: Restrictive relative clause-nominal modifier
Which is the correct function of the underlined phrase?
Young Stephen Hawking was quickly recognised by a great part of the scientific
community as .the new Einstein..
Raspunsul selectat: (Derived) subject complement
Which of the following Verbs does not stand as an index of phrasal coordination
being basic?
R?spunsul selectat: Incorrect conflate,incorect blade,incorect interwine
Mai era o varianta ,deci cea corecta
Intrebarile din grila veche de la adevarat/fals apar ca intrebari noi sub forma:
Choose the correct variant:.One Deletion. may affect:
Se dau mai multe variante printre care si -the Complement Subject of Gerunds
Este de fapt continuarea intrebarii nr. 48 din grila veche:
.One Deletion. may affect the Complement Subject of Gerunds-Adevarat
In which of the following environments the Polarity Reversal Rule is optional?
Răspunsul selectat: any of the three environments listed here
Întrebarea nr. 2 5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following Adjectives can be a Subject-to-Subject Raising trigger?
Răspunsul selectat: sure
Întrebarea nr. 3 5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following Verbs can take an Infinitive Clause as Prepositional Object?
Răspunsul selectat: consent
Întrebarea nr. 4 5 din 5 puncte
Choose the appropriate to fill in the blanks variant:
We could find no fellow worker or client to have been ___ offended by his words or behaviour.
Răspunsul selectat: in any way
Întrebarea nr. 5 5 din 5 puncte
Choose the appropriate to fill in the blanks variant:
Here is the list of people and materials ___ we need for this special operation.
Răspunsul selectat: that
Întrebarea nr. 6 5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following items is a lexical Affirmative Polarity Item?
Răspunsul selectat: long since
Întrebarea nr. 7 5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following rules applies upon [- specific] and [- referential] constituents?
Răspunsul selectat: Negative Attraction
Întrebarea nr. 8 5 din 5 puncte
Choose the correct variant:
The Noun fact can take a THAT Clause functioning as:
Răspunsul selectat: any of the three given functions
Întrebarea nr. 10 5 din 5 puncte
Choose the appropriate to fill in the blanks variant:
The old and already cracked porcelain of the vase would not survive ___ against other objects.
Răspunsul selectat: hitting
Întrebarea nr. 11 5 din 5 puncte
Choose the correct statement regarding the Complement Subject in the following string:
It is undoubtedly healthy to eat a lot of fruits and vegetables.
Răspunsul selectat: It has been deleted under indefiniteness.
Întrebarea nr. 12 5 din 5 puncte
Indicate which transformations have occurred in case of the following string:
In this story, the stepmother does not turn out malevolent.
Răspunsul selectat: Subject-to-Subject Raising; Copula BE Deletion; Negative Raising
Întrebarea nr. 13 5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following Subject-to-Object Raising triggers requires the removal of the raised NP from post-verbal position?
Răspunsul selectat: admit
Întrebarea nr. 14 5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following Nouns often co-occurs with an Infinitive Clause as Attribute?
Răspunsul selectat: right
Întrebarea nr. 15 5 din 5 puncte
Indicate the string in case of which Negative Raising cannot apply:
Răspunsul selectat: The expert witness has testified in Court that the defendant did not cause the accident.
Întrebarea nr. 16 5 din 5 puncte
Which is the correct function of the underlined phrase?
Young Stephen Hawking was quickly recognised by a great part of the scientific community as “the new Einstein”.
Răspunsul selectat: (Derived) Subject Complement
Întrebarea nr. 17 5 din 5 puncte
Choose the correct function of the embedded clause:
The new Business Center is destined to host all future important international conferences.
Răspunsul selectat: Adverbial of Purpose
Întrebarea nr. 18 5 din 5 puncte
Choose the correct rule(s) that has (have) applied in case of the following string:
Eastern Europe has truly been but gradually turns out to no longer be a haven for dubious businesses.
Răspunsul selectat: Right Node Raising; Subject-to-Subject Raising; Conjunction Reduction
Întrebarea nr. 19 5 din 5 puncte
Choose the correct type and function of the embedded clause:
The marble that he stubbornly wants for the terrace of his villa is discouragingly rare.
Răspunsul selectat: Restrictive Relative Clause – nominal modifier
Întrebarea nr. 20 5 din 5 puncte
Choose the correct variant:
The Extraposition of the Subject THAT Clause is optional with the matrix Verb:
Răspunsul selectat: hurt
The Noun miracle can take as its sentential Subject:
Answer
Selected Answer:
any of the four types listed here
• Întrebarea nr. 2
5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following Verbs is a bisentential one?
Answer
Selected Answer:
indicate
• Întrebarea nr. 3
5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following items is not a typical Relative Clause Introducer?
Answer
Selected Answer:
what
• Întrebarea nr. 4
5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following Connectors triggers agreement by proximity?
Answer
Selected Answer:
not only … but also
• Întrebarea nr. 5
5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following items is a lexical Affirmative Polarity Item?
Answer
Selected Answer:
long since
• Întrebarea nr. 7
5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following statements is correct?
Answer
Selected Answer:
The metalinguistic use of Negation employs a distinctive stress with contrastive function.
• Întrebarea nr. 8
5 din 5 puncte
Choose the correct variant:
The obligatory deletion under (referential) identity or under indefiniteness of the Complement Subject is a prerequisite of:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Tough Movement
• Întrebarea nr. 14
5 din 5 puncte
Indicate which transformations have occurred in case of the following string:
In this story, the stepmother does not turn out malevolent.
Answer
Selected Answer:
Subject-to-Subject Raising; Copula BE Deletion; Negative Raising
• Întrebarea nr. 16
5 din 5 puncte
Choose the correct variant:
Free Relative Clauses cannot function as:
Answer
Selected Answer:
VP modifiers
• Întrebarea nr. 17
5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
Answer
Selected Answer:
Object Control presupposes a linguistic identity between the Object in the Main Clause and the Complement Subject.
• Întrebarea nr. 19
5 din 5 puncte
Which of the following strings features an asymmetric use of a Coordinator?
Answer
Selected Answer:
The exam is only a few days away, and you just sit there, and watch TV all day long!
• Întrebarea nr. 20
5 din 5 puncte
Choose the correct rule(s) that has (have) applied in case of the following string:
Eastern Europe has truly been but gradually turns out to no longer be a haven for dubious businesses.
Answer
Selected Answer:
Right Node Raising; Subject-to-Subject Raising; Conjunction Reduction
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