01
Choose one
1 point
In the phrase “read the book carefully,” which word group is a complement of the verb read?
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02
Fill in the blank
1 point
A phrase is organized around a central word called its .
03
True or false
1 point
A word group that passes one constituency test must be a constituent, so further investigation is unnecessary.
- A
True
- B
False
04
Choose all
1 point
Which methods are presented as diagnostics for investigating whether a word group is a constituent? Select all that apply.
- A
Substitution with a form that can occupy the same position
- B
Movement of a word group to another position
- C
Checking whether a word group can answer a question naturally
- D
Joining groups of similar type with and or or
- E
Checking whether a participant is an agent
- F
Counting how many words occur in a phrase
05
Written response
1 point
What grammatical-relation term describes a phrase that may express location, source, or recipient and is often introduced by an adposition or marked by case?
06
Choose one
1 point
In “The window was broken by the wind,” which phrase is the grammatical subject?
- A
the window
- B
the wind
- C
the by-phrase
- D
the event of breaking
07
True or false
1 point
In “The window was broken by the wind,” the window is both the grammatical subject and the participant causing the breaking.
- A
True
- B
False
08
Choose all
1 point
Which grammatical patterns can signal relations such as subject and object across languages? Select all that apply.
- A
Word order
- B
Case marking
- C
Agreement
- D
Whether a participant is an agent
- E
The number of modifiers in a phrase
09
Fill in the blank
1 point
In “The child opened the box and the adult read the note,” the two clauses are joined by .
10
Written response
1 point
What term describes a clause contained within another clause, as in “The child said that the box was open”?
11
Choose one
1 point
In “The dog chased the cat,” which phrase functions as the object?
- A
the dog
- B
chased
- C
the cat
- D
the whole sentence
12
Choose one
1 point
In the bracketed analysis of “The curious child opened the box,” which two parts make up the VP?
- A
The subject NP and the verb opened
- B
The verb opened and the object NP the box
- C
The determiner the and the noun child
- D
The adjective curious and the noun box
13
Open ended
1 point
In “The child opened the box with a key,” explain two possible attachments of “with a key” and how each attachment affects the interpretation.
14
Choose one
1 point
In the English sentence “The dog chased the cat,” which analysis correctly identifies the grammatical relations?
- A
The cat is the subject and the dog is the object.
- B
The dog is the subject and the cat is the object.
- C
Both phrases are subjects.
- D
Neither phrase is a grammatical relation.
15
True or false
1 point
A word group that passes one constituency test is always a constituent, and a group that fails one test cannot be a constituent.
- A
True
- B
False
16
Choose one
1 point
Using the simplified bracketed analysis in the material, which word is the head of “the box,” and what phrase category does that analysis assign to it?
- A
The verb “opened” heads “the box,” making it a verb phrase.
- B
The determiner “the” heads “the box,” making it a verb phrase.
- C
The noun “box” heads “the box,” which the simplified analysis labels as a noun phrase (NP).
- D
The adjective “curious” heads “the box,” making it an adjective phrase.
17
Written response
1 point
In “The curious child opened the box,” which phrase functions as the object of “opened”?
18
Choose one
1 point
In “read the book carefully,” which analysis distinguishes the complement from the modifier?
- A
“The book” is a complement of “read,” and “carefully” is a modifier.
- B
“The book” is a modifier of “read,” and “carefully” is its complement.
- C
Both “the book” and “carefully” are complements of “read.”
- D
Both “the book” and “carefully” are modifiers of “read.”
19
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1 point
How are the clauses related in “The child opened the box and the adult read the note”?
- A
The adult’s clause is embedded in the child’s clause.
- B
The two clauses are joined by coordination.
- C
The sentence contains only one clause.
- D
The child’s clause is embedded in the adult’s clause.
20
Written response
1 point
In “The child opened the box with a key,” what phrase category is “with a key”?