01
True or false
1 point
True or false: Comprehenders generally wait until a sentence ends before they begin interpreting it.
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3 Understanding Sentence Structure Online Quiz Questions
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02
Written response
1 point
What term describes comprehension that begins as each word is heard or read? Enter the single term.
03
Fill in the blank
1 point
A sentence’s specifies how words combine into phrases and clauses.
04
Choose one
1 point
In “The child opened the box,” which phrase category best describes “the child”?
- A
A verb phrase
- B
A noun phrase
- C
A clause
- D
A syntactic parse
05
Choose all
1 point
Select all statements that describe what a syntactic parse does.
- A
It assigns words to categories.
- B
It relates words in a structural representation.
- C
It helps determine how sentence meaning is assembled.
- D
It records only the linear order of words.
06
Fill in the blank
1 point
In “The butter melted in the pan was starting to burn,” the later word forces the reader to revise the initial analysis.
07
Choose one
1 point
In “I saw the man with a telescope,” which statement captures the sentence’s syntactic ambiguity?
- A
It can describe only the man’s location.
- B
It can describe how I saw him or identify the man as having a telescope.
- C
It can describe only the telescope’s location.
- D
It can describe how the man saw me.
08
True or false
1 point
True or false: A sentence with more than one possible syntactic structure is necessarily defective.
- A
True
- B
False
09
Choose all
1 point
A constraint-based account emphasizes several cues jointly influencing an unfolding interpretation. Select all the cues identified for this account.
- A
Syntax
- B
Word frequency
- C
Plausibility
- D
Discourse context
- E
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10
Written response
1 point
What two-word term names the analysis that assigns words to categories and relates them in a structural representation? Enter the term.
11
Choose one
1 point
Which account emphasizes an initial preference for one structural analysis followed by reanalysis when it fails?
- A
Constraint-based account
- B
Phrase-structure account
- C
Garden-path account
- D
Dependency account
12
Choose one
1 point
In “Which box did the child open __?”, what role does “which box” play in relation to “open”?
- A
It is the subject of “open.”
- B
It describes how the child opened something.
- C
It is the object of “open.”
- D
It is unrelated to the verb “open.”
13
Choose one
1 point
In “I saw the man with a telescope,” what makes the sentence syntactically ambiguous?
- A
The word “saw” has two unrelated meanings.
- B
The phrase “with a telescope” can modify the act of seeing or describe the man.
- C
The sentence has no grammatical structure until context is supplied.
- D
The phrase “the man” can only be interpreted as the subject.
14
Written response
1 point
What is the structural analysis that assigns words to categories and relates them in a sentence called?
15
Choose one
1 point
In “The child opened the box,” which interpretation correctly assigns the participants in the opening event?
- A
The child is what was opened; the box is the opener.
- B
Both the child and the box are openers.
- C
The child is the opener; the box is what was opened.
- D
The sentence does not identify who opened anything.
16
True or false
1 point
True or false: In incremental comprehension, readers begin interpreting a sentence as its words arrive rather than waiting until the sentence ends.
- A
True
- B
False
17
Choose one
1 point
A learner represents “The child opened the box” as a noun phrase followed by a verb phrase, with “the box” grouped inside the verb phrase. What principle does this representation illustrate?
- A
Words group into phrases and clauses, which have relationships beyond their order in a line.
- B
A sentence is represented only as a list of words in the order they appear.
- C
Every word has a direct relationship with every other word.
- D
Phrase boundaries are determined solely by how many words a sentence contains.
18
Written response
1 point
What account type explains structural choices as the joint influence of cues such as syntax, word frequency, plausibility, and discourse context?
19
Choose one
1 point
In “Which box did the child open __?”, what relationship does the syntactic parse establish across the sentence?
- A
“Which box” is the subject of “did.”
- B
“The child” is the object of “open.”
- C
“Open” has no object in the sentence.
- D
“Which box” is understood as the object of “open.”
20
Open ended
1 point
A reader adopts one structural analysis while reading the beginning of a sentence. Later wording conflicts with that analysis, so the reader constructs a different one, but the first interpretation still shapes what they understand. Explain what prompted the revision and what this lingering influence shows about comprehension.
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