Practice for quiz 2
Draw the phrase structure trees for following sentences:
Students
The
Some
with
good
teacher
students
grades
wrote
sleep
the
in
get
good
answer
class .
jobs.
on
the
board.
Practice for quiz 2
Paraphrase the following sentence and show the structural ambiguity by drawing
the two different phrase structure trees.
The man watched the woman with a telescope.
Meaning a) _____________________________________________________________
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Meaning b) _____________________________________________________________
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Phrase structure tree a)
Phrase structure tree b)For
For following sentences write the phrase structure rules. The first one has been
done for you.
I like pizza with mushrooms.
S= NP+VP
NP= N
VP= V+NP
NP= NP+PP
NP= N
PP= P+NP
Practice for quiz 2
Some people like Whisky with coke.
Students with good grades find good jobs.
The teacher wrote the answer on the board.
For each group of words given as follows, state what semantic feature or features distinguish
between the classes of (a) words and (b) words.
Example:
(a) widow, mother, sister, aunt, maid
(b) widower, father, brother, uncle, butler
The (a) words are
female
The (b) words are
male
Practice for quiz 2
1.
(a) bachelor, man, boy, son, pope
(b) stallion, rooster, ram, bull
The (a) words are __________________________________
The (b) words are __________________________________
2.
(a) widow, grandmother, professor,
(b) boy, girl, baby,
The (a) words are __________________________________
The (b) words are __________________________________
3.
(a) stone, wood, metal, cement
(b) feathers, velvet, pillow, sofa
The (a) words are __________________________________
The (b) words are __________________________________
4.
(a) leopard, ostrich, cheetah, falcon
(b) ant, whale, turtle mouse
The (a) words are __________________________________
The (b) words are __________________________________
1. Identify the Hypernym (superordinate) in each set (it’s one of the
words).
a) house, shed, building, garage, cottage, hut
b) plate, saucer, cup, soup bowl, dish, serving bowl
c) stream, river, rivulet, creek, brook, tributary
d) glance, peep, stare, leer, look (at), view, watch
e) hurricane, tornado, gale, storm, typhoon
Practice for quiz 2
Indicate the lexical relationship (for antonyms indicate whether they are gradable
or complimentary)
right/wrong
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odd/unusual
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moist/damp
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present/absent
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Tarantula/spider _______________________________
Give 2 semantic properties for each word
budget
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scissors
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husband
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whale
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university
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Paraphrase the ambiguous meaning of following sentences
I know more beautiful women than Angelina Jolie
Meaning a) _____________________________________________________________
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Meaning b) _____________________________________________________________
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The parents of the bride and groom were waiting outside.
Meaning a) _____________________________________________________________
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Meaning b) _____________________________________________________________
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