LINB06 Practice Final Exam Answer Key
Course: LINB06 LEC02
Instructor: Shohini Bhattasali
Term: Fall 2023
Date: December 14, 2023
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Location: HL B101
No. of pages in exam: 7
Aids allowed: None
IMPORTANT: Please write your name and student number on the
Scantron sheet and Final Exam booklet too
Name:
Student number:
Instructions:
1. Each student should have a Final Exam Booklet and a pink Scantron sheet before
the exam starts
2. The Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters state:
The University of Toronto’s Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters applies
to all University of Toronto Scarborough students. The Code prohibits
all forms of academic dishonesty including, but not limited to, cheating,
plagiarism, and the use of unauthorized aids. Students violating the Code
may be subject to penalties up to and including suspension or expulsion
from the University.
3. You can write your name and student id number on the question booklet but please
do not open the exam till the instructor tells you to.
I Multiple Choice Questions (15 points)
There are 15 short questions in this section. Please use a pencil and indicate the correct
answer in the provided Scantron sheet, NOT the exam booklet. If you are answering the
questions here, please remember to copy over the answers to your Scantron sheet too.
1. Visiting relatives can be boring. Which kind of ambiguity is illustrated in this sen-
tence?
A. Lexical ambiguity
B. Structural ambiguity
C. Both
D. Neither
2. Stolen painting found by tree. Which kind of ambiguity is illustrated in this newspaper
headline?
A. Lexical ambiguity
B. Structural ambiguity
C. Both
D. Neither
3. It were the hungry raccoons of Toronto that wreaked havoc in the city. Is the underlined
portion in the clefted sentence a constituent?
A. Yes
B. No
4. *Who does Mary wonder whether Will invited? This is a violation of:
A. Case Filter
B. Extended Projection Principle
C. Theta Criteria
D. Island Constraint
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5. *Fred hoped Mary. This is a violation of:
A. Case Filter
B. Extended Projection Principle
C. Theta Criteria
D. Island Constraint
6. *will snow. This is a violation of:
A. Case Filter
B. Extended Projection Principle
C. Theta Criteria
D. Island Constraint
7. The gift arrived with a note.
Which of the following theta grids is the correct one for the predicate arrive?
A:
Theme
DP
The gift
B:
Theme Instrument
DP PP
The gift with a note
A. Theta grid A
B. Theta grid B
C. Both
D. Neither
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Figure 1: Tree for Q8 and Q9
8. The tree above is not consistent with X-bar theory. True or False?
Refer to Fig. 1.
A. True
B. False
9. WP is a . Refer to Fig. 1
A. Specifier
B. Adjunct
C. Complement
D. Head
10. Which of the following is TRUE about X-bar?
A. Every XP can only have a single intermediate projection
B. The maximal projection and head have to match in their syntactic category
C. Every head can have up to two complements
D. Adjuncts have to match in their syntactic category
11. Which of the following is NOT a constraint on X-bar?
A. Case Filter
B. Theta Criteria
C. Extended Projection Principle
D. Ambiguity
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12. Do you have a dream?
Which of the following syntactic transformations are required to derive the correct
structure of the following sentence?
A. do-insertion
B. Head movement
C. Internal subject raising
D. All of the above
13. Who likes to eat fresh pancakes with caramelized figs?
Which of the following syntactic transformations are required to derive the correct
structure of the following sentence?
A. Head movement
B. do-insertion
C. Wh-movement
D. All of the above
14. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. do-support only occurs with negation
B. Island constraints only applies to Wh-movement
C. DP movement is to satisfy the Theta Criteria
D. that-trace filter is not universal
15. Which of the following is NOT true about Universal Grammar (UG)?
A. All languages share the same grammar and its implementation.
B. All children have a flexible blueprint to use while learning their language.
C. We are born with the knowledge that certain sentences are ungrammatical
in our language.
D. The human facility for language is innate.
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II Tree Drawing (10 points)
Draw a tree for the following sentence:
(1) What has not been done?
Make sure to include all of the following, as relevant:
• Unpronounced heads
• All intermediate projections
• Internal subject raising
• Head movement
• DP movement
• Wh-movement
• Traces
• Features relevant for movement
• Case features
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III Data Analysis (10 points)
Based on the following data, do German and Persian exhibit V→T movement? Explain how you
came to your answer.
German:
(2) Sprechen
speak
Sie
you
Deutsch?
German
“Do you speak German?”
(3) Ist
is
er
he
nach
to
Hause
home
gegangen?
gone
“Has he gone home?”
(4) Er
he
sitzt
sits
nicht
not
auf
on
diesem
this
Tisch.
table
“He does not sit on this table.”
(5) Sie
she
soll
must
nicht
not
auf
on
diesem
this
Tisch
table
sitzen.
sit
“She must not sit on this table.”
Persian:
(6) Rafti
went
to
you
madrese?
school
“Did you go to school?”
(7) Bâyad
must
un
he
biyâd?
come
“Must he come?”
(8) Man
I
keyk
cake
na-poxtam.
not-cooked
“I did not bake cakes.”
(9) Un
he
na-xâhad
not-will
âmad.
come
“He will not come.”
German: Yes, main verbs appear higher than negation and undergo T→C.
Persian: Yes the main verb undergoes T→C. The data in (8) suggests negation attaches to T, and
in (9) it is attached to the V, suggesting the verb has raised to T.