TEST 1

3. Which of the following is correct about semantics?

a. Semantics is the study of the relation between language and user
b. Semantics is the study of how a speaker uses the language
c. Semantics is the study of the literal meaning of language
d. Semantics is an independent subject
5. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. The objective of semantics is the non-literal meaning of language
b. The objective of linguistics is the language
c. The means to convey the meaning in semantics is the sentence
d. The means to convey the meaning in pragmatics is the utterance
7. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. A sentence is a group of words linked by grammar to convey a complete meaning
b. A sentence must contain at least one finite verb
c. A sentence is a group of words out of context
d. An utterance is a group of words context dependent
8. Which of the following statements is not true about utterance?
a. The meaning of an utterance is the meanings of the constituent words
b. An utterance is context bound / dependent
c. The meaning of an utterance depends on the situation in which it is uttered
d. An utterance is a sentence said in a particular situation
9. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. It makes sense to talk of the time and place of a proposition.
b. It is meaningless to talk of the time and place of a sentence.
c. A proposition must be meaningful
d. It makes sense to talk of the truth of a sentence or an utterance.
11. The following pair: “Dr. Findlay killed Janet.”
“Dr. Findlay caused Janet to die.” consists of_____.
a. 2 utterances; 2 propositions b. 2 sentences; 1 proposition
c. 2 sentences; 2 propositions d. 2 utterances; 1 proposition
12. The following pair “Paul opened the door.”
“The door was opened by Paul.” consists of_____.
a. 2 utterances; 1 proposition b. 2 sentences; 1 proposition
c. 2 utterances; 2 propositions d. 2 sentences; 2 propositions
13. The following pair “Paul loves Mary.”
“Paul and Mary love each other.” consists of_____.
a. 2 utterances; 2 propositions b. 2 sentences; 1 proposition
c. 2 sentences; 2 propositions d. 2 utterances; 1 proposition
14. The following pair “They loaded hay onto the truck.”
“The truck was loaded with hay.” consists of_____.
a. 2 utterances; 1 proposition b. 2 sentences; 1 proposition
c. 2 sentences; 2 propositions d. 2 utterances; 2 propositions
16. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. A lexical field is a group of words sharing the same part of speech.
b. A semantic field is a family of words that share the same semantic feature.
c. There are different ways to organize semantically related words into lexical fields.
d. A lexical field is a group of semantically related words.
17. Which of the following semantic features does not belong to “horse”?
a. [+domestic] b. [+animal] c. [+male] d. [+having a tail]
18. Which of the following semantic properties does not belong to “mouse”?
a. [+domestic] b. [+having legs] c. [+having a tail] d. [+animal]
19. The relationship between “bachelor” and “spinster’ is_____.
a. hyponym b. hypernym c. hyponymy d. incompatibility
20. The relationship between “cock” and “stallion” is_____.
a. hyponym b. hypernym c. hyponymy d. incompatibility
TEST 2
1. Which of the following is not a type of reference?
a. referent b. variable reference c. constant reference d. same reference
2. The type of reference in which the referent varies with speaker is_____.
a. constant reference b. same reference
c. variable reference d. no reference
3. The type of reference in which different expressions are used to refer to the same object is_____.
a. constant reference b. variable reference
c. same reference d. no reference
4. The type of reference in which the same expression always refers to the same object is_____.
a. same reference b. variable reference
c. constant reference d. no reference
5. When an expression is meaningful but does not refer to anything, it is said to have_____.
a. constant reference b. variable reference
c. no reference d. same reference
6. Which of the following statements is true?
a. All words in a language are used to refer but only some have sense.
b. If two expressions have the same referent, they always have the same sense.
c. Sense is the relationship between expressions of the same meaning.
d. Reference is the set of all objects which can potentially be referred to by an expression.
7. An expression used to refer to someone or something general is____.
a. not a referring expression b. variable reference
c. referring expression d. same reference
8. The underlined part in “The boy standing at the bus stop” has / is____.
a. variable reference b. same reference
c. referring expression d. Both a and c
9. The underlined parts in “John is the boy standing at a bus stop” is / has____.
a. same reference b. referring expression
c. constant reference d. no reference
10. The underlined part in “He would have survived from the air crash with a parachute” is____.
a. referring expression b. not a referring expression
11. The underlined part in “My friend is a math teacher” is_____.
a. a referring expression b. not a referring expression
12. The underlined part in “Silk Black is a famous singer from Tay Nguyen” is / has ____.
a. co-reference b. constant reference
c. same reference d. variable reference
13. The underlined part in “ I’ll buy a car to go to work” is____.
a. not a referring expression b. a referring expression
14. The underlined part in “Yesterday, I sent my friend a gift on his birthday” is____.
a. not a referring expression b. a referring expression
15. The underlined part in “The boys wandering in the street at night may be street children” is____.
a. a referring expression b. not a referring expression
16. The underlined part in “He fell off the horse, wounded by an arrow” is / has____.
a. variable reference b. same reference
c. referring expression d. Both a and c
17. The underlined part in “You cannot kill a tiger with an arrow” is_____.
a. not a referring expression b. a referring expression
18. The underlined part in “You can go abroad if you have friends overseas” is_____.
a. referring expression b. not a referring expression
19. The underlined part in “John is so rich. Oh, he’s just got a windfall” is_____.
a. referring expression b. not a referring expression
20. The underlined parts in “He is an English teacher at the O.U” is / has____.
a. same reference b. referring expression
c. constant reference d. no reference
TEST 3
9. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. The semantic role of a word is the syntactic function of that word in the sentence
b. The semantic role of a word is the role of that word towards the verb
c. The syntactic function is the grammatical function of a unit in a sentence
10. Which of the following is not a type of semantic role?
a. patient b. complement c. agent d. locative
11. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in “Covered with mud, Robert went playing
“treat or trick” is:
a. patient b. cause c. instrument d. stimulus
12. The semantic role performed by the underlined NP in “This pill can make you sleep deeply” is__.
a. instrument b. cause c. patient d. stimulus
13. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in “Water makes you feel refreshed” is____.
a. patient b. cause c. Instrument d. stimulus
14. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in “The door unlocked helped the thief enter
the house easily” is______.
a. patient b. cause c. instrument d. stimulus
15. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in “The door opened suddenly at the first
blow of wind” is_____.
a. instrument b. cause c. patient d. stimulus
16. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in “They loaded the truck with hay” is____.
a. cause b. locative c. instrument d. patient
17. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in “Peter regretted telling her the truth” is__.
a. experiencer b. agent c. patient d. stimulus
18. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in “My brother is proud of his results” is___.
a. stimulus b. experiencer c. patient d. agent
19. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in “The snow buried the car completely” is_.
a. locative b. patient c. agent d. stimulus
20. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in “The snow melts in the afternoon” is____.
a. cause b. temporal c. patient d. stimulus TEST 6
1. The relationship between
8too and two9 is_____.
a. homophony b.
homography c. homonymy d.
polysemy
2. The relationship between
8to flourish and to thrive9
is_____.
a. synonymy b. antonymy c.
homophony d. polysemy
3. The relationship between
8beautiful and ugly9 is _____
antonymy.
1. The relationship between “too” and “two” is_____.
a. homophony b. homography c. homonymy d. polysemy
2. The relationship between “to flourish” and “to thrive” is_____.
a. synonymy b. antonymy c. homophony d. polysemy
3. The relationship between “beautiful” and “ugly” is _____ antonymy.
a. relational b. non-gradable c. complementary d. gradable
4. The relationship between “grandpa” and “grandchild” is_____ antonymy.
a. gradable b. non-gradable c. complementary d. relational
5. The relationship between “asleep” and “awake” is _____ antonymy.
a. relational b. gradable c. binary d. converse
6. The relationship between “buy” and “sell” is _____ antonymy.
a. relational b. non-gradable c. gradable d. complementary
7. The relationship between “lesser” and “lessee” is_____ antonymy.
a. non-gradable b. gradable c. relational d. complementary
8. The relationship between “to tear” and “a tear” is_____.
a. homography b. homophony c. synonymy d. polysemy
9. The relationship between “too” and “too” is_____.
a. homonymy b. homography c. homophony d.
polysemy
10. The relationship between “the desert” and “to desert” is_____.
a. homonymy b. homography c. homophony d.
polysemy
11. The relationship between the sentences in the following pair is / has _____.
i. Paul flew to Hanoi yesterday.
ii. Paul went to Hanoi yesterday.
a. entailment b. paraphrase c. contradiction d. no relation
12. The relation between (A): “David took a pound of beef”
(B): “David bought a pound of beef” is / has_____.
a. A entails B b. B entails A c. paraphrase d. no relation
13. The relation between (A): “I came here in a vehicle”
(B): “I came here in a small car” is / has_____.
a. B entails A b. paraphrase c. A entails B d. no relation
14. The relationship between “I saw a big cat” and “I saw a big animal” is / has_____.
a. no relation b. entailment c. contradiction d. paraphrase
15. The relationship between “John is a bachelor” and “Peter is John’s son” is / has_____.
a. paraphrase b. entailment c. contradiction d. no relation
16. The relation between “Paul teaches English for a living” and “Paul is an English teacher”
is / has_____.
a. entailment b. paraphrase c. contradiction d. no relation
17. The relation between (A): “He took all the money in my safe”
(B): “He took everything in my safe” is_____.
a. A entails B b. B entails A c. paraphrase d. no relation
18. The relationship between (A): “Paul is an English teacher”
(B): “Paul teaches English at the OU for a living” is / has_____.
a. A entails B b. B entails A c. paraphrase d. no relation
19. The relationship between “Paul killed Peter” and “Paul did not murder Peter” is / has_____.
a. paraphrase b. entailment c. contradiction d. no relation
20. The relationship between “It is hard to kill elephants with guns” and “Elephants are not easy to
be killed by guns” is / has_____.
a. paraphrase b. entailment c. contradiction d. no relation