List of top Levels of Grammar and Grammatical Analysis Questions on Syntax & Semantics asked in GATE XH- C3

Which of the following sentence/s depict/s unaccusative construction/s?

Given the sentences S1 and S2, choose the option that explains why S2 cannot be derived from S1. 
S1: Deadpool was interested in Wolverine's description of morphosyntax. 
S2: *What was Deadpool interested in Wolverine's description of?

Consider the following two statements, S1 and S2 and choose the correct option. 
S1: If X is an adjunct of Y, then Y is an argument of X because the presence of Y in a sentence is necessary for X to occur. 
S2: It is not necessarily true that if Y is an argument of X, then X is Y's adjunct.

For the sentence [Li knows [CP1 that you believe [CP2 that Mo thinks CP3 that Jo likes Kai]]]. which of the following statements can be held to apply?

The structures below represent two interpretations of the compound noun 'Greek history teacher'. Which of the following statements is/are CORRECT? 


 

Consider the following sentence: \(\textit{Guna found Jiya in the park with the children from her neighbourhood.}\) Identify the descriptions that apply to this sentence.

Consider the following four ungrammatical sentences. Pay attention to the co-indexation. 

(i) *Gopal$_i$ gifted him$_i$ a piano. 
(ii) *Himself$_i$ likes Gopal$_i$. 
(iii) *Gopal$_i$ thinks that Radha will marry himself$_i$. 
(iv) *Radha$_i$'s mother$_i$ loves herself$_i$. 
Which of the following statements are CORRECT with reference to Principles A, B, and C of the Binding Theory?

With reference to the tree diagram for the sentence \emph{'John wants him to be a doctor', which of the following statements are CORRECT?}
The following data from Sinhala contains TWO pairs of sentences, 1 and 2. Each member of the pair is marked A and B and they differ in specific ways from each other. Identify the changes that are observed across each pair. \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{|c|l|l|} \hline 1. & A: \textit{lamea kataawa ahanəwa} & B: \textit{lameəṭə kataawa əhenəwa}
& child story hear & child story hear
& (The) child listens (actively) to the story. & (The) child hears the story (despite himself).
\hline 2. & A: \textit{malli nitərəmə aɳdənəwa} & B: \textit{malliṭə nitərəmə aɳdənəwa}
& brother always cries & brother always cries
& Brother always cries. & Brother always bursts into tears (despite himself).
\hline \end{tabular} \end{center}
Consider the underlined NPs in the following three sentences: i. \underline{John} broke the window ii. \underline{The window} broke iii. \underline{The stone} broke the window Choose the correct values for the grammatical roles (X\textsubscript{1-3}) and for the semantic roles (Y\textsubscript{1-3}) of these NPs from the options given below.
Consider the following sentence: \textit{King Puru of the Pauravas, the lion, fought Alexander the emperor in the battlefield of Jhelum (Hydaspes).} Identify all the CORRECT lexico-semantic relations that appear in the given sentence from the options provided.
Two sentences are given below: I. I was in Boston last winter, and I found it really cold \underline{there}.
II. \underline{Here}, have some tea!
Pick the CORRECT option with respect to the underlined adverbs.
Choose from the options given, the word(s) that give rise to (or trigger) \textbf{presuppositions when reading the following lines: } \begin{quote} A Jewish physicist, Robert Oppenheimer, directed the development of a new kind of bomb in a project called Trinity. He regretted the building of the bomb because of the cost to mankind. After the war, he was suspected of having communist sympathies and he quickly lost popular support. \end{quote}
Consider the following sentence: The historian will put the paintings in his house on the wall in the museum. Which interpretation is NOT possible among the following?
Which of the sentences in the options given are NOT an \textit{entailment of the sentence below?} Simba was a lion in the movie 'The Lion King'.
In which of the following frame or frames would it be appropriate to use a noun?
In the following conversation, the violation of which Gricean maxim of conversation gives rise to humour? Ram: I got a new car for my son.
Shyam: That is a great exchange!
Which one of the following is an error of \textit{grammatical competence?}
Which one of the sentences below does NOT have \textit{syntactic recursion in it?}
From the following, which is the correct order of animacy hierarchy?

Look at the adjectives in Column X and match with the types of adjectives in Column Y. Choose the correct option. 

\[\begin{array}{|c|c|} \hline \textbf{Column X} & \textbf{Column Y} \\ \hline \text{P. Blue shirt} & \text{1. Subsective} \\ \hline \text{Q. Fake Picasso} & \text{2. Intersective} \\ \hline \text{R. Big elephant} & \text{3. Anti-intersective} \\ \hline \end{array}\]

Consider the following tree structure, where A and C are co-referential. Similarly, E and H are co-referential. Identify the incorrect statement(s). 

In the sentences 1 through 4, in which one(s) a) entails b)? Sentences:
1. a) Rama plays a string instrument. b) Rama is a violinist.
2. a) Hutolu sings. b) Hutolu is melodious.
3. a) Fido is a Dalmatian. b) Fido is a dog.
4. a) Students don't study. b) Linguistics students do not study.

The number of core arguments associated with the ditransitive verb 'give' is __________

When new information is introduced in a communication, such information is classified as \(\underline{\hspace{2cm}}\)