Ambiguity

what are two possible meaning of the following sentence?

• I saw a man walking with a bat

• I saw a man with a small, winged animal in his hand

• I saw a man walking a bat

• I saw a man with the tool used to hit a ball in baseball and softball in his hand

Which of the following sentences contains ambiguity? I saw the man with the telescope. I saw the man with the binoculars.

• D

• C

• A

• B

Which of the following sentences contains ambiguity? I saw the man on the hill with the telescope. I saw the man on the hill with the binoculars.

• B

• A

• D

• C

Which of the following sentences contains ambiguity? I saw the man with the glasses. I saw the man with the hat.

• C

• D

• B

• A

Apply sentence structure analysis to rewrite the following sentence for clarity: 'The girl who wore the red dress won the competition.'

• The girl who wore the red dress was the competition winner.

• The girl won the competition in a red dress.

• The girl won the competition while wearing the red dress.

• The girl who won the competition wore the red dress.

Which of the following sentences is ambiguous?

• The chicken is ready to eat.

• The book is on the table.

• The sun is shining brightly.

• The car is parked outside.

What is the ambiguity in the sentence: 'I saw her duck'?

• It is unclear if 'duck' is a verb or a noun.

• It is unclear who 'her' refers to.

• It is unclear where the action took place.

• It is unclear when the action happened.

Identify the ambiguous sentence:

• He gave her cat food.

• She likes to read books.

• They went to the park.

• The sky is blue.

Which sentence contains structural ambiguity?

• Visiting relatives can be boring.

• The dog barked loudly.

• She is reading a book.

• The flowers are blooming.

What type of ambiguity is present in the sentence: 'The old man the boat'?

• Syntactic ambiguity

• Lexical ambiguity

• Semantic ambiguity

• Pragmatic ambiguity