WorksheetsARGUMENTS AND PREDICATES
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The elements that require the specification of the participants of the proposition are called
arguments
predicates
complements
We refer to the arguments inside the VP as:
one-place predicates
external arguments
internal arguments
The semantic notion of one-place predicate corresponds to the syntactic notion of
ditransitive
intransitive
monotransitive
................ can be predicates.
prepositions
adverbs
determiners
The theta-roles express the ............................... of the arguments
the function
the category of the complements
the part the arguments play in the event
In the sentence John saw a movie, John is the
theme
agent
experiencer
The goal is the entity ........................ something moves
to which
from which
by which
Adjuncts are.....................................................
never arguments
locative arguments
participants in the event
A predicate´s lexical entry specifies
Its category, number and role of the arguments it selects and category of the complements it selects.
It`s categorial features, number of arguments and number of complements.
It`s syntactic function, its complements and the number of complements.
There ................................a one-to -one correspondance between the function of the argument and its theta-role.
is always
is not
is sometimes
Adjectives categorial features are
(+F, -N,+V)
(-F, +N, -v)
(-F, +N,+ V)
A complex transitive verb takes ........... as complements
A nominal and a prepositional phrase.
Two nominal phrases as complements.
A direct object and an indirest object.
A complex sentence is a sentence that is made up of
two coordinated clauses
a main clause and a subordinate clause
a single clause
Categorial information in the lexicon is stored
using lexical entries
using theta-roles
using binary features
The subject is ............................... in non-finite clauses.
obligatory
optional
not always explicit
Inflectional morphemes can be...................
both prefixes or suffixes
only prefixes
only suffixes
The subject is always................
a noun phrase
a nominal clause
a nominal element
The complements are the elements...........
to the right of the verb
to the left of the verb
that are optional
Inherent adjectives are .....................
predicative only
attributive only
central
Modal verbs are....................... categories.
+F
-F
+N
