SEMANTICS TEST

Part 1: Mark each of the following sentences true (T) or false (F) (10m)
T F

1 A sentence is tied to a particular time and place

2 A proposition can be expressed by different sentences
3 “ Scarlet” is the hypernym of “red”
4 The sentence “Dr Jekelly is an ass” is equative
5 “I saw an animal” entails “ I saw the cat”
6 Copper and Tin are binary antonym
7 “The computer is an important research tool” is a generic
sentence
8 Two sentences are paraphrased if and only if they entail each
other
9 Literal meaning is the meaning outside context
10 Co- hyponym are mutually exclusive

Part 2: Fill in each blank with One or Two Words (20m)

1.The ………….. of an expression is its relationship to semantically equivalent

2. The word” shine” is ………………………

3.”Thailand” or “ my house” normally have …………………..

4.The sentence “ I hate the shooting of the hunters” is ………………………

5.……………..is a relationship between uttered expressions and things in the

world
6.The…………… is the sentence which violates the semantics rule

7.The hypernym for the lexical field” pine, cedar, jew ” is ………………….

8. The bicycle in “The bicycle is a cheap means of transport” is a ……………..

9.“ You, today, Wednesday” are called…………..

10. The ……………… depends on virtue of personal and cultural association

Part 3: Choose the best answer to each question (10m)

1.The expression “ The Me Kong river” has

a.Variable reference

b.Constant reference

c.Co-reference

d.None of the above

2.The sentence” They are moving sidewalks?” is

a.Unambiguous sentence

b.Lexical ambiguous

c.Structurally ambiguous

d.Both structurally and lexical ambiguous

3.Which of the following is a generic sentence

a.Gentlemen prefer blondes

b.A wasp just stung me on the neck

c.The tulip in the garden are blooming

d.Mary saw a rat

4.Which of the following is true about a pair of binary antonyms

a.They can be modified by adverb of degree

b.They are mutually exclusives

c.They exhaust all possibilities along some scale

d.They can be used in question of degree

5.Which of the following is a pair of gradable antonym

a.Sink-float

b.pass- fail

c.Narrow- wide

d.Import- export

6.Which of the following is an equative sentence

a.That girl over there is my student

b.Cairo is the large city

c.John is a genius

d.My dog bit the postman

7.The sentence “ The workers threatened to walk ” is

a.a synthetic sentence

b.a generic sentence

c.a polysemous sentence

d.an unambiguous sentence

8.The word “ current”(e.g: up to date vs flow of water) is a case of:

a. synonymy

b.hyponymy

c.homonymy

d.homophony

9.Which of the following is a pair of incompatibility

a.flour/ flower

b.ravage/ destroy

c.hammer/ tool

d.breakfast/ supper

10.Which of the following is not ambiguous

a.Mary can’t bear children

b.They can fish

c.I saw her duck

d.I am very cross with you

Part 4: What semantics features do these words in each group share? ( 10m)

1. Rose, cedar, elm, ash, beech

2. Grandparent, grandchildren, parents, niece, nephew
3. Wasp, bee, moth, ant, horsefly,
4. Rooster, duck, goose, drake, chick
5. Blood, petrol, acid rain, milk, soy sauce
Part 5: Indicate the relationship between the following words Synonym (S),
Binary antonym (B), Gradable antonym,(G), Relation antonym( R), Homonym,
Polysemy, or Hyponym (10m)

1.Feeble/powerful

2. fork ( in a road vs instrument for eating)

3.Larger/ smaller

4.Cat/ kitten

5.Accidental/ intentional

6.Couch/ sofa

7.steer (to guide vs young bull)

8.Increase/ decrease

9.Married/ unmarried

10.West (of)/ east (of)

Part 6: Decide whether these sentences are Analytic (A), Contradiction(C) , or

Synthetic (S) (10m)

1. Frozen water is ice

2. Bachelors cannot form lasting relationship
3. Leaves turn yellow in fall
4. All men are mortal
5. The table in the kitchen is round

Part 7: What is the relationship between sentence (A) and (B) (10m)
1.“My brother married a doctor” (A) and “ My male sibling joined in wedlock
with a physician” (B)

2.“Alan lives in Hanoi” (A) and “ Alan lives in Vietnam”

3.“ This door handle is brass” (A) and “ This door handle is plastic” (B)

4.“ I gave all my pens” (A) and “ I gave all my writing tools” (B)

5”My friend loathes string beans.” (A) and “ My pal hates pole beans” (B)

Part 8: Arrange the words in each group so that every word is hyponym of the
word immediately before it ( 10m)

1. Palm- plant- coconut- tree

2. Insect-living thing- horsefly- creature

3. Bungalow- house- building- structure

4. Convertible- car-vehicle

5. Animal (beast)- animal-stallion- mammal- horse

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