Diagram the sentences below. Make sure your tree contains traces in all of the positions that any moved DPs have occupied during the course of the derivation (and that they are co-indexed properly).

(1) Some dogs seem to have eaten their food. 

(2) The letter was written on a boat. 

(3) The detective guessed which car had been stolen. 

In the sentence (0), the word "can" has moved from AuxP to T.

(0) People can tell the difference.

Group of answer choices

True

False

Assuming (as we will for the rest of the course) that Voice heads exist, how many theta roles does the verb "send" assign?

Group of answer choices

0

1

3

2

Based on your answer to Question 1 above, which theta roles does the verb "send" assign?

Group of answer choices

Theme and Goal/Recipient

Agent, Theme and Goal

Agent and Goal

Agent and Theme

How many, and which, theta-roles does “the monkey” receive in sentence (1)?

(1) The monkey seems to have eaten the falafel.

Group of answer choices

2, Agent and Theme

2, both Agent

1, Theme

1, Agent

How many T heads are there in sentence (1) above?

Group of answer choices

2

0

3

1

What morpheme(s) occupies/occupy the T head(s) in sentence (1)?

Group of answer choices

-s, to

seems, to

-Ø, have

-ed, to

Sentence (2)  is ungrammatical because it violates which requirements/principles?

(2) It was seen a movie.

Group of answer choices

Case Filter

Theta Criterion

EPP

Should the word "played" in sentence (3) be decomposed into distinct morphemes? If no, explain why not. If yes, list what those morphemes are and their syntactic categories.

(3) The raptors have played well in the last 5 games.

Should the word "went" in sentence (4) be decomposed into distinct morphemes? If no, explain why not. If yes, list what those morphemes are and their syntactic categories.

(4) The raptors went all night without a basket.

Consider sentences (5) and (6). Both sentences contain the word "have". In one sentence "have" should be decomposed. In the other sentence it should not. State which "have" should be decomposed and list what morphemes it should be decomposed into.

(5) The kids have gone to the store.

(6) The kids will have eaten cake.

How many traces of the DP "The plants" are present in the structure corresponding to the sentence in (7)?

(7) The plants have been watered.

Group of answer choices

2

0

3

1

What theta role does the DP "the plants" receive in sentence (7) above?

Group of answer choices

Goal

Agent

Theme

How many traces of the DP "The kid" are present in the structure corresponding to the sentence in (8)?

(8) The kid seems to be solving a puzzle.

Group of answer choices

1

0

2

What theta role does the DP "the kid" receive in sentence (8) above?

Group of answer choices

Goal

Theme

Agent

What position(s) do(es) the trace(s) of "the kid" occupy in the structure of (8)?

Group of answer choices

SpecVoiceP, Embedded SpecTP

Embedded SpecVP, Embedded SpecTP

Embedded SpecVP, Embedded SpecVoiceP

There are no traces

Embedded SpecVP

Embedded SpecTP

What head does the DP "the kid" get Case from in (8)?

Group of answer choices

T, headed by "-s"

T, headed by "to"

V solve

V seem

Take the sentence in (9).

(9) The book was placed on the table.

What ungrammatical sentence would be produced if we had moved the DP "the table" to specTP instead of "the book"?

What principle would be violated if we moved "the table" to specTP instead of moving "the book" in (9)?

Group of answer choices

Case Filter

EPP

Theta Criterion

(10) is an ungrammatical sentence. Why is it ungrammatical? (state what principle is violated and why it is violated)

(10) *Dave seems to seem.

Run a constituency test that shows that "quickly" does not attach to the DP "the baskets" in (11).

(11) The traders looked through the baskets quickly.

In English, finite auxiliary verbs receive their inflection via affix hopping.

True or False

In English, main verbs never move to T.

True or False

Negation blocks affix-hopping in English.

True or False

3.3 An American First

Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, this American novel was the first to sell over one million copies. What was its title?

To answer the question, correct the sentences below by replacing each underlined word with its antonym. Choose your answers from the words after the sentences. Write the letter of each answer in the space above its sentence number at the bottom of the page. You will need to divide the letters into words. Some letters are provided.

1. The use of robots has made the manufacturing process more wasteful.

2. A con artist can convince a skeptical person to buy just about anything.

3. The champions were a weak football team.

4. Being an experience chess player, the next move was uncertain to James.

5. Lindsay was sure that the cost for the modest party was excessive.

6. The events of the enjoyable story built to a confused conclusion.

7. After wearing a suit to work all week, Sean likes to wear formal clothes during the weekend.

Please refer to the second page attached for the antonym words.