Language analysis course: phrase analysis

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The words gave and man in He gave the money to the old man he met in the bar are:
1. pre-heads
2. heads
3. post-heads
The words the old man he met in the bar in He gave the money to the old man he met in the bar are:
1. the prepositional phrase
2. the subject noun phrase
3. the object noun phrase
4. post-modifying the verb give
What are the two parts of a prepositional phrase?
1. the preposition and its complement
2. the preposition and the time
3. the preposition and the place
How many phrases are modifying the verb in She finally arrived at last at her hotel?
1. 4
2. 3
3. 1
4. 2
The words in the bar in the old man he met in the bar are:
1. a prepositional phrase post modifying man
2. a verb phrase
3. a prepositional phrase post-modifying met
4. a noun phrase
Why is it important to identify the constituents of phrases?
1. Because it resolves ambiguities
2. Because we need to know when something happened
3. Because phrases are always ambiguous