Language analysis course: phrase analysis

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