Syntax 1 Wiki: Week 2 theoretical exercises

Self-test exercises on parts of speech and their features

1. Mark all and only the possible values of the feature CASE.

	third
	fin
	nom
	sg

2. Mark all and only the possible values of the feature PER.

	third
	fin
	nom
	sec

3. Of which feature is fin a possible value?

	CASE
	NUM
	POS
	VFORM

4. Can the features VFORM and CASE cooccur on the same part of speech?

	YES.
	NO.

5. Which parts of speech have the feature FORM?

	n
	p
	v
	a
	d
	c

6. Which parts of speech have the feature AGR?

	n
	p
	v
	a
	d
	c

7. Which parts of speech have no features at all?

	n
	p
	v
	a
	d
	c

8. Which parts of speech have the feature AUX?

	n
	p
	v
	a
	d
	c

9. Mark all the options that are correct. A single word

	can be [AUX +]
	can be [AUX -]
	can be simultaneously [AUX +] and [AUX -]
	can be neither [AUX +] nor [AUX -]

10. Mark all the options that are correct. A noun that is compatible with nominative and accusative case (like Mary or it) is marked

	[CASE +]
	[CASE any]
	[CASE case]
	[CASE nom]
	[CASE nom/acc]
	[CASE +] and [CASE -]

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