Câu hỏi trắc nghiệm B-learning môn Ngữ nghĩa học

Week 1: Unit 1+2

1. Which of the following items are more reflective of speaker meaning in the way this
concept was introduced in this unit?
A. Bears are mammals
B. There is no difference between He rolls the carpet up and He rolls up the carpet
C. She is as cool as a cucumber

2. Which of the following items are more reflective of sentence meaning in the way this
concept was introduced in this unit?
A. My boss is a snake
B. Tigers are animals
C. She is the black sheep of the family
3. Which sentence is an example of semantic theory in the way this concept was
introduced in this unit?
A. Unmarried means the opposite of married
B. Metals react with acid to form salts and hydrogen gas
C. Without oxygen, fires can’t sustain themselves

4. Fill in the blank:

An utterance is represented by anything written between ___ , and sentence ( or part of a
sentence) is represented by anything ___
A. Double quotation marks/ in bold
B. Double quotation marks/ italicized
C. Single quotation mark/ in bold
D. Single quotation mark/ italicized

5. Which of the following utterances are tokens of whole sentences?

A. Let’s play in the garden
B. Coffee or tea?
C. In the box, near the table

6. She brings him a cup of coffee and She brings a cup of coffee to him are the same
sentence.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE

7. Which two pairs of sentences express the same propositional content?

A. Mary hates John / John hates Mary
B. She drove me home/ She gave me lift home
C. Alan murdered Tom/ Tom wasn’t murdered by Alan
D. There are five candies in the box/ The box contains five candies
8. Which two pairs of sentences express different propositional content?
A. Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam/ Hanoi is a city of Vietnam
B. I’m full/ I’m stuffed
C. Will you go away? / You will go away
D. I like ice-creams/ Ice-creams are tasty

9. Choose the correct statement:

A. Utterances can be true or false
B. Sentences can be loud or quiet
C. Propositions can be grammatical or not
D. Propositons can’t be true or false

10. In which of the following, a proposition is asserted?

A. Is he?
B. What is the meaning of love?
C. Love is life
D. Watch out !

Week 2: Unit 3 – Reference and Sense

1. Which of the following contains a referent?
A. She love animals
B. A cat doesn’t bark
C. Her cat is a persian

2. Which of the following doesn’t contain a referent?

A. The Sun rises in the East
B. Teachers are always on time
C. My teacher is always on time

3. The expressions the Morning Star and the Evening Star have the same referent
A. TRUE
B. FALSE

4. The expression the queen of the United Kingdom always has constant reference
A. TRUE
B. FALSE

5. Which of the following has variable reference?

A. Jane’s brother
B. The Earth
C. This pen
D. Hanoi
6. Which of the following has constant reference?
A. The author of Harry Potter
B. The best football team
C. The leader of the US army

7. Fill in the blank:

The ___ of an expression is often a thing or a person in the world; whereas the ___ of an
expression is not a thing at all
A. Reference/ sense
B. Referent/ sense
C. Sense/ referent
D. Proposition/ sense

8. Which of the following has two senses?

A. Call me a cab
B. Drive me home
C. Pass me the salt

9. Which of the following has one sense?

A. I saw her duck
B. I saw the duck
C. The duck was seen

10. Every expression that has meaning has sense, but not every expression has reference
A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Week 3: Unit 4-8

1. Choose 2 options that can be used as referring expressions
A. Michael
B. The boy
C. Above
D. If

2. Which of the following contains a referring expression?

A. My sister bought a Ferrari
B. My sister loves Ferrari cars
C. There is no Ferrari in my sister’s house

3. Which of the following is an equative sentence?

A. Loch Ness is a lake
B. Mary is my teacher
C. Mary is not my teacher
4. Fill in the blank:
In the sentence Mary took the can from the dumpster, the referring expressions: ___, the
remainder: ___, the predicator: _____
A. Mary, the can, the dumpster/ took, from/ take
B. The can, the dumpster/ took/ took
C. Mary, the can, the dumpster/ took/ take

5. Fill in the blank:

In the sentence The girl who gave me the sandwich is kind, the referring expression: ____,
the remainder: _____, the predicator: _____
A. The girl/ gave/ gave
B. The girl, the sandwich/ gave, is/ give, is
C. The girl who gave my the sandwich/ is kind/ kind

6. Which one is a two-place predicate?

A. Die
B. Want
C. Place

7. Which one is a generic sentence?

A. Hanoi is a city
B. Cats like fish
C. A dog bit someone

8. Identify all the deictic words in the sentence Yesterday I took the book from his house
over there
A. Yesterday, I, the book, his house, over there
B. I, the book, his house, over there
C. Yesterday, I, the, his, there

9. Which word below has a deictic ingredient?

A. Took
B. Disc
C. Look

10. Which can be a prototype of the predicate worm?

A. Animal, pointy ears, has a tail, catches rats
B. Animal, long, soft body, no limbs, brown
C. Animal, has feather, has a beak

Week 4: Unit 4-8 (cont)

1. Which of the following is ambiguous because of the referring expression?
A. Jane cannot believe in a man
B. The man over there was not trustworthy
C. It’s hard to find a trustworthy man these days

2. Which of the following is an equative sentence?

A. The man in the corner is kind
B. The man in the corner is a teacher
C. The man in the corner is my teacher

3. Fill in the blank

In the sentence Jerry who lives next door is a doctor, the referring expression: ____, the
remainder: ____, the predicator: ____
A. Jerry, next door/ lives, is a doctor/ doctor
B. Jerry who lives next door/ is a doctor/ doctor
C. Jerry who lives next door/ is a/ doctor

4. Which one below is a one-place predicate?

A. Sleep
B. Under
C. Eat

5. Which one below is a three-place predicate?

A. Above
B. Make
C. Hate

6. The universe of discourse can be real or imaginary.

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

7. Which of the following is a generic sentence?

A. Pandas eat bamboo leaves
B. That panda is eating my bamboo leaves
C. My bamboo leaves are the favourite of pandas

8. Identify the deictic words in the sentence Your son should leave the town now
A. Your son, the, now
B. The, now
C. Your, the, now

9. Which one contains a definite noun phrase ?

A. You should keep an eye on those people
B. The student who quit the class was punished
C. John took Lisa’s birthday gift

10. Choose the correct statement

A. Sense connects language to the world
B. Extension connects language to the world
C. Reference is independent of particular occasions or utterance

Week 5: Unit 9- Sense properties and stereotypes

1. Which of the following is an analytic sentence?
A. Anna loves cakes
B. Cakes are made of flour, milk, eggs and butter
C. Scone is the best type of cake
2. Which of the following is a synthetic sentence?
A. Tom cat loves fish
B. Cats chases mouses
C. That’s my cat
3. My newly bought Iphone is a digital device is a synthetic sentence
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
4. Which of the following is a contradiction?
A. My brother is Dave’s girl friend
B. It’s easy to climb a mountain
C. Sea water is salty

5. Fill in the blank:

Queens are servants is a ____, queens are female is a _____, queens are cruel is a _____
A. Synthetic sentence/ analytic sentence/ contradiction
B. Analytic sentence/ contradiction/ synthetic sentence
C. Contradiction/ analytic sentence/ synthetic sentence
6. Fill in the blank:
Pointy ears: _____ of the predicate cat. Animal, pointy ears, has a tail, chases rats:
______ of the predicate cat
A. A sufficient set of conditions/ a necessary condition
B. A condition/ a sufficient set of conditions
C. A necessary condition/ a sufficient set of conditions

7. Which one is a necessary condition of table

A. Four legs
B. Tall
C. Wooden

8. Choose the correct statement:

A. A prototype is an object
B. A stereotype is an object
C. A prototype is a list of characters
9. Extension and sense pertain to all examples while prototype and stereotype pertain to
typical examples
A. TRUE
B. FALSE

10. Which of the following is correct?

A. The stereotype of sumo: male, Japanese, thin, wrestle
B. The stereotype of bed: a piece of furniture, for sleeping, four legs
C. The stereotype of fruit: apple, banana, lemon, mango

Week 6: Sense relation 1

1. Which of the following is a pair of synonyms?
A. Pretty/ beautiful
B. House/ apartment
C. Study/ research

2. Pollution is a big problem in Hong Kong can be rewritten as Pollution is a sizeable

problem.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE

3. A number of old members of staff have left in recent years can be rewritten as A number
of senior members of staff have left in recent years.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE

4. Which pair of sentences is the paraphrase of each other?

A. I’m her teacher / She is my lecturer
B. The cat is on the right of the dog/ The dog is on the left of the cat
C. I’m interested in researching/ I love researching

5. Fill in the blank:

Stationery is the ______ of pen, pen is the _____ of stationery
A. Hyponym/ superordinate
B. Superordinate/ synonym
C. Superordinate/ hyponym

6. The hyponyms of fabric are:

A. Silk, cotton, trousers, wool
B. Silk, cotton, linen
C. Silk, jeans, cotton

7. Fill in the blank:

Entailment is the relation between ___ while hyponymy is the relation between ___
A. Pairs of sentences/ pairs of words
B. Pairs of senses/ pairs of synonyms
C. Pairs of referents/ pairs of senses

8. Fill in the blank:

____ is not necessarily symmetric (i.e. can be one-way) while _____ is symmetric ( i.e. both
ways)
A. Synonymy/ hyponymy
B. Entailment/ Synonymy
C. Synonymy/ entailment

9. Which of the following is correct?

A. She likes champagne entails she likes wine
B. She likes wine entails she likes champagne
C. Wine is her favourite beverage entails champagne is her favourite beverage

10. Which of the following is correct?

A. He baked a cake in his kitchen entails He baked a scone in a room
B. He baked a cake in his kitchen entails He baked a scone in his kitchen
C. He baked a scone in his kitchen entails He baked a cake in a room

Week 7: Unit 11 – Sense relation 2

1. Which of the following is a pair of binary antonyms?
A. Strong-weak
B. Open- closed
C. Generous – mean

2. Which of the following is a pair of gradable antonyms?

A. Before – after
B. Borrow – lend
C. Sad – happy

3. Which of the following is a pair of converses?

A. Near – far
B. True – false
C. East of – west of

4. Which of the following is correct?

A. My boss is busy at the moment is the contradiction of My boss is available at the
moment
B. My boss is busy at the moment is the contradictory of My boss is available at the
moment
C. My boss is busy at the moment is the contradictory of My boss is not available at the
moment
5. What is the word that causes ambiguity in the case below?
For sale: antique desk suitable for lady with thick legs and large drawers
A. Antique
B. Legs
C. Drawers

6. Which of the following is ambiguous?

A. If we get engaged to be married, will you give me a ring?
B. I waved at my friend when he passed by
C. I bought a duck at the supermarket

7. What type of ambiguity was caused in the sentence below?

In this box, I have a 10-foot snake.
A. Lexical
B. Structural
C. Both A and B

8. Which word below is a homonym?

A. Cup
B. Clip
C. Head

9. Which word below is a polysemous word?

A. Right
B. Can
C. Paper

10. Which one of the following is referential versatile?

A. A: He is coming
B: Dave or John?
B. A: Can I have a date?
B: Are you hungry?
C. A: I like rose
B: And I like crimson

Week 8: Chapter 4 + Chapter 5

Chap 4
1. MODUS PONENS is a rule stating that if a proposition P entails aproposition Q, and P is true, then Q is
true.
A. If a proposition P entails aproposition Q, and P is true, then Q is false
B. If a proposition P entails aproposition Q, and P is true, then Q is true
C. If an aproposition Q entails a proposition P, and P is true, then Q is false
 D. If an aproposition Q entails a proposition P, and P is true, then Q is true

2. Which of the following arguments (i.e. logical calculations) reach logicallyvalid conclusions, and which do
not? Which argument utilizes the logicalrule ofmodus ponens?
a If Fred got an A in the course, then he must have done all the work. Freddid get an A in the course, so
therefore he didn’t do all the work.
b If Fred got an A in the course, then he must have done all the work. Fred did get an A in the
course, so therefore he must have done all the work.
c If Fred got an A in the course, then he must have done all the work. Fred did do all the work in the
course, so therefore he did get an A.
d If Fred got an A in the course, then he must not have done all the work. Fred didn’t get an A in the
course, so therefore he must not have done all the work.
3. Find one mistake in the statement: LOGIC deals with meanings in a language system, not with
actual behaviour of any sort. Logic deals most centrally with senses. The terms ‘logic’ and
‘logical’ do not apply directly to utterances.
A. Meanings
B. Language system
C. Senses
D. Utterances
4. Translate the sentence Charles the singer is living in Canada into a simple notation
A. cs LIVE c
B. c LIVE c
C. CS live C

5. Translate the sentence Dan reads a book and Jane reads a magazine into a logical
notation.
A. d READ b j READ m
B. d j READ b m
C. d READ b & j READ m

6. Which one is a well-formed formula for a simple proposition?

A. h SENT BOOK
B. h SENT b
C. h SEND b k
D. h SEND BOOK m

7. The symbol  expresses the meaning of:

A. If
B. Only
C. If … then
D. If and only if

8. The symbol  expresses the meaning of:

A. If
B. Only
C. If … then
D. If and only if

9. p  q is equivalent to
A. (p  q) = (q  p)
B. (p  q)  (q  p)
C. (q  p)  (p  q)
D. (p  q) & (q  p)

10. True or False?

The linking of two propositions by  produces what is called a “biconditional”
A. True
B. False

Chap 5
11. Which one contains only one morpheme?
A. Teacher
B. Longer
C. Father
D. Builder
12. Which one is a compound word?
A. Teacher
B. Replay
C. Revitalize
D. Inside
13. What is the participant role of me in the sentence She cooked me dinner?
A. Beneficiary
B. Affected
C. Instrument

14. What is the participant role of he in the sentence He knows Joanna because she is his
sister.
A. Agent
B. Experiencer
C. Subject

15. What is the participant role of America in the sentence America attacked Irag in 1991?
A. Agent
B. Location
C. Experiencer

16. The role frame of the verb make is:

A. (AGENT) AFFECTED BENEFICIARY
B. AGENT AFFECTED (BENEFICIARY)
C. (AGENT) AFFECTED (BENEFICIARY)

17. Given below is a set of predicates.There is a predicate that does not belong to the same
natural class as all the others ( odd man out). Identify the odd man out
Autumn, winter, spring, season, summer, fall
A. Fall
B. Autumn
C. Season

18. Which of the following statement is correct?

A. The propositional connective & corresponds roughly to if . . . then
B. The propositional connective -> corresponds roughly to if . . . then
C. The propositional connective -> corresponds roughly to and

19. Which of the following is anomalous?

A. His grandfather is a famous actress
B. Hanoi is a beautiful city
C. Mary tasted the apartment sold this month

20. Which of the following is a compound word?

A. Afternoon
B. Carpenter
C. Vision

Week 9: Unit 21-23

1. Which of the following is a performative utterance?
A. I confirm that I’ll attend the interview
B. I’m so excited about the interview
C. I believe I’ll pass the interview

2. Which of the following is a constative utterance?

A. I condemn Jack for killing his comrade

B. I’m typing some messages to my friend
C. I warn you not to pick the flowers

3. Which of the following is a performative verb?

A. Debate
B. Love
C. Bet

4. Which of the following is a constative verb?

A. Request
B. Spit
C. Order

5. Which of the following can be the perlocutionary effect of the utterance: “I admit I stole
your wallet”
A. Asserting
B. Confessing
C. The hearer is angry

6. What illocutionary act is performed by the utterance ‘Can I have a salad and a medium
rare steak’?
A. Ordering
B. Asking
C. The waiter writes down the meals

7. Which of the following performs the act of protesting?

A. People queue in a long line to protest against the new regulations
B. The company hasn’t increased our salary for five years
C. Are you satisfied with the pay rate of the company?

8. Which of the following is a phonic act?

A. ‘You need to say yes when the teacher calls your name’
B. ‘Yes !’
C. ‘You don’t need to say yes when the teacher calls your name’

9. Choose the correct felicity condition for the act of forgiving:

A. The speaker has done something wrong to the hearer
B. The hearer has done something wrong to the speaker
C. The speaker feels guilty about what he has done

10. Which of the following is infelicitous?

A. Father to his son: ‘You should be sorry about your bad behaviors’
B. Two close friends talking to each other: ‘Can I call you by your first name?’
C. Teacher to students: ‘You have done a great job’

Week 10: unit 24&25

1. Which of the following is the direct illocution of the utterance ‘Can I have a chicken
rice’?
A. Ordering
B. Asking
C. Advising

2. Which of the following is the indirect illocution of the utterance: A tour guide
introducing about the dinner destination: ‘The Sea World is the best restaurant in
town’?
A. Asserting
B. Describing
C. Suggesting
3. Which of the following shows the act of promising as an indirect illocution?
A. I’ll be there at 7 a.m
B. Can you bring me my laptop?
C. They promise not to break the laws.

4. Which of the following is a direct directive?

A. Would you mind turning off the loudspeakers?
B. Turn left and then go straight ahead
C. Going to the beach is a good choice for the summer vacation

5. Which of the following is an indirect commissive?

A. I’ll be here waiting for your order
B. I swear to be faithful to our country
C. I promise not to go anywhere

6. Decide if the statement is about sentence meaning or utterance meaning: I can’t walk
any further because these heels are killing me.
A. Sentence meaning
B. Utterance meaning

7. Which of the following is the directive illocution of the propositional content: You will
have a dinner with me tonight
A. Will you have a dinner with me tonight?
B. I’m thinking about a dinner at Chez Mary tonight
C. I’m easy going, any Cantonese restaurant would be perfect

8. Which of the following is the commissive illocution: A student agrees to submit the
assignment within 3 days:
A. The teacher requires me to submit the assignment within 3 days
B. I’ll submit the assignment within 3 days
C. Is it possible to submit the assignment within 3 days?

9. The statement below is true or false?

We see that for an illocutionary act to be carried out there is no need for either the speaker
or the hearer to be referred to.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE

10. Which of the following is a primary illocution indicator?

A. John
B. Let’s
C. Hello

Week 11 – Unit 26&27

1. True or False?
Not all entailments are inferences, but all inferences are entailments
A. TRUE
B. FALSE

2. Which of the following is an implicature of ‘Don’t forget to bring your umbrella again’ ?
A. The listener always forget his umbrella
B. It’s not going to rain
C. The speaker cannot predict the weather

3. Which of the following is NOT an inference of ‘Martha ate all the fruits on the table’ ?
A. There were some fruits on the table
B. Martha likes eating fruits
C. Somebody ate the apples on the table

4. Which of the following is an idiom?

A. We will swear loyalty to the crown
B. The pen is mightier than the sword
C. Cat got your tongue?
5. Which of the following is a metaphor?
A. Beauty is only skin deep
B. He loves giving someone a hand
C. Laughter is the best medicine

6. Which of the following is an orientational metaphor?

A. She will rise to the top
B. I smell success in this building
C. There is a weight on my shoulder

7. Which of the following is an ontological metaphor?

A. Inflation makes me sick
B. He’s buried in a sea of paperwork
C. I’m feeling down

8. Which of the following use personification?

A. The assignment is a tall order
B. People often find ideas in the library
C. The wind howled in the night

9. Which of the following is a metonymy?

A. The cup is a container
B. The cup is quite tasty
C. Reading is my cup of tea
10. Which of the following is a the-part-for-the-whole metonymy?
A. America doesn’t want to build walls anymore
B. Money just walked in
C. We have some new faces in the class