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6. In this model, the structure that is easier to build is usually preferred.

  • Garden-path model
  • Constraint-satisfaction model
  • Unrestricted race model
  • Good-enough processing

7. In the sentence "while Mary was mending the sock fell of her lap", which is the disambiguating area?

  • "Fell off"
  • "The sock"
  • Mary
  • "Mending"

8. What is parsing?

  • Generating a deep structure based on the surface structure
  • Generating a surface structure based on the deep structure
  • Generating a deep structure and surface structure
  • Generating a deep structure based on previous words

9. Which statement about the parser is incorrect?

  • It processes grammar and builds structures that relate to your native language
  • Allows us to use the grammar of our native language very quickly
  • Takes in the individual word representations in order
  • The meaning of a sentence can only be fully understood after the syntax has been parsed

10. In this model, processing happens until the result is good enough to get on with the task at hand.

  • Unrestricted race model
  • Good-enough processing
  • Constraint-satisfaction model
  • Garden-path model