Virtual Labs

Word Analysis

What is a morpheme in linguistics?

a: A complete sentence Explanation

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b: The smallest meaningful unit of language Explanation

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c: A type of grammar rule Explanation

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d: A writing system Explanation

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In the word 'cats', how many morphemes are there?

a: One Explanation

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b: Two Explanation

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c: Three Explanation

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d: Four Explanation

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What is the root of the word 'unhappiness'?

a: un- Explanation

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b: happy Explanation

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c: -ness Explanation

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d: unhappy Explanation

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Which of the following demonstrates inflectional morphology?

a: happy → happiness Explanation

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b: walk → walked Explanation

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c: teach → teacher Explanation

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d: kind → kindness Explanation

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In Hindi, what does the case marker 'को' (ko) typically indicate?

a: Subject of the sentence Explanation

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b: Direct object or goal Explanation

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c: Possessive relationship Explanation

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d: Location Explanation

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What is the difference between free and bound morphemes?

a: Free morphemes can stand alone, bound morphemes cannot Explanation

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b: Free morphemes are longer than bound morphemes Explanation

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c: Bound morphemes are always prefixes Explanation

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d: There is no difference between them Explanation

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In agglutinative languages like Turkish, morphological analysis is particularly challenging because:

a: Words have no internal structure Explanation

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b: Multiple morphemes can be chained together in a single word Explanation

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c: All words are monosyllabic Explanation

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d: There are no grammatical rules Explanation

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What is morphological ambiguity and why is it problematic for NLP systems?

a: When a word has multiple possible morphological analyses Explanation

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b: When words are spelled incorrectly Explanation

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c: When languages use different scripts Explanation

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d: When sentences are too long Explanation

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How does morphological analysis contribute to machine translation quality?

a: By providing detailed grammatical information for accurate translation Explanation

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b: By making translation faster Explanation

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c: By reducing the need for dictionaries Explanation

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d: By eliminating the need for syntax analysis Explanation

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Why is morphological analysis important in natural language processing?

a: It helps in understanding word structure and meaning Explanation

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b: It is only used for translation tasks Explanation

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c: It is not relevant for computational linguistics Explanation

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d: It is only useful for English language analysis Explanation

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What is the difference between inflectional and derivational morphology?

a: Inflectional changes grammatical features, derivational creates new words Explanation

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b: Both are the same Explanation

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c: Derivational is only for verbs Explanation

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d: Inflectional is only for nouns Explanation

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Which of the following is an example of a morphologically rich language?

a: Hindi Explanation

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b: English Explanation

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c: Chinese Explanation

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d: All of the above Explanation

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How does morphological analysis help in machine translation?

a: By providing information about word structure and grammatical features Explanation

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b: By ignoring word endings Explanation

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c: By focusing only on syntax Explanation

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d: By translating word-for-word without context Explanation

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What is the role of case marking in Hindi?

a: It indicates the grammatical function of nouns in a sentence Explanation

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b: It changes the meaning of verbs Explanation

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c: It is only used in poetry Explanation

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d: It is not important for understanding sentences Explanation

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Why is it important to identify the root of a word in NLP tasks?

a: Because it helps in grouping related word forms and understanding meaning Explanation

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b: Because it is only needed for spelling correction Explanation

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c: Because roots are always verbs Explanation

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d: Because it is not important Explanation

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