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LSCI 20 LEC A: INTRO T... Quiz 10

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Answer the questions for this tree: What kind of violation is this? [ Select ] Adjunct Island Subject Island Wh-Island Complex NP Island What should the DP after "saw" be coindexed with? [ Select ] something missing from the tree did the Wh phrase the embedded Spec-CP What major mistake is in this tree? The adjunct on "leave" is attached incorrectly

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The prompt presents a multi-part question about a tree, with three dropdowns to fill in. While no explicit answer options are provided in the data, the user-supplied selections indicate the intended answers for each dropdown: - First dropdown: Adjunct Island - Second dropdown: the Wh phrase - Third dropdown: The adjunct on "leave" is attached incorrectly Below is a step-by-step discussion of each selection, explaining why it could be correct and addressing potential alternatives. First dropdown (violation type): Adjunct Island - Why this could be correct: In many syntactic analyses, an adjunct island violation occurs when an adjunct (a PP, AdvP, or similar modifier) is extracted or moved in a way that leaves an island behind, yielding an ungrammatical structure. If the tree in question shows an adjunct that cannot be extracted or that creates an illicit dependency when moved, labeling it as an adjunct island violation ali......Login to view full explanation