Questões de Concurso Sobre análise sintática | syntax parsing em inglês

Foram encontradas 579 questões

Q3794576 Inglês
In English syntax, adjective phrases can function as modifiers either before or after the noun, and their position affects both meaning and emphasis. Predicative adjectives occur after linking verbs, while attributive ones precede nouns within noun phrases. Analyze the examples below and select the sentence that contains an adjective phrase functioning predicatively.
Alternativas
Q3794573 Inglês
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder às questão.


Italians


The peak period of Italian immigration to the United States occurred between 1880 and 1921, when approximately 4.2 million Italians came to America. The vast majority of these immigrants, about 80 percent, hailed from the Mezzogiorno in southern Italy, a region in the midst of great tumult and hardship. Having only been officially unified in 1860, political tension between the government in the north and the rural peasants in the south increased in the 1870s, when the government placed an onerous tax on wheat and salt, which were necessities for southern farmers and fishermen. In the 1880s, disease ravaged both staple and cash crops; malaria and other epidemics also devastated southern Italy during this period. Additionally, a series of earthquakes and the eruptions of Mount Etna and Mount Vesuvius in the early 1900s destroyed cities and killed tens of thousands of people.

Conditions in the United States during this era appeared to be very favorable to many in southern Italy. Wages for both skilled and unskilled laborers in the industrialized US could be three times greater than wages for the same work in the depressed Italian economy. Even illiterate day laborers could find better paying jobs with better working conditions in cities like Boston. In the late nineteenth century, Italian immigrants were often referred to as "birds of passage"−young men who migrated alone, earning money to buy land and support their families at home and eventually returning to Italy. After World War I, however, immigration patterns changed and more Italian immigrants began to bring their families over and put down permanent roots in the region.

Patterns of Settlement

Boston's North End neighborhood became the locus of Italian settlement in eastern New England. Once the home of English colonists and revolutionaries like Paul Revere, Irish and Jewish immigrants settled in the North End before the wave of Italian immigration in the late 1800s. By the early 20th century, the North End was densely filled with tenements, in which tens of thousands of Italians lived. Much of the appeal of the North End for immigrant groups was its proximity to work opportunities on the waterfront and in downtown Boston. By 1920, over 50 percent of Italian immigrants in Boston lived in the North End. Those who could afford more spacious dwellings moved across the harbor to East Boston, which by the mid-twentieth century became the city's largest Italian-American community. Others moved to nearby suburbs such as Somerville, Revere and Saugus, especially after World War II. But even as immigrants and their children moved to these areas, many Italian small businesses and restaurants remained in the North End, and it is still an important center of Italian culture in New England.

Workforce Participation

Most Italian immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries worked menial, unskilled jobs upon their arrival in Boston, as day laborers, dockworkers, or fruit sellers. Others opened shops and small businesses, and some skilled workers (like tailors) found higher-paying jobs. In neighborhoods like the North End and East Boston, immigrants operated Italian restaurants that attracted a growing clientele from across the city. For the earlier "birds of passage," though, assimilating into the wider American culture was not a priority; for more permanent Italian settlers, cultural obstacles such as the language barrier and lower levels of education made upward mobility difficult. Within a few generations, however, Italian Americans in Boston became better educated and were able to move into middle-class and professional occupations, including some of the highest echelons of business and politics.


https://globalboston.bc.edu/index.php/home/ethnic-groups/italians/ 
 In the sentence "Having only been officially unified in 1860, political tension between the government in the north and the rural peasants in the south increased in the 1870s," the use of a non-finite participial clause creates a temporal and causal relationship with the main clause. From a syntactic perspective, this structure exemplifies a form of subordination typical of academic and historical discourse. Which sentence below reproduces an equivalent syntactic pattern?
Alternativas
Q3794569 Inglês
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder às questão.


Italians


The peak period of Italian immigration to the United States occurred between 1880 and 1921, when approximately 4.2 million Italians came to America. The vast majority of these immigrants, about 80 percent, hailed from the Mezzogiorno in southern Italy, a region in the midst of great tumult and hardship. Having only been officially unified in 1860, political tension between the government in the north and the rural peasants in the south increased in the 1870s, when the government placed an onerous tax on wheat and salt, which were necessities for southern farmers and fishermen. In the 1880s, disease ravaged both staple and cash crops; malaria and other epidemics also devastated southern Italy during this period. Additionally, a series of earthquakes and the eruptions of Mount Etna and Mount Vesuvius in the early 1900s destroyed cities and killed tens of thousands of people.

Conditions in the United States during this era appeared to be very favorable to many in southern Italy. Wages for both skilled and unskilled laborers in the industrialized US could be three times greater than wages for the same work in the depressed Italian economy. Even illiterate day laborers could find better paying jobs with better working conditions in cities like Boston. In the late nineteenth century, Italian immigrants were often referred to as "birds of passage"−young men who migrated alone, earning money to buy land and support their families at home and eventually returning to Italy. After World War I, however, immigration patterns changed and more Italian immigrants began to bring their families over and put down permanent roots in the region.

Patterns of Settlement

Boston's North End neighborhood became the locus of Italian settlement in eastern New England. Once the home of English colonists and revolutionaries like Paul Revere, Irish and Jewish immigrants settled in the North End before the wave of Italian immigration in the late 1800s. By the early 20th century, the North End was densely filled with tenements, in which tens of thousands of Italians lived. Much of the appeal of the North End for immigrant groups was its proximity to work opportunities on the waterfront and in downtown Boston. By 1920, over 50 percent of Italian immigrants in Boston lived in the North End. Those who could afford more spacious dwellings moved across the harbor to East Boston, which by the mid-twentieth century became the city's largest Italian-American community. Others moved to nearby suburbs such as Somerville, Revere and Saugus, especially after World War II. But even as immigrants and their children moved to these areas, many Italian small businesses and restaurants remained in the North End, and it is still an important center of Italian culture in New England.

Workforce Participation

Most Italian immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries worked menial, unskilled jobs upon their arrival in Boston, as day laborers, dockworkers, or fruit sellers. Others opened shops and small businesses, and some skilled workers (like tailors) found higher-paying jobs. In neighborhoods like the North End and East Boston, immigrants operated Italian restaurants that attracted a growing clientele from across the city. For the earlier "birds of passage," though, assimilating into the wider American culture was not a priority; for more permanent Italian settlers, cultural obstacles such as the language barrier and lower levels of education made upward mobility difficult. Within a few generations, however, Italian Americans in Boston became better educated and were able to move into middle-class and professional occupations, including some of the highest echelons of business and politics.


https://globalboston.bc.edu/index.php/home/ethnic-groups/italians/ 
In the passage, the narrator refers to southern Italy as "a region in the midst of great tumult and hardship." Considering the function of adjectives within the nominal phrase, analyze how the words great and southern operate semantically and syntactically. They not only qualify the nouns they precede but also contribute to the text's evaluative tone about regional inequality and social crisis. What do these adjectives primarily express within this context? 
Alternativas
Q3794565 Inglês
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder às questão.


Italians


The peak period of Italian immigration to the United States occurred between 1880 and 1921, when approximately 4.2 million Italians came to America. The vast majority of these immigrants, about 80 percent, hailed from the Mezzogiorno in southern Italy, a region in the midst of great tumult and hardship. Having only been officially unified in 1860, political tension between the government in the north and the rural peasants in the south increased in the 1870s, when the government placed an onerous tax on wheat and salt, which were necessities for southern farmers and fishermen. In the 1880s, disease ravaged both staple and cash crops; malaria and other epidemics also devastated southern Italy during this period. Additionally, a series of earthquakes and the eruptions of Mount Etna and Mount Vesuvius in the early 1900s destroyed cities and killed tens of thousands of people.

Conditions in the United States during this era appeared to be very favorable to many in southern Italy. Wages for both skilled and unskilled laborers in the industrialized US could be three times greater than wages for the same work in the depressed Italian economy. Even illiterate day laborers could find better paying jobs with better working conditions in cities like Boston. In the late nineteenth century, Italian immigrants were often referred to as "birds of passage"−young men who migrated alone, earning money to buy land and support their families at home and eventually returning to Italy. After World War I, however, immigration patterns changed and more Italian immigrants began to bring their families over and put down permanent roots in the region.

Patterns of Settlement

Boston's North End neighborhood became the locus of Italian settlement in eastern New England. Once the home of English colonists and revolutionaries like Paul Revere, Irish and Jewish immigrants settled in the North End before the wave of Italian immigration in the late 1800s. By the early 20th century, the North End was densely filled with tenements, in which tens of thousands of Italians lived. Much of the appeal of the North End for immigrant groups was its proximity to work opportunities on the waterfront and in downtown Boston. By 1920, over 50 percent of Italian immigrants in Boston lived in the North End. Those who could afford more spacious dwellings moved across the harbor to East Boston, which by the mid-twentieth century became the city's largest Italian-American community. Others moved to nearby suburbs such as Somerville, Revere and Saugus, especially after World War II. But even as immigrants and their children moved to these areas, many Italian small businesses and restaurants remained in the North End, and it is still an important center of Italian culture in New England.

Workforce Participation

Most Italian immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries worked menial, unskilled jobs upon their arrival in Boston, as day laborers, dockworkers, or fruit sellers. Others opened shops and small businesses, and some skilled workers (like tailors) found higher-paying jobs. In neighborhoods like the North End and East Boston, immigrants operated Italian restaurants that attracted a growing clientele from across the city. For the earlier "birds of passage," though, assimilating into the wider American culture was not a priority; for more permanent Italian settlers, cultural obstacles such as the language barrier and lower levels of education made upward mobility difficult. Within a few generations, however, Italian Americans in Boston became better educated and were able to move into middle-class and professional occupations, including some of the highest echelons of business and politics.


https://globalboston.bc.edu/index.php/home/ethnic-groups/italians/ 
In "Conditions in the United States during this era appeared to be very favorable to many in southern Italy," the adverb very intensifies the adjective favorable. From a syntactic and pragmatic perspective, adverbs of degree like very operate as scalar modifiers that influence meaning without altering propositional truth. Which of the following sentences mirrors the same grammatical and semantic function of "very" in this context?
Alternativas
Q3793883 Inglês

Read the text to answer the question. 



   The archetype of the classic witch is a cornerstone of global folklore and fiction, often depicted as a formidable and sinister antagonist. These figures are deeply embedded in collective storytelling, usually characterized by their malevolent intentions towards protagonists, especially innocent children or virtuous heroes. Their narrative role is fundamentally to embody the forces of darkness, chaos, or forbidden knowledge, creating a clear moral contrast and a formidable obstacle for the main characters to overcome. From European fairy tales to modern pop culture, the classic witch serves as a powerful symbol of fear and the supernatural.


    Physically, the traditional witch is frequently described as an old, haggard woman with exaggeratedly ugly features, which visually symbolizes her inner corruption and alienation from societal norms. Common traits include a long, hooked nose, warts, disheveled gray hair, and crooked fingers. She is typically clothed in dark, ragged robes and a pointed, wide-brimmed hat, an image popularized and solidified by Western media. This distinct and fearsome appearance is designed to evoke immediate unease and signal her dangerous nature to the audience.


   The classic witch's power is intrinsically linked to specific magical tools and practices. The bubbling cauldron is her quintessential instrument, used for brewing potent potions, casting spells, and concocting mysterious elixirs. Her magic often involves ancient books ofspells, enchanted mirrors that show more than mere reflections, and the command over supernatural familiars like black cats, crows, or toads. These elements are not just props; they are extensions of her will and the sources of her power, which she uses to curse, transform, or deceive those who cross her path.


This archetype finds vivid expression in some of the most famous villains of literature and film. The Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz menaces Dorothy with her command over flying monkeys and her thirst for revenge. The Evil Queen from Snow White, obsessed with being the "fairest of them all," uses a poisoned apple in her deadly scheme. Similarly, Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty is a figure of pure vengeance, cursing an infant princess to a sleep-like death. Beyond Anglo-American tales, other cultures have their own versions, such as Brazil's Cuca, a child-eating alligator-witch from Sítio do Picapau Amarelo.


   However, the portrayal of the witch is not monolithic and has evolved to include more nuanced or comedic figures. In the Mexican sitcom El Chavo del Ocho, Doña Clotilde, nicknamed "La Bruja del 71," is a neighborhood eccentric whose witch persona is more a source of gossip and lighthearted fear than genuine evil. Furthermore, modern narratives like the film Hocus Pocus present the Sanderson sisters as a blend of the classic tropes—complete with spell books and a thirst for youth—but with a comedic and less terrifying demeanor, showcasing the adaptability and enduring fascination with this iconic character type. 

In the excerpt "Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty is a figure of pure vengeance, cursing an infant princess to a sleep-like death", the bolded clause functions syntactically as:
Alternativas
Q3793875 Inglês

Read the text to answer the question. 



   The archetype of the classic witch is a cornerstone of global folklore and fiction, often depicted as a formidable and sinister antagonist. These figures are deeply embedded in collective storytelling, usually characterized by their malevolent intentions towards protagonists, especially innocent children or virtuous heroes. Their narrative role is fundamentally to embody the forces of darkness, chaos, or forbidden knowledge, creating a clear moral contrast and a formidable obstacle for the main characters to overcome. From European fairy tales to modern pop culture, the classic witch serves as a powerful symbol of fear and the supernatural.


    Physically, the traditional witch is frequently described as an old, haggard woman with exaggeratedly ugly features, which visually symbolizes her inner corruption and alienation from societal norms. Common traits include a long, hooked nose, warts, disheveled gray hair, and crooked fingers. She is typically clothed in dark, ragged robes and a pointed, wide-brimmed hat, an image popularized and solidified by Western media. This distinct and fearsome appearance is designed to evoke immediate unease and signal her dangerous nature to the audience.


   The classic witch's power is intrinsically linked to specific magical tools and practices. The bubbling cauldron is her quintessential instrument, used for brewing potent potions, casting spells, and concocting mysterious elixirs. Her magic often involves ancient books ofspells, enchanted mirrors that show more than mere reflections, and the command over supernatural familiars like black cats, crows, or toads. These elements are not just props; they are extensions of her will and the sources of her power, which she uses to curse, transform, or deceive those who cross her path.


This archetype finds vivid expression in some of the most famous villains of literature and film. The Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz menaces Dorothy with her command over flying monkeys and her thirst for revenge. The Evil Queen from Snow White, obsessed with being the "fairest of them all," uses a poisoned apple in her deadly scheme. Similarly, Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty is a figure of pure vengeance, cursing an infant princess to a sleep-like death. Beyond Anglo-American tales, other cultures have their own versions, such as Brazil's Cuca, a child-eating alligator-witch from Sítio do Picapau Amarelo.


   However, the portrayal of the witch is not monolithic and has evolved to include more nuanced or comedic figures. In the Mexican sitcom El Chavo del Ocho, Doña Clotilde, nicknamed "La Bruja del 71," is a neighborhood eccentric whose witch persona is more a source of gossip and lighthearted fear than genuine evil. Furthermore, modern narratives like the film Hocus Pocus present the Sanderson sisters as a blend of the classic tropes—complete with spell books and a thirst for youth—but with a comedic and less terrifying demeanor, showcasing the adaptability and enduring fascination with this iconic character type. 

Considering the sentence from the text: "The archetype of the classic witch is a cornerstone of global folklore and fiction." What is the syntactic function of the phrase "of global folklore and fiction"?
Alternativas
Q3791953 Inglês
The syllabus explicitly lists "disjuncts" among the syntactic aspects of the language. A disjunct is an adverbial element that expresses the speaker's comment on the content or style of the sentence, rather than modifying the verb itself.
Analyze the sentence below: "Frankly, you should have accepted the offer."
Syntactically, the underlined word ("Frankly") is classified as: 
Alternativas
Q3790627 Inglês
Considere o enunciado:
The policy will significantly reshape how teachers evaluate multimodal assignments.
O advérbio significantly tem escopo sobre: 
Alternativas
Q3790092 Inglês
An Adverb Phrase (AdvP) consists of an adverb acting as the head, potentially accompanied by pre-modifiers and post-modifiers that qualify or intensify its meaning within the clause. Select the option where the underlined section constitutes a complete Adverb Phrase functioning as a pre-modifier of an adjective.
Alternativas
Q3790089 Inglês
The Noun Phrase (NP) can be expanded through pre-modification and post-modification, allowing for the packing of dense information characteristic of academic registers. Choose the option that correctly identifies the Head Noun and its Post-modifier in the sentence: "The proposal submitted by the committee was rejected."
Alternativas
Q3790086 Inglês
Adverbials can be placed in different positions within clause, but specific negative or restrictive adverbs trigger mandatory subject-auxiliary inversion when placed at the beginning of a sentence for emphatic purposes. Analyze the following statements regarding the syntax of adverbials:

I. "Seldom have I seen such a remarkable display of talent" is a grammatically correct example of inversion triggered by a negative adverb.
II. "Hardly had he arrived when the phone rang" demonstrates the correct use of inversion with a time-relationship adverbial.
III. "Little she knows about the surprise" is the correct emphatic form of the sentence "She knows little about the surprise".

It is correct what is stated
Alternativas
Q3790082 Inglês
Phrasal verbs consist of a verb plus a particle (preposition or adverb) and often exhibit semantic opacity, posing challenges for learners regarding separability and transitivity. Regarding the syntactic rules of phrasal verbs, mark T for true and F for false:

(__) "Look up" (meaning to search for information) is a transitive separable phrasal verb, allowing the object to be placed between the verb and the particle (e.g., "Look the word up").
(__) "Run into" (meaning to meet by chance) is a transitive inseparable phrasal verb, meaning the object must follow the particle (e.g., "I ran into him", not "I ran him into").
(__) "Wake up" is exclusively intransitive and can never take a direct object in any context.
(__) If the object of a separable phrasal verb is a pronoun (e.g., it, them), it must be placed between the verb and the particle (e.g., "Turn it on", not "Turn on it").

After analysis, select the alternative that presents the correct sequence of the items above, from top to bottom:
Alternativas
Q3790080 Inglês
Complex sentences rely on the precise use of conjunctions to establish logical relationships between clauses, such as cause, contrast, or condition. Analyze the following sentences regarding their structural integrity and the use of connectors:

I. "Despite the weather was cold, they decided to go swimming."
II. "Not only did he finish the project on time, but he also exceeded all quality expectations."
III. "She studied hard for the exam; however, she failed to achieve the necessary grade."

It is correct what is stated         
Alternativas
Q3788885 Inglês
Text: (Excerpt about sugar consumption and health implications)

        Sugar has never been considered a health food, but lately, the science against it keeps growing stronger. New evidence shows going overboard on the sweet stuff can lead to high cholesterol and blood pressure […] not to mention excess weight gain.

        Problem is most people are eating more sugar now than they ever have. The average person consumes about 20 teaspoons of added sugar a day — 300 calories worth! — which is four times more than the amount recommended by most health experts, including the American Heart Association. Annually, all those teaspoons add up to 170 pounds of sugar.

        So why are we so addicted to sugar? First off, it is literally addicting. When you eat something sweet, you get a surge of dopamine, the chemical in your brain that brings you pleasure. Added sugar is also tough to dodge. Sweetener hides in foods that don’t even taste sugary, like breads, sauces and condiments. What’s more, it’s so hard to decipher the difference between added sugars and the kinds found naturally in whole foods. Eating naturally occurring sugars — like fructose in fruit and lactose in dairy — is generally considered healthy because they contain nutrients with metabolic benefits, such as fiber and antioxidants. Added sugars (sweeteners put into food for flavor) have no such perks. […]

HEALTH. How to Eliminate Added Sugar From Your Diet in 1 Month. 2020. Disponível em:https://www.health.com/nutrition/sugar-detox. Acesso em: 17 fev. 2022. Fragmento.
Syntactically, the segment “like breads, sauces and condiments”, following the clause about hidden sweeteners, serves the grammatical role of an illustrative enumeration, reinforcing the notion of sugar's concealed presence in everyday foods.
Alternativas
Q3785478 Inglês
Space power: The dream of beaming solar energy from orbit



(Available at: www.bbc.com/future/article/20251029-the-beam-dream-should-we-build-solar-farms-in-space – 
text specially adapted for this test). 
Analyse the following statements, according to the grammatical structures and their meanings in the text:

I. The clause “have made it more feasible” (l. 27-28) expresses an action that began in the past and continues to have effects in the present.
II. In the sentence “It would require enormous satellite structures” (l. 21), the verb form “would require” indicates a hypothetical situation rather than a real one.
III. In the sentence “making it work is no small task” (l. 21), the structure “making it work” functions as the subject of the sentence.
IV. The structure “it was dismissed as too costly” (l. 26) refers to a past passive construction in the simple past.

Which ones are correct? 
Alternativas
Q3784575 Inglês
Syntax refers to the rules for arranging words into sentences. The standard word order for a simple affirmative sentence in English is Subject-Verb-Object (SVO). The sentence that follows this rule is:
Alternativas
Q3783585 Inglês
Os fundamentos da língua inglesa baseiam-se em quatro pilares essenciais: a gramática, o vocabulário, a fonética e a fonologia. A gramática estabelece as regras para a organização das palavras e a formação de frases, permitindo que a comunicação seja clara e eficaz.
Assinale a alternativa que apresenta a estrutura básica correta de uma frase afirmativa em inglês no tempo presente simples:
Alternativas
Ano: 2025 Banca: FUNDATEC Órgão: IGP-RS Prova: FUNDATEC - 2025 - IGP-RS - Perito Criminal |
Q3781820 Inglês

Space power: The dream of beaming solar energy from orbit 



(Available at: www.bbc.com/future/article/20251029-the-beam-dream-should-we-build-solar-farms-in-space– 

text specially adapted for this test). 

Analyse the following statements, according to the grammatical structures and their meanings in the text:

I. The clause “have made it more feasible” (l. 27-28) expresses an action that began in the past and continues to have effects in the present.
II. In the sentence “It would require enormous satellite structures” (l. 21), the verb form “would require” indicates a hypothetical situation rather than a real one.
III. In the sentence “making it work is no small task” (l. 21), the structure “making it work” functions as the subject of the sentence.
IV.The structure “it was dismissed as too costly” (l. 26) refers to a past passive construction in the simple past.

Which ones are correct? 
Alternativas
Q3774231 Inglês
Pronouns are used to replace nouns, and their form depends on their function in the sentence. In the sentence "Sarah gave the book to Peter," identify the correct pronouns to replace "Sarah" and "Peter". 
Alternativas
Q3774229 Inglês
The Noun Phrase (NP) is a syntactic unit built around a noun, which functions as the head, and may include determiners and modifiers. Analyze the statements below regarding the structure of the noun phrase in the sentence: "The three expensive cars."


I."Cars" is the head noun of the phrase, determining the number and gender of the phrase.


II."The" acts as a determiner (definite article), identifying the specific group of cars being referred to.


III."Three" and "expensive" function as pre-modifiers (numeral and adjective) that describe the head noun.


Choose the alternative that indicates the correct statement(s). 
Alternativas
Respostas
141: B
142: B
143: B
144: A
145: D
146: E
147: C
148: A
149: D
150: B
151: C
152: C
153: A
154: C
155: E
156: B
157: B
158: E
159: A
160: B