STRUCTURAL RELATIONS

Question 1

A is higher up in the tree than B and you can trace a line from A to B going only downwards. What is the structural relation between A and B?

Answer 1

Dominance (A dominates B)

Question 2

A dominates a given set of terminal nodes {B,C,D,E} and there is no node G dominated by A that is not a member of the set.

Answer 2

Exhaustive dominance

Question 3

What is the importance of dominance?

Answer 3

Hierarchical structure

Question 4

What is the importance of exhaustive dominance

Answer 4

Another definition of constituent = a set of terminal nodes all exhaustively dominated by one node

Question 5

A dominates B and there is no intervening node that is dominated by A but dominates B.What is the structural relation between A and B?

Answer 5

Immediate dominance

Question 6

Both A and B are immediately dominated by the same node (same mother) and A appears to the LEFT of B.What is the structural relation between A and B?

Answer 6

Sister-precedence

Question 7

Neither A dominates B nor B dominates A and
A (or some node dominating A) sister-precedes B (or some node dominating B). What is the structural relation between A and B?

Answer 7

Precedence

Question 8

Importance of immediate dominance

Answer 8

Mother = immediate dominance
Daughter = immediately dominated by
Sister = two nodes that are immediately dominated by the same node

Question 9

Some node dominating A dominates B
A and B do not dominate each other
A is not B. What is the structural relation between A and B?

Answer 9

C-command (A c-commands B)

Question 10

A c-commands B and B c-commands A

Answer 10

Symmetric c-command

Question 11

A c-commands B but B does not c-command A

Answer 11

Asymmetric C-command

Question 12

A c-commands B symmetrically or asymmetrically and there is no node G that c-commands B and is c-commanded by A, What is the structural relation between A and B?

Answer 12

Government (A governs B)