|
Interrogative word |
Question modification |
Type of question |
Example |
| What is…? |
|
Question to
SubjectComplement |
What is Washita? |
| Who is…? |
|
Question to
SubjectComplement |
Who is Pushkin? |
| Who did something? |
|
Question to Subject |
Who invented telephone? |
| What did somebody do? |
|
Question to Direct Object |
What did Thomas Edison
invent? |
| How much\many? |
|
Question to Subject |
How many nations
established NATO? |
| How much …weigh \ cost? |
|
Question to Adjunct |
How much does a whale
weigh? |
What is the length\surface\
height of…?
How long\wide\high\ far is…? |
|
Question to Adjunct |
What is the surface of
America? |
| Preposition + "what" (made
of…, consist of…, etc.) |
|
Question to Indirect Object |
What does water consist of?
|
| When? |
On\since\till what day? |
Question to
Adjunct |
When was Bill
Clinton born? |
What month?
In\since\till what month? |
What year?
In\since\till what year? |
| How long? |
| Where? (static) |
In\near\around what city\country? |
Question to
Adjunct |
In what city is
Taj Mahal located? |
| On what continent? |
| Where? (dynamic) |
In\to\from what city\country? |
Question to
Adjunct |
In what country
did Christianity come before Europe? |
| On what continent? |
| What/Which + word with "known"
semantics (Subject)? |
|
Question to Subject |
What country took part in
the Olympic Games 2004? |
| What/Which + word with "unknown"
semantics (Subject)? |
|
Question to Subject |
What village is the
smallest in the world? |
| What/Which + word with "known"
semantics (Direct Object)?*) |
|
Question to Direct Object |
What country did Putin
visit? |
| What/Which + word with "unknown"
semantics (Direct Object)? |
|
Question to Direct Object |
What village did Putin
visit? |
| Common questions (with
answers "yes"/ "no") |
|
Common question |
Does the Russian Central
Bank give long-term credits for education? |
| Why? |
|
Question to Adjunct |
Why did the fire happen? |
| How? |
|
Question to Adjunct |
How to remove the spot from
the carpet? |
* Слово "с известной (неизвестной) семантикой" означает наличие (отсутствие)
его в толково-комбинаторном словаре поисковой системы.
Обработка общих вопросов (ответы "да"/ "нет") в настоящий момент сводятся к
поиску по ключевым словам.
