Question 238:
You are a linguist specializing in Papuan Malay. You are given a sentence along with its morpheme breakdown, gloss, and translation. Words are separated by spaces, and morphemes are separated by hyphens. However, a word and its gloss are missing and represented by an underscore. Based on your understanding, please choose the most appropriate option. 
Sentence (with missing item): de ___ situ
Gloss (with missing item): 3SG ___ L.MED
The English translation of this sentence is:‘he (was) there’
Here is a relevant knowledge point for this example, with the related morphemes and glosses masked: Definite or identifiable existential clauses also co-occur with prepositional phrases, such as the \isi{locits gloss ___ional} phrase \textitbf{the morpheme ___ situ} ‘there’ in ({\ref{Example_11.105}). This clause can be analyzed in two ways. One analysis is thits gloss ___ of an \isi{existential clause} with a \isi{locits gloss ___ional} adjunct which gives adthe morpheme ___tional informits gloss ___ion about the theme’s current locits gloss ___ion. This analysis is substantiits gloss ___ed by the contrastive example in ({\ref{Example_11.106}), in which \textitbf{situ} ‘\textsc{l.med}’ is fronted to the clause-initial position. This possibility of fronting the \isi{prepositional phrase} is typical for adjuncts. In ({\ref{Example_11.106}) the fronting serves to emphasize the locits gloss ___ion (concerning the rits gloss ___her common \isi{elision} of \isi{locits gloss ___ive} \textitbf{the morpheme ___} ‘its gloss ___’, see §\ref{Para_10.1.5}). An alternits gloss ___ive analysis of ({\ref{Example_11.105}) is thits gloss ___ of a \isi{prepositional prethe morpheme ___cits gloss ___e clause} with progressive reits gloss ___he morpheme ___ng. This analysis is substantiits gloss ___ed with the (near) contrastive examples in ({\ref{Example_11.107}) to ({\ref{Example_11.109}). The example in ({\ref{Example_11.107}) presents a non\isi{verbal clause} in which \textitbf{the morpheme ___ situ} ‘there’ serves as the prethe morpheme ___cits gloss ___e. The example in ({\ref{Example_11.108}) shows how a \isi{prepositional prethe morpheme ___cits gloss ___e clause} can undergo aspectual \isi{mothe morpheme ___ficits gloss ___ion}, as for instance with the prospective ad\isi{verb} \textitbf{masi} ‘still’. The example in ({\ref{Example_11.109}) shows the progressive-marking function of existential \textitbf{ada} ‘exist’ in verbal clauses (see also §\ref{Para_5.4.1}). When presented with both analyses, however, one of the consultants rejected the first analysis. Instead this consultant maintained thits gloss ___ \textitbf{ada} ‘exist’ in ({\ref{Example_11.105}) has the same function as \textitbf{masi} ‘still’ in ({\ref{Example_11.108}), namely to mothe morpheme ___fy the prepositional prethe morpheme ___cits gloss ___e \textitbf{the morpheme ___ situ} ‘there’. The two analyses and the reits gloss ___he morpheme ___ng chosen by one of the consultants for the clauses in ({\ref{Example_11.105}) require further investigits gloss ___ion.
A: word: di	 gloss: at
B: word: sembu	 gloss: be.healed
C: word: yali	 gloss: Yali
D: word: dia	 gloss: 3SG
Please only return the letter (A–D). Do not say anything else.
Correct Answer: A