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Example: ''Pat didn't know a guest at the party.''

Sorry, your answer is not correct.
It is not the word ''know'' that is responsible for the ambiguity in this case.

Check again which type of ambiguity we have in this sentence. This may help you to answer this question, too. You can also consult the page with the [[Types of ambiguity|explanations]].

Of course, the word ''know'' is highly ambiguous: To mention just one example, there are cases of structural ambiguity which are caused by different complementation possibilities of the word ''know''. One example would be ''I know what Alex wrote to Chris.'' Here the verb ''know'' either combines with an embedded interrogative clause or with a free relative, i.e., ''know'' either combines with a CP or an NP. This can be disambiguated by adding ''else'' (for the embedded interrogative reading) or ''ever'' (for the free relative).

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