the sentences Lee gave the ball to Lynne and Lynne received the ball from Lee have the same:

A surface structure
B syntax
C surface and deep structures
D deep structure
I was thinking is A but I am not sure

2 answers

I'm not familiar with transformational grammar, but it from this article, it would seem that they have the same deep structure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_structure
yes the answer is D