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Example 9 John preferred Bill/Bill's using the supercomputer. (Sato 2019, 63)
Initial Stream: ['supercomputer', 'n_3rd_sg', 'the', 'use', 'v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'Bill'], 'T_ing', 'prefer', 'v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']

Successful Derivation 1


Merge 1
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['the', 'use', 'v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'Bill'], 'T_ing', 'prefer', 'v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']
Unlabeled:


Merge 2
Merge: pair-Merge
Stream: ['use', 'v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'Bill'], 'T_ing', 'prefer', 'v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']
Label stays
the same:



Merge 3
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'Bill'], 'T_ing', 'prefer', 'v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']
Unlabeled:


Merge 4
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'Bill'], 'T_ing', 'prefer', 'v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']
Operations: Agree: (v*,n)
Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
Unlabeled:
Label from
Head:

Label from
Head:

Label from
Head:


Substream
Stream: ['Bill', 'n_3rd_msc_sg']

Merge 5
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: []
Unlabeled:

Main Stream


Merge 6
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['Bill', 'n_3rd_msc_sg'], 'T_ing', 'prefer', 'v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']
Unlabeled:


Merge 7
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['prefer', 'v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']
Operations: Agree: (Ting,n)
Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
Unlabeled:


Merge 8
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']
Unlabeled:


Merge 9
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']
Operations: Agree: (v*,Ting)
Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
Unlabeled:
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Head:

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Head:

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Head:

Crash (Unlabeled):

Backtrack (check for another possible derivation: Free Merge): Attempt: #2
Continued from Merge 8

Merge 10
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']
FormCopy:
Unlabeled:


Merge 11
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']
Operations: Agree: (v*,n)
Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
Unlabeled:
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Head:

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Label from
Head:

Label via
movement:

Crash (Unlabeled):

Backtrack (check for another possible derivation: Free Merge): Attempt: #3
Continued from Merge 7

Merge 12
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['prefer', 'v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']
FormCopy:
Unlabeled:


Merge 13
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']
Unlabeled:


Merge 14
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']
Operations: Agree: (v*,n),(v*,Ting)
Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
Unlabeled:
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Label via
shared features:

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movement:


Substream
Stream: ['John', 'n_3rd_msc_sg']

Merge 15
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: []
Unlabeled:

Main Stream


Merge 16
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['John', 'n_3rd_msc_sg'], 'Tpast', 'C']
Unlabeled:


Merge 17
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['C']
Operations: Agree: (Tpast,n)
Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
Unlabeled:


Merge 18
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: []
Unlabeled:
Label from
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Crash (Unlabeled):

Backtrack (check for another possible derivation: Free Merge): Attempt: #4
Continued from Merge 17

Merge 19
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['C']
FormCopy:
Unlabeled:


Merge 20
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: []
Unlabeled:
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Head:

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Label via
shared features:

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movement:

Transfer:
Frontier:

Spell Out: C n John T(Past,3rd,sg) v* prefer n Bill -ing v* use the n supercomputer
PF Rules: John T(Past,3rd,sg)+prefer
John preferred Bill/Bill's Ting+use
John preferred Bill/Bill's using the supercomputer

Successful Derivation 1
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Backtrack (check for another possible derivation: Free Merge): Attempt: #5
Continued from Merge 13

Merge 21
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']
FormCopy:
Unlabeled:


Merge 22
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']
Operations: Agree: (v*,n)
Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
Unlabeled:
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Head:

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Label from
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Label via
shared features:

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Label via
movement:

Crash (Unlabeled):

Backtrack (check for another possible derivation: Free Merge): Attempt: #6
Continued from Merge 13

Merge 23
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']
Unlabeled:


Merge 24
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']
Operations: Agree: (v*,)
Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
Unlabeled:
Label from
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Label via
shared features:

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shared features:

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movement:

Label via
movement:

Crash (Unlabeled):

Backtrack (check for another possible derivation: Free Merge): Attempt: #7
Continued from Merge 3

Merge 25
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'Bill'], 'T_ing', 'prefer', 'v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']
FormCopy:
Unlabeled:


Merge 26
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'Bill'], 'T_ing', 'prefer', 'v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']
Operations: Agree: (v*,n)
Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
Unlabeled:
Label from
Head:

Label from
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Label from
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Label from
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Crash (Unlabeled):

Backtrack (check for another possible derivation: Free Merge): Attempt: #8
Continued from Merge 3

Merge 27
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'Bill'], 'T_ing', 'prefer', 'v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']
Unlabeled:


Merge 28

Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'Bill'], 'T_ing', 'prefer', 'v*', ['n_3rd_msc_sg', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'C']
Unlabeled:
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Label from
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Operations: Unchecked Features: uPerson uNumber uGender
Crash (Unchecked Feature):
# of Backtracks: 7
# of Crashes: 7
# of Successful Derivations: 1

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