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Example 3 He thinks that John read the book.
Initial Stream: ['book', 'n_sg_3rd', 'the', 'read', 'v*', ['n_sg_3rd', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'that', 'think', 'v', ['n_sg_3rd', 'he'], 'Tpres', 'C']

Successful Derivation 1


Merge 1
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['the', 'read', 'v*', ['n_sg_3rd', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'that', 'think', 'v', ['n_sg_3rd', 'he'], 'Tpres', 'C']
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Merge 2
Merge: pair-Merge
Stream: ['read', 'v*', ['n_sg_3rd', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'that', 'think', 'v', ['n_sg_3rd', 'he'], 'Tpres', 'C']
Label stays
the same:



Merge 3
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['v*', ['n_sg_3rd', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'that', 'think', 'v', ['n_sg_3rd', 'he'], 'Tpres', 'C']
Unlabeled:


Merge 4
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['n_sg_3rd', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'that', 'think', 'v', ['n_sg_3rd', 'he'], 'Tpres', 'C']
Operations: Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
Unlabeled:
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Substream
Stream: ['John', 'n_sg_3rd']

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

Main Stream


Merge 6
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['John', 'n_sg_3rd'], 'Tpast', 'that', 'think', 'v', ['n_sg_3rd', 'he'], 'Tpres', 'C']
Unlabeled:


Merge 7
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['that', 'think', 'v', ['n_sg_3rd', 'he'], 'Tpres', 'C']
Operations: Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
Unlabeled:


Merge 8
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['think', 'v', ['n_sg_3rd', 'he'], 'Tpres', 'C']
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Crash (Unlabeled):

Backtrack (check for another possible derivation: Free Merge): Attempt: #2
Continued from Merge 7

Merge 9
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['that', 'think', 'v', ['n_sg_3rd', 'he'], 'Tpres', 'C']
Unlabeled:


Merge 10
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['think', 'v', ['n_sg_3rd', 'he'], 'Tpres', 'C']
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shared features:

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FormCopy:
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Merge 11
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['v', ['n_sg_3rd', 'he'], 'Tpres', 'C']
Unlabeled:


Merge 12
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['n_sg_3rd', 'he'], 'Tpres', 'C']
Unlabeled:

Substream
Stream: ['he', 'n_sg_3rd']

Merge 13
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: []
Unlabeled:

Main Stream


Merge 14
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['he', 'n_sg_3rd'], 'Tpres', 'C']
Unlabeled:


Merge 15
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['C']
Operations: Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
Unlabeled:


Merge 16
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: []
Unlabeled:
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Crash (Unlabeled):

Backtrack (check for another possible derivation: Free Merge): Attempt: #3
Continued from Merge 15

Merge 17
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['C']
Unlabeled:


Merge 18
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: []
Unlabeled:
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shared features:

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Transfer:
Frontier:

Spell Out: C n he T(Pres,3rd,sg) v think that n John T(Past,3rd,sg) v* read the n book
PF Rules: he T(Pres,3rd,sg)+think
he thinks that John T(Past,3rd,sg)+read
he thinks that John read the book

Successful Derivation 1
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Backtrack (check for another possible derivation: Free Merge): Attempt: #4
Continued from Merge 3

Merge 19
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['v*', ['n_sg_3rd', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'that', 'think', 'v', ['n_sg_3rd', 'he'], 'Tpres', 'C']
Unlabeled:


Merge 20
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['n_sg_3rd', 'John'], 'Tpast', 'that', 'think', 'v', ['n_sg_3rd', 'he'], 'Tpres', 'C']
Operations: Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
Unlabeled:
Label from
Head:

Label from
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FormCopy:
Crash (Unlabeled):

# of Backtracks: 3
# of Crashes: 3
# of Successful Derivations: 1

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