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Example 5 Tom will read a book.
Initial Stream: ['book', 'n_sg_3rd', 'a', 'read', 'v*', ['n_sg_3rd', 'Tom'], 'will', 'Tpres', 'C']

Successful Derivation 1
Successful Derivation 2


Merge 1
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['a', 'read', 'v*', ['n_sg_3rd', 'Tom'], 'will', 'Tpres', 'C']
Unlabeled:


Merge 2
Merge: pair-Merge
Stream: ['read', 'v*', ['n_sg_3rd', 'Tom'], 'will', 'Tpres', 'C']
Label stays
the same:



Merge 3
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['v*', ['n_sg_3rd', 'Tom'], 'will', 'Tpres', 'C']
Unlabeled:


Merge 4
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['n_sg_3rd', 'Tom'], 'will', 'Tpres', 'C']
Operations: Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
Unlabeled:
Label from
Head:

Label from
Head:

Label from
Head:


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

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

Main Stream


Merge 6
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['Tom', 'n_sg_3rd'], 'will', 'Tpres', 'C']
Unlabeled:


Merge 7
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['Tpres', 'C']
Unlabeled:


Merge 8
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['C']
Operations: Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
Unlabeled:


Merge 9
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: []
Unlabeled:
Label from
Head:

Label from
Head:

Label from
Head:

Label from
Head:

Crash (Unlabeled):

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

Merge 10
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['C']
Unlabeled:


Merge 11
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: []
Unlabeled:
Label from
Head:

Label from
Head:

Label via
shared features:

Label from
Head:

Label from
Head:

Label from
Head:

FormCopy:
Label via
movement:

Transfer:
Frontier:

Spell Out: C n Tom T(Pres,3rd,sg) will v* read a n book
PF Rules: Tom T(Pres,3rd,sg)+will
Tom will read a book

Successful Derivation 1
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Backtrack (check for another possible derivation: Free Merge): Attempt: #3
Continued from Merge 7

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


Merge 13
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['C']
Operations: Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
Unlabeled:


Merge 14
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: []
Unlabeled:
Label from
Head:

Label from
Head:

Label from
Head:

Label from
Head:

Label from
Head:

FormCopy:
Label via
movement:

Crash (Unlabeled):

Backtrack (check for another possible derivation: Free Merge): Attempt: #4
Continued from Merge 13

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


Merge 16
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: []
Unlabeled:
Label from
Head:

Label from
Head:

Label via
shared features:

Label from
Head:

Label from
Head:

FormCopy:
Label from
Head:

Label via
movement:

Label from
Head:

FormCopy:
Label via
movement:

Transfer:
Frontier:

Spell Out: C n Tom T(Pres,3rd,sg) will v* read a n book
PF Rules: Tom T(Pres,3rd,sg)+will
Tom will read a book

Successful Derivation 2
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Backtrack (check for another possible derivation: Free Merge): Attempt: #5
Continued from Merge 3

Merge 17
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['v*', ['n_sg_3rd', 'Tom'], 'will', 'Tpres', 'C']
Unlabeled:


Merge 18
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['n_sg_3rd', 'Tom'], 'will', 'Tpres', 'C']
Operations: Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
Unlabeled:
Label from
Head:

Label from
Head:

Label from
Head:

Label from
Head:

FormCopy:
Crash (Unlabeled):

# of Backtracks: 4
# of Crashes: 3
# of Successful Derivations: 2

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