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Example 3 Sue prefers John swimming. (Pires 2007, 182)
Initial Stream: ['swim', 'v', ['n_3rd_sg', 'John'], 'T_ing', 'prefer', 'v*', ['n_3rd_sg', 'Sue'], 'Tpres', 'C']

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Merge 1
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['n_3rd_sg', 'John'], 'T_ing', 'prefer', 'v*', ['n_3rd_sg', 'Sue'], 'Tpres', 'C']
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Stream: ['John', 'n_3rd_sg']

Merge 2
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Stream: []
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Merge 3
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['John', 'n_3rd_sg'], 'T_ing', 'prefer', 'v*', ['n_3rd_sg', 'Sue'], 'Tpres', 'C']
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Merge 4
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['prefer', 'v*', ['n_3rd_sg', 'Sue'], 'Tpres', 'C']
Operations: Checked Features: 'uPerson'
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Merge 5
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['v*', ['n_3rd_sg', 'Sue'], 'Tpres', 'C']
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Merge 6
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['n_3rd_sg', 'Sue'], 'Tpres', 'C']
Operations: Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
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Backtrack (check for another possible derivation: Free Merge): Attempt: #2
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Merge 7
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['v*', ['n_3rd_sg', 'Sue'], 'Tpres', 'C']
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Merge 8
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['n_3rd_sg', 'Sue'], 'Tpres', 'C']
Operations: Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
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Backtrack (check for another possible derivation: Free Merge): Attempt: #3
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Merge 9
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['prefer', 'v*', ['n_3rd_sg', 'Sue'], 'Tpres', 'C']
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Merge 10
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['v*', ['n_3rd_sg', 'Sue'], 'Tpres', 'C']
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Merge 11
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['n_3rd_sg', 'Sue'], 'Tpres', 'C']
Operations: Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
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Substream
Stream: ['Sue', 'n_3rd_sg']

Merge 12
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: []
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Merge 13
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['Sue', 'n_3rd_sg'], 'Tpres', 'C']
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Merge 14
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['C']
Operations: Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
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Backtrack (check for another possible derivation: Free Merge): Attempt: #4
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Merge 16
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['C']
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Merge 17
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Stream: []
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Transfer:
Frontier:

Spell Out: C n Sue T(Pres,3rd,sg) v* prefer n John -ing v swim
PF Rules: Sue T(Pres,3rd,sg)+prefer
Sue prefers John Ting+swim
Sue prefers John swimming

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Backtrack (check for another possible derivation: Free Merge): Attempt: #5
Continued from Merge 10

Merge 18
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: ['v*', ['n_3rd_sg', 'Sue'], 'Tpres', 'C']
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Merge 19
Merge: set-Merge
Stream: [['n_3rd_sg', 'Sue'], 'Tpres', 'C']
Operations: Checked Features: 'uPerson' 'uNumber' 'uGender'
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# of Backtracks: 4
# of Crashes: 4
# of Successful Derivations: 1

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