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	<span style="color: blue>Exercise 3.4</span>		<span style="color: blue>Exercise 3.4</span>
	* Go back to <span class="newwin">https://~~xlfg~~.~~labri~~.~~fr/~~</span>.<br>		* Go back to <span class="newwin">https://147.210.117.56</span>.<br>
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	<span style="color: blue>Exercise 3.1</span>		<span style="color: blue>Exercise 3.1</span>
	# Go to <span class="newwin">https://~~xlfg~~.~~labri~~.~~fr/~~</span> and log in.<br>		# Go to <span class="newwin">https://147.210.117.56</span> and log in.<br>

	Then you locate our workshop:		Then you locate our workshop:

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	(1) a bottle<br>		(1) a bottle<br>
	(2)*a bottles<br>		(2) *a bottles<br>
	(3) the bottle<br>		(3) the bottle<br>
	(4) the bottles		(4) the bottles

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	Instead of the f-structures that the grammar currently produces for the whole NP in (1) and (3) above, we would like to obtain the following ones (note: in xlfg, the feature structures below will appear in 2 lines):		Instead of the f-structures that the grammar currently produces for the whole NP in (1) and (3) above, we would like to obtain the following ones (note: in xlfg, the feature structures below will appear in 2 lines):

	(4) a bottle: [NUM sg, DEF +]		(4) a bottle: [NUM sg, DEF -]

	(5) the bottle: [NUM sg, DEF -]		(5) the bottle: [NUM sg, DEF +]

	* Change the grammar so that it yields the desired f-structures.		* Change the grammar so that it yields the desired f-structures.

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	<span style="color: blue>Exercise 3.6</span>		<span style="color: blue>Exercise 3.6</span>

	Instead of the f-structures that the grammar currently produces for the whole NP in (1) and (3) above, we would like to obtain the following ones:		Instead of the f-structures that the grammar currently produces for the whole NP in (1) and (3) above, we would like to obtain the following ones (note: in xlfg, the feature structures below will appear in 2 lines):

	(4) a bottle: [NUM sg, DEF +]		(4) a bottle: [NUM sg, DEF +]

	(5) the bottle: [NUM sg		(5) the bottle: [NUM sg, DEF -]
	DEF -]

	* Change the grammar so that it yields the desired f-structures.		* Change the grammar so that it yields the desired f-structures.

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	Instead of the f-structures that the grammar currently produces for the whole NP in (1) and (3) above, we would like to obtain the following ones:		Instead of the f-structures that the grammar currently produces for the whole NP in (1) and (3) above, we would like to obtain the following ones:

	(4) a bottle: [NUM sg		(4) a bottle: [NUM sg, DEF +]
	DEF +]

	(5) the bottle: [NUM sg		(5) the bottle: [NUM sg

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	Instead of the f-structures that the grammar currently produces for the whole NP in (1) and (3) above, we would like to obtain the following ones:		Instead of the f-structures that the grammar currently produces for the whole NP in (1) and (3) above, we would like to obtain the following ones:

	(4) a bottle: [~~[File:3-~~sg~~-indef.JPG\|75px]~~]		(4) a bottle: [NUM sg
			DEF +]

	(5) the bottle: [~~[File:3-~~sg-~~def.JPG\|75px]~~]		(5) the bottle: [NUM sg
			DEF -]

	* Change the grammar so that it yields the desired f-structures.		* Change the grammar so that it yields the desired f-structures.

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	* Click on "this bottle".		* Click on "this bottle".
	* Click on the D and N nodes and inspect their f-structures.		* Click on the D and N nodes and inspect their f-structures.
	* Click on the NP node and inspect its f-structure. There is none		* Click on the NP node and inspect its f-structure. There is none.

	Part 2:		Part 2:

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	Another way of saying the same thing is: the mother's f-structure is also the daughter's f-structure and the other way round. There is only one f-structure and it describes the functional information associated with both mother and daughter.		Another way of saying the same thing is: the mother's f-structure is also the daughter's f-structure and the other way round. There is only one f-structure and it describes the functional information associated with both mother and daughter.

	With this tool, we can change the NP rule to the following one, which will have the consequence that D and N agree in ~~PER and~~ NUM:		With this tool, we can change the NP rule to the following one, which will have the consequence that D and N agree in NUM:

	<pre>		<pre>

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	<span style="color: blue>Exercise 3.2</span>		<span style="color: blue>Exercise 3.2</span>
	* Add ~~PERS and~~ NUM features (and their correspondig values) to the three other words in the lexicon.		* Add NUM features (and their correspondig values) to the three other words in the lexicon.
	* Parse.		* Parse.
	* Click on the D or N node in Constituent Structure to display the f-structure information associated with that node in Functional Structure.		* Click on the D or N node in Constituent Structure to display the f-structure information associated with that node in Functional Structure.
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	* Click on the D and the N node to display their f-structures.		* Click on the D and the N node to display their f-structures.
	* They differ, as expected.		* They differ, as expected.
	* Yet, the grammar does not mark the string as ungrammatical! Think about why that is! Determiners and nouns are supposed to agree in ~~PERS and~~ NUM. Here, they don't agree in NUM and yet the grammar does not seem to mind. Again, why?		* Yet, the grammar does not mark the string as ungrammatical! Think about why that is! Determiners and nouns are supposed to agree in NUM. Here, they don't agree in NUM and yet the grammar does not seem to mind. Again, why?

	The answer is the following: ''you'' know that determiners and nouns agree in English, but the grammar doesn't know! Why? Because you haven't told it!		The answer is the following: ''you'' know that determiners and nouns agree in English, but the grammar doesn't know! Why? Because you haven't told it!