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=== Exercise ===
=== Exercise ===


In this exercise, you are supposed to add to the grammar (if necessary) the lexical entries and rules necessary to license the following strings:
In this exercise, you are supposed to add to the grammar (if necessary) the lexical entries and rules to license the following strings:


(1) the car<br>
(1) the car<br>

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Determiner Phrases with possessives

Exercise

In this exercise, you are supposed to add to the grammar (if necessary) the lexical entries and rules to license the following strings:

(1) the car
(2) my car
(3) my new car
(4) my shiny new car
(5) *Ingrid car
(6) Ingrid s car
(7) I like my shiny new car
(8) I like Ingrid s shiny new car
(9) I like my brother s shiny new car
(10) I like Ingrid s brother s shiny new car

Your grammar should output the following representations:

(2) the car