Lori shows you the following line from her policy. “This pol…
Lori shows you the following line from her policy. “This policy does not cover damage to equipment in the basement due to flooding.” Lori’s equipment was on the first floor, but the flooding started in the basement. The insurance company argues the phrase “in the basement” describes the flooding. Sarah argues it describes the equipment. Task: Using phrase structure rules, show where this ambiguity comes from. Determine the two readings. (2pts) Provide the rules to show how the sentences are constructed. (6 pts) Syntax Reference Guide Core Rules S → NP VPNP → Det NN → Adj NN → N PPVP → VP AdvVP → TV NPVP → DTV NP NPVP → SV SVP → VP PPPP → P NP Response Example “The orange fish swam” S → NP VPNP → Det NDet → TheN → Adj NAdj → OrangeN → FishVP → swam Alternative: Bottom-Up Parsing In the example above, we worked from S down. You can also work from words up by showing how they combine: Adj → OrangeN → FishN → Adj NN → Orange Fish “This policy does not cover damage to equipment in the basement due to flooding.”